Jaya Bhaduri
Every Screen Diva From Madhubala To Jaya Bhaduri Owe A Large Part Of Their Stardom To Lataji
It was Jaya Bachchan who famously said, “It was only when Lataji sang for a heroine that she felt she had arrived.” Not too many of our screen queens have understood let alone acknowledged what a hand the Goddess Of All Melodious Things played in their careers. What would Madhubala or Waheeda Rehman be without Pyar kiya toh darna kya or Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai?Checklist of the Mangheshkar melodies that define the Divas’ careers. 1. Madhubala: Aayega aanewala(Mahal), Pyar kiya toh darna Kya(Mughal-e-Azam), Mohe panghat pen nandlal(Mugha | Click Here...
From The Archives: “People Believed Jaya Bhaduri & I Were Really Father & Daughter,” – A K Hangal
I met the wonderful Avtar Kishan Gill in Patna sometime in the 1980s .He was here to perform in a play, and we met in the evening after his performance. He was very tired and not in the mood to talk to a journalist, and that too one who was only starting out in his career. “Would you mind if I lie down and talk you?” He conducted the entire interview in the supine position ,sometimes dozing off as he spoke about his early days and his very successful stint as a character actor in Hindi cinema. “I come from a family where tailoring is the main | Click Here...
Lockdown Classics: Bemisal (1982)
It’s interesting to note that Abhishek Bachchan the son of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s favourite screen pair Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri whom Hrishida directed in the two certifiable classics, Abhimaan and Mili, has just acted in a subverted version of one of his beloved comedies Golmaal. I am clueless as to how Hrishida would’ve reacted to the new Golmaal. But I do know he loved the Bachchan parivar and made some of his best films with them From the ravishing repertoire of films that Amitabh Bachchan did with Hrishikesh Mukherjee Bemisal stands out for giving the Big B one of | Click Here...
When Asha Parekh Refused To Work With Amitabh Bachchan
The world tends to forget that before Amitabh Bachchan became a megastar he went through a long period of struggle that lasted from 1969 to1972 when he made non-descript appearances in at least 13 films, not all of them unsuccessful—Bombay To Goa was a success but all the credit went to Shatrughan Sinha. Until Zanjeer in 1973 no major heroine wanted to work with the Big B. Every major leading lady said no to Zanjeer and Jaya Bhaduri (Bachchan) who was a superstar back then, agreed only because it was her boyfriend’s ticket to superstardom. That apart, the top heroines shied aw | Click Here...