'It was tough to stand in front of the one whom you have admired for ages, and disagree with.' Amitabh Bachchan talks about his idol, Dilip Kumar.
'She had indeed grown to full womanhood and was in reality more beautiful than I thought she was.'
Shah Rukh had outgrown the roles that made him a star -- the menacing, obsessive lover in Darr, the regular guy in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na or the new age boyfriend in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. By the time he entered his 50s, he was struggling to find his feet, explains Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Somehow no producer found the right project that would justify casting these two selective stars with each other.
Gandhi will now be seen in two upcoming OTT series -- Hansal Mehta's Gandhi, starring Pratik Gandhi in the title role, and Freedom at Midnight by Nikkhil Advani.
Sukanya Verma compares yesteryear stars and the contemporary ones at about approximately the same age and the results are glaring.
'... their love was jinxed.' 'His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than woo and wed.'
'Wonder of wonders we finished the Janmashtami song and can you believe it within the next few days it so happened that Dilip Sahab walked into my life, gazed into my eyes and asked my grandmother and mother for my Hand in marriage.'
'It was not a love affair, it was much more.'
'Reena stayed in the next building. We fell in love but had to meet secretly because her parents didn't approve of me.' 'I would always be afraid that her parents would get her married off to somebody else.'
No one deserves the title thespian more than Dilip Kumar, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
Saira Banu turned nostalgic on her 79th birthday on August 23.
'I need to work to find some joy in this life.'
'Dilip Sahib has been that Iconic guiding light not only for my life but for all those generations who have stepped forward in their lives exemplified by his gracious presence and personality.'
'So I started talking to him in Marathi and everything really changed.' 'There was this spark in his eyes and he smiled.' 'It's unbelievable that a man can be so charming with a single smile at 90.'
'If I got more work, I would do even more! Recently, I did the Tanishq ad.' 'I keep working because I am fit. I love acting, that is my relaxation.'
B R Chopra was a reformist film-maker, way ahead of his times, says Subhash K Jha.
Nimmi, the legendary actress, passed away at her Mumbai home on Wednesday, March 25.
Did you know Dev Anand worked as a clerk at a salary of Rs 85 before he became an actor?
Playback singers enjoyed the challenge of being pitched against the finest voice God ever created, but they were also wary of Lata Mangeshkar's endless resourcefulness in rendition.
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''This body is mine. And bearing its burden has become quite a task,' Dilip Kumar once told Subhash K Jha.'
'I guess if I was chosen to be his wife, I must be special.'
'Madhubala stipulated in her contracts that she wanted only me to do her playback singing.'
'I don't miss having a child because Saab is like a child.'
Deven Verma passed away into the ages on December 2. We re-publish an interview done with the veteran actor.
'Watching these actors is like a masterclass.' 'All that I've done so far pales in comparison.'
'He is brilliant in every role he plays.'
Raakhee, who turns 77 on August 15, remains an enigma wrapped in a riddle. Dinesh Raheja remembers Raakhee telling him how she loves the rains and how she would drive down to Tulsi Lake in the 1970s and float paper boats in the water. He would like to imagine that Raakhee still does that at her farmhouse.
Mohammad Rafi had a powerful range that could accommodate anything from the sublime O duniya ke rakhwale for Bharat Bhushan in Baiju Bawra to the eccentric Badan pe sitare lapete huye for Shammi Kapoor in Prince.
She has expressed a keen desire to see the ancestral homes of legendary Indian film actors like the late Dilip Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan in Peshawar.
Did you know Nargis was to have played the Madhubala role, but opted out because she has reservations about working with Dilip Kumar? Do you know how Naushad and Shakeel Badayuni came up with the words for the immortal Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya?
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'I think my performance in Ray's Devi still ranks as my best,' says Sharmila Tagore.
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'She was this untameable stream gushing down from the Himalayas which I had the privilege of having touched in my life before it disappeared into the mountains again.'
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