After spinning into the spotlight with the hit song-and-dance number Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu in Howrah Bridge (1958), Helen signed scores of films as a dancer. But Helen was raring to step out of her dancing shoes, and play heroine instead.
'It's there in everyone's heart. That's the beauty of masterpieces.'
The stars turn up to support their close friend Arjun Rampal, who stars in the film.
'I chose to give priority to my personal life.' 'It's not like I didn't want to act but I guess with certain times in your life, you have to handle certain things.' 'I've had a couple of ups and downs, so I kept taking breaks.'
'The easiest recording experiences have been with Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. They ensure that the atmosphere in the studio is light, not just for me, but even my team of musicians, who may want to make a correction or express a critical point of view and are free to do so. And they obey as a new singer would.' Composer Shamir Tandon charts out the milestones in his Bollywood journey.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict for the week.
The chief minister said his "fault" was providing good education to children, building good schools for them, opening Mohalla Clinics and arranging for free medicines for people.
None of Amjad Khan's subsequent roles could outshine Sholay. He had begun his career at the top and had no higher peaks left to conquer. Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor on his 80th birth anniversary.
Appreciating the central government for conferring Bharat Ratna to Charan Singh, he said that this decision proves that Modi understands the sentiment and character of the nation.
Farhan has a 'Mission'... Athiya indulges in eye care... Swara dubs for her film...
On several occasions, the film bears resemblance to a Bhandarkar creation, when churning out crudeness in particular.
'She has lived through a lot,' close friend Asha Parekh revealed to Subhash K Jha.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
'I never asked the lyricist Majrooh Sultanpurisaab nor the composer Raju (Rajesh Roshan). I just sang it the way it was given to me. How was I or anyone to know that Mungda would become such an iconic song?'
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'Having taken much time off, and come back and worked again, and then gone back... I'm really blessed to have the kind of work that I'm still doing.'
'I was scared and sceptical because I was not brought up to raise my hand on a woman.' 'So I didn't think I would look convincing in a hand-to-hand combat with a woman.'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Six months down the line, we see how the Hindi film industry has fared.
Bappida's softer more creative work got buried in the noise, rues Subhash K Jha as he picks the late lamented composer's most soulful songs.
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The political thriller stars Rahul Bhatt, Richa Chaddha, Saurabh Shukla, Vipin Sharma, Vineet Singh and Anurag Kashyap.
Sukanya Verma remembers the star in some of her significant movies.
The star couple have been roped in by popular brand Prestige.
Arjun Rampal and Chitrangdha Singh talk about their film Inkaar which deals with the theme of sexual harassment at work.
Former vice chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband,Ghulam Muhammad Vastanvi on Monday said that Muslims should not have any problems if the people of the country elect Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the prime minister.
Sushmita Mukherjee opted out of the film due to her busy schedule.
56 per cent respondents felt it was not right for colleagues to engage in sex.
It's time to celebrate the Roshan family and their music.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas on Sunday questioned the clean chit given to Rahul Gandhi by the Election Commission on the allegation that he had violated secrecy of voting by entering the enclosure of EVM in one of the polling booths in Amethi.
'I am not saying that all women were always right and all men have always been wrong.'
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Sukanya Verma celebrates its grandeur and grandiloquence in 25 glorious frames on its diamond anniversary.
More drama unfolds on Bigg Boss 10!
'And Tina, that girl inside that woman, wants to try different things.'
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