'While shooting the Don song, Chandra Barot ordered 30-40 paans and insisted Amitabh Bachchan eat them all.'
Devsaab continued to work with Zeenat as his co-star until one fine day he woke up to the announcement that his 'Zeeenie' had signed a film with Raj Kapoor.
Veteran filmmaker Chandra Barot, best known for directing the 1978 Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 'Don', passed away on Sunday due to cardiac arrest at a hospital in Mumbai. He was 86.
Guru Dutt took an overdose of pills twice, once even swallowing opium, calling out for Geeta Dutt even when he was not fully conscious. One suicide attempt, according to sister Lalita Lajmi, was definitely deliberate with Guru Dutt leaving a letter for brother Atma Ram asking him to take care of the production company, his wife and the kids. But she always wondered if the third attempt was actually suicide since there were no calls and no letters.
Kareena has been a leading lady now for 25 years, Deepika for almost two decades and Alia for over a decade. Dinesh Raheja chronicles the changing ways Bollywood has treated actor-moms.
'I always considered him as a director, never an actor. Do you know he always considered other actors for his films first?' 'For Pyaasa, he wanted to cast Dilip saab; only when Dilip saab refused did Guru Duttji decide to do the role himself.'
'Standing there, I was smitten by his charm all over again. I actually ran my fingers through his hair and since he wore a wig, he didn't know it. Twice, I laid my hand on his head and in the crowd, he didn't notice. But I had my fill. I had got to touch the man I loved the most and I was on cloud nine.'
The filmmaker tells us how he was influenced by the legend.
'Devsaab mostly played the anti-hero in his films. Grey shades appealed to him... Devsaab's films never had a message. They were not preachy...' Sidharth Bhatia discusses the Magic of Dev Anand.
We remember the legend through his fabulous songs.
The flamboyant veteran is going full steam ahead with his new projects.
We take a look at some priceless pictures.
Today's Hindi film mothers are younger, trendier, more mischievous. But, truth be told, says Dinesh Raheja, I still do miss sometimes the comforting presence of the trad mother.
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As Hrithik Roshan announces his plans to turn direct films, one looks forward to an altogether different grammar coming into action.
On Dev Anand's 90th Birthday, Subhash K Jha lists some of the best films of the evergreen actor through the years.
We look back at the star's last public appearances.
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to.
The legend passed away in the early hours of December 4.
'Those were not kind days for a woman with a break-up. The world has changed; today, nobody cares.'
A tribute to the legend's evergreen spirit through some of the most significant gems of his illustrious career.
Actor Mohnish Behl looks back at the time he shot with his mother Nutan's co-star Dev Anand.
PTI said Devsaab, who millions of his fan felt would live forever, died of a heart attack.
'They can't take even the smallest step.' 'The mental abuse is so insidious that sometimes they don't even realise it's happening.'
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to.
Dev Anand's loyal driver Prem Dubey talks about the legend.
A great admirer of Raj Kapoor's film songs, senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai says his all-time Raj Kapoor favourite song is the magical duet Pyar Hua Iqrar Hua.
In this new series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. We start with Dev Anand's Taxi Driver.
Remembering the late legend on his 89th birthday.
When mainstream Hindi cinema is preoccupied with romance, comedy, horror and action, stories about sisters and brothers are very rare. Vasan Bala has made a first-of-its-kind film where the leads play sister and brother, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Bollywood actor-producer Dev Anand was conferred the title Punjab Ratan (Jewel of Punjab) by the World Punjabi Organisation (European Division) for his outstanding contribution in the field of art and entertainment.
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