On Asha Parekh's 81st brithday on Monday (October 2), we take a look at the illustrious life of the doe-eyed danseuse, who became the highest paid actress of her time.
Nayakan, the Kamal Haasan starring classic film which is helmed by veteran filmmaker Mani Ratnam, is set to have a re-release in 4K format on its leading man s birthday, this year.
Since the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted 68 years ago, only seven Indian women from Indian cinema have been bestowed with the award. Asha Parekh happens to be only the seventh one. Shoma A. Chatterji profiles one of the most successful heroines of Hindi films who received the honour from President Droupadi Murmu on Sept 30. Asha Parekh ruled the Hindi screen much before the term ‘Bollywood’ was even conceived with one hit film after another. And to think that […]
If I am asked to pick one song from a Hindi film that best encapsulates how the posterity would look back at the singing legends Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi, it would be “Pagla Kahin Ka” (1970), where they sing: “tum mujhe yun bhula na paoge / jab kabhi bhi geet sunoge mere / sang sang tum bhi gungunaoge”.