This superstar was paid much more than lead actors. However, he once sold eggs on roads to make a living. His name ...

Vinod Mehta's illuminating 1970s biography, Meena Kumari: The Classic Biography, which has been reissued recently, answer many myths and mysteries that surround the star's life and death.

Speaking about Meena Kumari's alcohol addiction ... Then I asked her to promise me that she would not drink. We regularly had these fights but they were purely out of our love for each other ...

Meena Kumari was one of the legendary actresses Indian cinema has ever given. Known as the tragedy queen, Meena Kumari was not just an actress but an emotion to her fans. From Baiju Bawara to Dil Ek ...

While Meena Kumari apparently enjoyed the drinks when she did Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam, Mahie recently has given up alcohol completely. Apparently Mahie developed a drinking problem while shooting ...

A charming woman before, she was soon engulfed by depression and took to heavy drinking as a solace. The couple remarried, but by then Meena Kumari had become an alcoholic. Her sorrow drove her to ...

This confrontation eventually led to a moment of reconciliation, where Tajdar asked Meena Kumari to promise him that she would stop drinking. “We regularly had these fights, but they were purely ...

Her career dwindled and the drinking had damaged her liver, so much so that Meena had to seek treatment in London and Switzerland. Meena Kumari’s most famous film is arguably Pakeezah ...

Meena Kumari's flirtations with the pen are as seductive ... and was so frustrated that she took to drinking and writing poetry to fight her feeling of betrayal," he once said.

Meena-Kumari-is-one-of-the-most-prominent-actors ... speedily left. If she took to drinking initially, it was because she was exhausted. Dr Saeed Tiurza, her physician, prescribed a peg of brandy ...

Vinod Mehta's illuminating 1970s biography, Meena Kumari: The Classic Biography, which has been reissued recently, answer many myths and mysteries that surround the star's life and death.