When Richa Chadha said she paid tribute to Meena Kumari with her Heeramandi dance performance In a media statement, the actress who played the character of Lajjo in the series admitted that she ...

Did you know that Meena Kumari, on whom Pakeezah's greatest songs were picturised, couldn't dance at all in the film? Subhash K Jha gives us some lesser known about the late actress on her birth ...

Almost all leading actors and actresses, right from Madhubala, Meena Kumari to Alia Bhatt, learned kathak as part of their actor training. Apart from dancing, it is used as a grooming tool for the ...

As the image of Hindi film heroines is changing -- from Madhubala, Vyjayanthimala, Meena Kumari, Rekha, Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit to Deepika Padukone, the dancing skills of a quintessential Hindi ...

Praising Kamal Amrohi's iconic film Pakeezah, KBC host Amitabh Bachchan revealed that the filmmaker used rose water for the fountains in a scene that had Meena Kumari's dance sequence. Bollywood ...

It took a long span of 14 years to complete Pakeezah. Since Meena Kumari grew quite old and frail for a dance number, Director Kamal Amrohi made Padma Khanna dance on her song with a ‘Ghunghat ...

She passed away a little later. And then Pakeezah became a legend. Meena Kumari was so ill she couldn’t dance for the film. But I cherish my songs for her in that film. 3. Not much of a dancer ...

After watching her dance, veteran actresses Padmini and Vyjayanthimala recommended her to pursue career in acting- and rest ...

She passed away a little later. And then Pakeezah became a legend. Meena Kumari was so ill she couldn’t dance for the film. But I cherish my songs for her in that film.” Pakeezah had Lataji ...