Mala Sinha
Mala Sinha: “I Wanted To Become A Singer Like Lataji.”
Yesteryears’ screen queen Mala Sinha lip-synced innumerable hits of Lataji in films as wide-ranging as Anpadh and Neela Akaash. Heartbroken at the demise of a singer whose voice in many ways,defined the actress’ career says she was always inspired by Lataji. “Kabhi socha bhi nahin ttha ki filmon mein kaam karungi. I didn’t want to be an actress. I wanted to be a singer. Right from childhood I would copy Lataji’s songs like Jiya beqaraar hai, Hawa mein udta jaaye, Aayega aanewala, Barsaat mein tumse mile hum... right down to most minute nuances in her sin | Click Here...
OBITUARY: Chandrashekhar, Hindi Cinema’s Oldest Actor No More – Mala Sinha, Asha Parekh and Grandson Shakti Arora Mourn
Chandrashekhar who passed away on Wednesday was the best exemplification of the adage, ‘Dying With Your Boots On.’. As a leading man or as supporting actor, or as assistant director (to Gulzar in a slew of films in the 1970s) Chandrashekhar was just happy being part of the Hindi film industry. He started his career as a junior artiste in the early 1950s . Officially he is supposed to have acted in 250 films since then. But the number is actually said to be far higher. “He was omnipresent. I can’t remember a time when Chandrashekharji was not part of our | Click Here...
When Mala Sinha Slapped Sharmila Tagore
Cold wars between two actresses in the times gone-by were not unheard-of. It is said that when Sharmila Tagore and Raakhee worked together in Yash Chopra’s Daag Yash Chopra had to pamper both the heroines individually and make them feel special, as the leading man Rajesh Khanna was apparently busy playing one heroine against the other. Five years earlier to Daag, in 1968 Sharmila was part of another cold war with yet another heroine Mala Sinha. The two were cast as Joy Mukherjee’s heroines in Humsaya which Joy directed and cast himself in a double role. Hence two heroines. The ex | Click Here...