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Meena Kumari Was Not Guru Dutt’s First Choice For The Iconic Chhoti Bahu
A peek behind the scenes of Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Dutt’s legendary cinematic adaptation of Bimal Mitra’s novel ...
Meena Kumari’s Pakeezah Is A Cult Classic But Was Marred By Dark Tragedies & Loss, Here’s What Happened!
When The Making Of Pakeezah Was Surrounded By Dark Tragedies (Photo Credit – Youtube) Meena Kumari is a name synonymous with ...
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Guru Dutt’s female characters were mirrors to a changing India
In Guru Dutt’s films like Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool, women weren’t side characters — they were the story’s moral centre ...
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Guru Dutt at 100: celebrating with his songs
Na Jao Saiyan Chhuda Ke Baiyan (Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, 1962) Composed by Hemant Kumar and sung by Geeta Dutt, this is a tipsy ...
Remember actress who played Sita’s mother in Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan? Was brutally murdered, police believed the reason was…, her name was…
Born on November 1, 1993, Urmila started working as a theatre artist, and later joined Sangeet Kala Academy in Rajkot as a ...
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Women in Guru Dutt Films: More Than Just Muses
Chhoti Bahu in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) Meena Kumari’s Chhoti Bahu is a haunting figure, a woman married into a decaying ...
Guru Dutt: A master, remembered
In many cases, the stories were his stories; the tussles, his tussles. In his centenary year, a tribute to a tortured artist.