Waheeda Rehman
Valentine’s Day Special: Where Has Love Gone?
Where have all the legendary love stories of Filmistan gone? Love, lust and all things exciting have always been part of India’s largest dream factory. Through the ages, Bollywood’s extramarital couples have attracted more attention than the married ones. Director Guru Dutt and his prized discovery Waheeda Rehman were seen together often enough for people to look for one upon spotting the other. Later, when she moved on, the sensitive Dutt ended his life. Such passionate togetherness wasn’t rare even in the 1940s when Indian cinema was in its infancy. The debonair | Click Here...
Waheeda Rehman’s Screen Bonding With Lataji
The most celebrated song among the collaborations of Waheeda Rehman and Lata Mangeshkar is , hands down, Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai in Guide. Recalls Waheedaji, “No one in the Guide team thought much about Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai. We were all like, ‘Theek hai,dekhte hai.’ Everyone was crazy about Rafi Saab’s Din dhal jaye and Tere mere sapne. But look at destiny! Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai is the song I am most closely identified with.” There is much more to the mythic Waheeda Rehman’s onscreen image than the iconic song Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai in | Click Here...
Did Bad Reviews For Kagaz Ke Phool Kill him Or Was Unrequited Love The Reason For Guru Dutt’s Suicide?
On 10 October, 1964 one of Indian cinema’s most gifted filmmakers ended his life. Guru Dutt was only 39 .Some say the bad reviews for his most celebrated work Kagaz Ka Phool did him in. R Balki's new engrossing thriller Chup explores this line of thought. Some say Guru Dutt Padukone (yes Deepika is related to him) died of an accidental overdose . But most of us believe , Guru Dutt died of a broken heart. Hopelessly and tragically in love with the beauteous Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt ended his life because without love, there was no life. And Gu | Click Here...
When The Elderly Waheeda Rehman’s Face Was Morphed By The Young
To play his dancer-mother in Vishwaroopam 2 in 2018 Kamal Haasan went ambitiously to Vyjanthimala who politely showed him the door.He then approached another Bollywood legend Waheeda Rehman who rather reluctantly agreed. Waheedaji had laughingly revealed, “It’s the role of an aging ex-dance. I play a woman in a wheelchair. But to show my past as a dancer Kamal Haasan decided to morph my face from my young Guide days .I am lucky to be still getting roles at my age. Getting meaty characters is impossible for actresses beyond a certain age. And it isn’t just in India. In Hol | Click Here...
Zaheeda Claiming She Was Offered Guide Is An Insult To Waheeda Rehman, Here Is The Truth From The Timeless Waheeda Rehman
In no other part of the world do actors talk about the roles that they did not do. Imagine Warren Beatty bragging that he turned down The Godfather!In Bollywood actors are constantly talking about roles they turned down.Some of the claims sound pretty hollow. I am pretty sure Dev Anand never offered Zaheeda the immortal role of Rosie in Guide.At least not seriously. And such claims about roles and performances as iconic as Guide should be made carefully. For those who came in late Zaheeda is Nargis’ niece , the daughter of character-actor Anwar Hussain w | Click Here...
He was the master in front of the camera: Waheeda Rehman On Dilip Kumar
“Is this news correct?” the iconic Waheeda Rehman asks me suspiciously when I call her for her thoughts on the passing of India’s greatest actor. I reassure her it is indeed true . And since she had done so many memorable films with him, who better qualified to comment on him? “Not so many,” Waheedaji corrects me in her no-nonsense voice. “We did just 4 films together and unfortunately only one of them Ram Aur Shyam did well.” Agreed, I conceded, but the other three film they did together –Dil Diya Dard Liya,Aadmi and Mashaal are all imp | Click Here...
Review Of Skater Girl: Turgid, Touristy, Trite But Agreeable
Skater Girl(Netflix) Starring Rachel Sanchita Gupta ,Shafin Patel, Amrit Maghera, Jonathan Readwin and Waheeda Rehman Directed by Manjari Makijany Rating: *** 10 minutes into the film,and I was convinced this was Slumdog Millionaire on a skating board in Rajasthan.Then 45 minutes later something magical happened. She is called Waheeda Rehman. I don’t know how or where this enchantress, now in the winter of her life, showed up as a doppelganger of Gayatri Devi,telling us why she would fund a skatepark in Rajasthan.We appreciate. I was h | Click Here...
Waheeda Rehman’s 5 Roles That Saw Her Move Out Of Her Comfort Zone
Without a jot of a doubt, the name Waheeda Rehman signifies beauty, dignity and inner strength. And yet I’ve not seen this iconic actress stepping out of her comfort zone to display the staggering range of Madhubala , Geeta Bali , Nutan or Sridevi. Whenenver Waheedaji has slipped away from her restrained histrionics she has given us characters who will live forever,and a Friday. 1. Madhavi in Darpan(1970): Only God and the Moral Police know why our greatest heroines are never accepted as prostitutes, unless they are the pristine poetic version | Click Here...
The Iconic Waheeda Rehman Tells How She Almost Didn’t Do Her Most Memorable Role In Guide
It’s hard to believe anyone but the timeless Waheeda Rehman playing the mercurial memorable Rosy in Vijay Anand’s classic study of the Indian housewife’s emancipation in Guide. Waheedji shocks me with this revelation.“Guide' is not just my most iconic film. It was also Dev's most celebrated work. Yes, you can act as shocked as you like. But the fact is I almost didn't do 'Guide'.Hua yun ke, shuroo mein director Raj Khosla the. Raj Khosla and I had a difference of opinion during an earlier film. I never worked with him after that. And I wasn't willing to change that for 'Guide | Click Here...
Review of The Song Of Scorpions: Irrfan Khan’s Final Film Is A Haunting Parable On Love & Retribution
The Song Of Scorpions Starring Irrfan Khan, Golshifteh Farahani, Waheeda Rehman, Shashank Arora Written & Directed by Anup Singh Rating; *** ½ Luckily for us and posterity, Irrfan Khan’s final film is an exquisite piece of cinema. Enchanting to view, gorgeous in feel, The Song Of Scorpions is an enigmatic parable set to the tune of a cinematic rhythm by a master craftsman. I’ve been a fan of Anup Singh’s cinema since Qissa where Irrfan was a Sikh father hellbent on proving his daughter to be a son. In many ways in The Song Of Scorpions Ir | Click Here...
Was Unrequited Love The Reason For Guru Dutt’s Suicide?
On 10 October 1964 one of Indian cinema’s most gifted filmmakers ended his life. Guru Dutt was only 39. Some say he died of an accidental overdose. But most of us believe, Guru Dutt died of a broken heart. Hopelessly and tragically in love with the beauteous Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt ended his life because, without love, there was no life. And Guru Dutt loved his muse and his raison d’etre more than he loved life. He discovered her in Hyderabad and encouraged her to come to Mumbai to become a leading lady, which she did. In no time at all he was completely in love with his | Click Here...
My Heart Reaches Out To Daily Wage Earners: Waheeda Rehman
“Akshay Kumar has donated so generously for those affected by the current pandemic crisis. So have the Ambanis, the Tatas and so many others. But where is that money going? Are the poor getting any relief? Why have no trains and buses been organized for the migrant workers? They’re walking for hundreds of miles to their homes without food water or shelter? Where is the relief work for these poor people?” Strong words from the mild-mannered soft-spoken Bollywood diva, the legend among legends Waheeda Rehman who’s as taken aback by the virulence of the virus as we are. “Ye | Click Here...
The Kapil Sharma Show: Archana got emotional meeting Waheeda Rehman and Helen
The Kapil Sharma Show has been on a hit spree when it comes to inviting people on the show since its launch and this weekend it will again create history when actresses from the golden era of Bollywood will be seen being hosted by Kapil Sharma. Waheeda Rehman, Helen and Asha Parekh, three of the greatest stars from the Bollywood industry will be seen visiting the show and sharing some of their invaluable experiences with Kapil alongside humor. Archana Puran Singh, who got emotional and had tears in her eyes seeing Waheeda Rehman on stage shared her fan moment in front of the a | Click Here...