Meena Kumari
Trademark Claim Won’t Automatically Stop Meena Kumari Biopic, Says Legal Expert
A few days after filmmaker Siddharth P. Malhotra spoke about his plans for a film on Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi, Prableen Sandhu of Almighty Motion Picture issued a formal clarification asserting the company's exclusive trademark rights over the words "Meena Kumari" for cinematic and audio-visual use. The company stated that any feature film, web series, television show, documentary or any other audio-visual project using the name "Meena Kumari" without its authorization would be treated as unauthorized and could invite legal action. However, senior lawyer Rohini Vakil beli | Click Here...
Rekha Was The First Choice To Play Meena Kumari
Now that Manish Malhotra has officially announced his biopic of Meena Kumari with Kriti Sanon in the lead, it can be told that Rekha was Manish Malhotra’s first choice for the part. A very close friend of Manish spills the beans. “Rekha would constantly talk about Meena Kumari’s mythical image. She was obsessed with the idea of playing Meena Kumari. Rekha had even told Manish that if he ever turned director he should make a film on Meena Kumari with she, Rekha replicating the graceful moves of the Tragedy Queen.” But then Kariti Sanon came to Manish wi | Click Here...
Remembering Meena Kumari On Her Death Anniversary
Was Meena Kumari the greatest actress of Hindi cinema. Many think so. The reputation is founded on mainly on two films Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam and Pakeezah, and we could add one more Sharda to it. Meena Kumari loved the scent of mogras. If you wanted her as a friend you could try giving her mogra flowers. You would have seen her face light up with pleasure. She was not much into worldly things and gave away all her possessions to her relatives and died in the servant’s quarter of a mansion she gifted to her sister. Though she played a dancer in her m | Click Here...
Unknown Facts About Meena Kumari
1. Meena Kumari loved the scent of mogras. If you wanted her as a friend you could try giving her mogra flowers. You would have seen her face light up with pleasure. She was not much into worldly things and gave away all her possessions to her relatives and died in the servant’s quarter of a mansion she gifted to her sister. 2. Meenaji couldn’t dance to save her life in Pakeezah. But she loved to sing and has recorded an entire album of her own poetry I Write I Recite composed by Khayyam . In her films she wanted only Lata Mangeshkar to sing for her. | Click Here...
Nimmi Was Well-Read, Lively & Fun To Be With: Lata Mangeshkar
Impish, flirtatious, pouty and perky….somehow Nimmi was the original Mumtaz and Aruna Irani, if that makes any sense. Vivacity came naturally to Nimmi. It wasn’t a trait she cultivated. It was part of her DNA. That’s why they cast her repeatedly as the chulbuli gao ki gori or the rebellious girl who won’t kick off her high heels at a kirtan sammellan. Nimmi’s passing away is, frankly, of little relevance to cinematic history. Among the great classical actresses of her time she was never a topnotch player, never in the league of her edified contemporaries like Nargis, | Click Here...
5 Most Influential Films Starring A Female Hero
In recent times there’s been a torrent of films where the heroine has taken centre stage. In the first two months of 2020 alone there were at least three major heroine-centric films Chhapaak, Panga and Thappad. In the past, films featuring women in central roles were rare. Here are 5 films from the past where the female hero took centre stage. 1. Mother India (1958): Nargis Dutt was in her 20s when she played her future husband Sunil Dutt’s 70-year old mother in Mehboob Khan’s magnum opus Mother India, an epic tale of Good Son, Bad Son and Conflicted Moth | Click Here...
Geeta Kapur’s tribute to yesteryear’s heroines in Super Dancer Chapter 2 finale
An energetic season of Sony Entertainment Television’s kids dance reality show Super Dancer Chapter 2 is finally coming to end. But, the end won’t be a sad one, the finale episode that will air on 24th March, is going to be filled with fun, laughter, entertainment and of course dance! The episode will see Shilpa Shetty Kundra dance to some peppy numbers and our very own Choreographer and Super Judge, Geeta Kapur will give the nation a visual treat by performing on 7 to 8 songs dedicated to yesteryear heroines who cre | Click Here...