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'Melody Is Making A Comeback'

'Some time back, music was just noise.' 'Producers wrongly think item songs sell better.' 'Audiences are intelligent, they accept whatever you give, but that doesn't mean you can fool them.'

'While Others Experimented With Drugs, I Was In Love'

When you are in love, you are preoccupied just with that.' 'Nothing else registers. It's like being drugged.'

'Rekha Was Made For Poetry'

'A Rekha Ganesan is not born everyday.'

Who Is This Actress?

Disha goes glam... Athiya flaunts her bag... Kriti De-cembers...

'When Meena Kumari Died, I Became Hysterical'

'My mom had told me a great deal about Meena Kumari and how she could make a tear drop at the right moment. A legend who was in total control. But when I finally met her, I saw a frail, shrivelled and petite woman -- just a bag of bones. Very tiny. She was dying.'

How Rekha Became REKHA!

Ever a picture of golden elegance and age defying splendour, her fashion evolution spanning over half a century is telling of her gift to stay gorgeous day in and day out.

Rekha, Through The Years

We flip through our archives and pick some of the best Rekha images through the years.

Who Was Lata's Favourite Co-Singer?

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.

'Rekha Was The First Femme Fatale'

'She was lying there and I mustered up enough guts to lay next to her and hold her tight.' 'And she said, "Oh my, Girish, isn't he supposed to be nervous?"' 'Making light of the situation, Girish said, "No, he's been practicing with a pillow the whole day".'

Did God Create Kishore Kumar For Rajesh Khanna?

If Rajesh Khanna was the greatest star of Hindi cinema, the songs played a major part in his superstardom.

Rekha: The divine diva

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's niece, Jaaved Jaaferi's son in film

Sharmin Segal is described as a "combination of Divya Bharti and Preity Zinta" while Mizaan Jaaferi is said to convey the "reckless passion" of Shah Rukh Khan and the "bridled intensity" of Ajay Devgn.

'Amitabh began his day reading the Gita'

'He wrote a letter to his parents every night, and read the Gita every morning before going about his work.'

'I was going to be Anand's friend, not father-in-law'

'So the ice melted even before it was frozen.' Bolly Gupshup from Subhash K Jha.

'Parents refused to marry their daughters to me'

'I remember Madhuri Dixit was very scared to do a rape scene with me in Prem Pratigyaa. After the shot, she said she couldn't even feel me touching her.' Ranjeet gets candid about his 'villainous' career.