'Everyone at Guru Dutt Productions would get monthly salaries. Waheeda didi would get Rs 2,500 per month. And that was the reason why she left.'
Snapshots from Asha Bhosle's life.
''There is not a single day in my life when I don't look at Sweta and Abhishek with pride, for being such fine human beings.'
Dinesh Raheja doffs his hat to the movie legend, who will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year.
It is impossible to discuss Asha Bhosle without mentioning the word 'versatility', notes Dinesh Raheja.
'I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.'
Waheeda Rehman and Jaya Bachchan attended the prayer meet for Kamini Kaushal at the Nehru Centre in Mumbai.
Farhan Akhtar held the doors open for *everyone* at the special screening of his new film, 120 Bahadur.
Subhash K Jha gives us the very best of Waheeda Rehman.
The luminous Waheeda Rehman will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year,
'We didn't do too many films together, and what we did wasn't too memorable.'
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.'
The yesteryear actress has taken up voluntary retirement.
As Dilip Kumar turns 98 on December 11, Subhash K Jha brings us some lesser known facts about the thespian.
The iconic Waheeda Rehman tells Subhash K Jha why she refused her most memorable role in Guide until...
The actress will be see in Aparna Sen's Bengali film Arshinagar.
S D Burman enjoyed a productive partnership with Dev Anand's production house Navketan for two decades, but their collaboration reached its apogee with Guide.
In #InstaStories, we show you a different side to Bollywood.
We look back at Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rehman's 1960 film Chaudhvin Ka Chand.
The song that best encapsulates Geeta Dutt's unfairly abbreviated life would probably be: Yaad Karoge, Yaad Karoge, Ek Din Humko Yaad Karoge. On her 95th birth anniversary on November 23, Dinesh Raheja pieces together the life of this talented singer.
'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.'
Yet another awards ceremony -- South Africa Indian Film And Television Awards -- is born.
The veteran actress looks back at her career.
A look at the pictures.
'I fell in love with Suraiya and that was my first real gafla. The more I couldn't get her, the more I wanted her. When I couldn't marry her because the world didn't want it, I cried for the first time.'
'Guru Dutt taught me that pitying oneself can be beautiful, and that heartbreak is cinematic.'
Waheeda is also scheduled to distribute utility items to widows in Srinagar, they added.
Waheeda Rehman was in tears as she unveiled the brass statue of Dev Anand on Tuesday, December 4. She shares some of her memories of the man they called the 'evergreen' hero.
'The behaviour, body language and attitude of a streetwalker were alien to me.'
'Mr & Mrs 55 was breezy, romantic and so Hollywood.'
Her co-stars will be Irrfan and Iranian beauty Golshifteh Farahani.
'You have become a big star. How can you play a secondary role to Meena Kumari?'
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman starrer Kala Bazar(1960).
The veteran actress explains why awards have lost their charm and why she is against remakes.
The 17-year-old actor, who made waves with her debut performance in 2024's Laapataa Ladies, makes yet another striking debut this year: At Cannes.
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.
'The pain of not having a home is bearable, but the pain of having one -- and not finding peace in it -- is far worse.'
'At a time when the 'my country, right or wrong' attitude is sweeping over the majority, the Pyaasa song Jinhe Naaz Hai Hind Par Woh Kahan Hain brings a much-needed sense of reality. It questions: How can one feel any sense of pride when women are treated like this? Utkarsh Mishra salutes Guru Dutt's classic that turns 68 this month.
'Abrar uncle said he had started drinking from the afternoon on that fateful day. And he continued drinking till late at night.' 'Thereafter, he must have consumed some sleeping pills, as was his habit.' 'I think that combination went fatally wrong.'
Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman remembers Nanda, her friend of 55 years who passed away on March 25.
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