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Lataji, Nargis, Simi Garewal: The Three Legendary Ladies In White Of Bollywood
There are three Bollywood ladies of legendary repute who preferred to wear only one colour.Lata Mangeshkar, Nargis and Simi Garewal were known to wear only white. What was this fascination for and fixation on one colour all about? I once asked Lataji and she confided : “I don’t know why, but I’ve always preferred to wear white sarees. It gives me a sense of peace that no other colour can.Whenever I recorded a song in a saree of a different colour it went didn’t go well. It’s not that I shun non-white sarees. But people are so used to seein | Click Here...
OMG! Mother Nargis Once Thought Sanjay Dutt Was Gay, Reveals Sister Priya
Nargis Dutt is one of the most remarkable actors to grace the Indian screen. Her talent, beauty and grace made her stand tall among her contemporaries. Nargis married her Mother India co-star Sunil Dutt in 1958. Together they had three children, Priya Dutt, Namrata Dutt and Sanjay Dutt. Nargis lost her fight to pancreatic cancer on May 3, 1981. According to reports in Republic World, in the autobiography of Sanjay Dutt by Yasser Usman called Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood’s Bad Boy, Sanjay’s sister Priya revealed some interesting things about Nargis. She said sh | Click Here...
Sanjay Dutt gets emotional on mother’s birth anniversary, shares nostalgic photo with fans
Sanjay Dutt took to social media on his mother's birth anniversary to express his love for her. Sanjay Dutt shared an old photo of his mother, Nargis Dutt, with her three children, including himself and his sisters Priya and Namrata. The second picture had his parents, Sunil Dutt and Nargis Dutt, in one frame. He captioned it, "There's nobody else like you. Happy Birthday Maa❤️” The actor, Sanjay Dutt, credits his parents with playing a significant role in shaping his life. He fondly remembers them both, and even in their absence, he hon | 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...
When rumours of Dimple Kapadia being Nargis’ daughter abounded and upset Sanjay Dutt
After Raj Kapoor’s teenage love story Bobby became a blockbuster in 1973 and Dimple Kapadia became a nationwide rage, a sordid rumour was started regarding Dimple’s parentage. It was whispered that Dimple was actually the love-child of Raj Kapoor and Nargis. For those who came in late, very late, Raj Kapoor was in a much-publicized relationship with Nargis for nearly 8 years. They moved apart only after RK made it explicitly clear that he couldn’t marry Nargis. She soon fell in love with Sunil Dutt and they remained blissfully wedded until death did they part. Nargis’ | Click Here...