Shammi Kapoor and Mumtaz were at different stages in their lives -- he had already enjoyed stardom for a decade while she had just graduated to leading lady roles.
John Abraham and Bipasha Basu emerged as a popular power duo who set new fitness goals for their audience.
'One day, I was working in my office late in the evening when suddenly the peon comes and says Saif Ali Khan has come to meet you.' 'Saif told me, "I'm desperate. I've been thrown out by Sattee Shourie, I'm homeless and penniless. Can you do a film with me?"' 'I thought about it and saw him in the character which I was writing.' 'So I gave him a cheque of Rs 5,000 and said, "We'll work together".'
One of the reasons for Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor's break-up was reported as family pressure.
Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor juggled their personal lives with the pressures of fame and stardom... till they couldn't anymore, and decided it was just not meant to be.
Meena Kumari would nudge a blushing Suraiya on the sets of Sanam and whisper 'Aa rahe hai... aapke' when Dev Anand sauntered onto the sets.
The relationship high point was reached on Amitabh Bachchan's 60th birthday party, when Jaya Bachchan called on stage 'my to-be daughter-in-law Karisma Kapoor'.
Vijayta Pandit has revealed that Gaurav's father, onetime jubilee star Rajendra Kumar, made sure that she never signed another film with his son Kumar Gaurav despite filmmakers clamouring to repeat their pair.
Throughout Parasakthi, Sivakarthikeyan mentions he is not against Hindi but the imposition of Hindi, notes A Ganesh Nadar.
'When he was offered B R Chopra's Zameer, many advised him against playing Saira Banu's father, pointing out that a decade ago, he had been her hero in her debut film, Junglee.' 'When he asked me, I pointed out that he was an actor first, so nothing should stop him from playing any role.'
Nanda says of Manmohan Desai: 'I wanted a husband who doesn't bow down before anyone else.' 'He has worked with Amitabh Bachchan in so many films but it's always on a one-to-one basis. I admire that.'
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.
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'It was not a love affair, it was much more.'
'He had a terrific sense of what works at the box office and what doesn't.'
'Asha Parekh once said he never really went beyond the villager he originally was.'
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'Lots of people fade away from our memory after they die, but he will stay on forever.'
'After watching Elvis Presley, Shammi Kapoor decided to pick the rock and roll star's style itself.' 'Dada was the kind of producer who took a leap of faith and gave Shammi Kapoor the freedom to display himself as crazy, mad, rough -- all the charms of Elvis Presley -- in his films.'
The actor, who is undergoing treatment in a Mumbai hospital, has developed renal problems.
Nutan was the kind of woman Shammi got drawn to -- sensitive, aware and erudite, yet seductively feminine.
'He had his own style, his own rhythm in the songs that he danced to on screen and in the way he led his life.'
As the world mourns his loss, we invite you to share your Shammi Kapoor memories with the rest of his fans.
The film fraternity turned up to pay their last respects to the late hero.
Sukanya Verma looks at instances of aristocrats falling for commoners on the silver screen.
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He had even proposed marriage to Madhubala. When she had giggled it off, he was said to have gone home and cried in front of his mother.
The film fraternity pays respects to the ate actor.
Looking at the best performances of the late actor.
The Yahoo star is still under observation and medication.
Giving out the news, actor Amitabh Bachchan tweeted around 9 am on Sunday: 'Shammi Kapoorji passed away this morning at 5:15 am .. Rushing there now .. the flamboyance and joi de vivre of the Industry lost!'
The twitter world mourns the loss of the legend.
The Tamil superstar claims he is a huge fan of the Junglee actor.
The Osian's-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema celebrates its 10th anniversary this year in Mumbai and Delhi. The same was held in Mumbai, for the first time, last year which was a one day event while this year it will be a two day event.
Because of Mukesh's much-hailed association with Raj Kapoor, it is often overlooked that the singer has also scored hits with almost all major heroes. On Mukesh's 102nd birth anniversary on July 22, Dinesh Raheja recalls some of his classic songs.
Yesteryear actor Deb Mukherjee passed into the ages on March 14.
On his first death anniversary, we remember the legendary actor.
The film fraternity turn up to pay their last respects to the late hero.
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