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Pakistani star’s family cost her a dream debut with Raj Kapoor; Nikaah made her a sensation, but she couldn’t capitalise on it

September 14, 2025 3:34 pm

Salma Agha was a rare actor-singer who gained success across the film and music industries in both India and Pakistan.

Bollywood starlet was pushed into prostitution, died penniless and alone at 34; her body was transported on 'thela' for funeral

August 01, 2025 4:38 pm

Having debuted with a film directed by BR Chopra and starring Raaj Kumar and Sunil Dutt, Vimi was riding a wave of promise. But her career nosedived almost immediately, and she died at the age of 34 after having experienced tremendous tragedy.

Mukesh Khanna calls Mahabharat co-stars 'chhichhoras', says Ravi Chopra once said 'a real man is someone who has affairs'

July 29, 2025 12:11 pm

Actor Mukesh Khanna didn't have kind words to say about his former Mahabharat colleagues, implying that they were 'chhichhoras' in real life.

Javed Akhtar responds to Pakistani actors wishing death upon him.

Javed Akhtar bought 4,000 sq ft bungalow on Bandra Bandstand for Rs 5 lakh in 1970s, reveals Sahir Ludhianvi was paid in prime real estate by BR Chopra

May 13, 2025 9:06 am

Javed Akhtar argued that besides him, veteran screenwriter-lyricist-poet Gulzar also purchased a bungalow in Bandra, Mumbai, but he also had a "successful star wife" in Rakhee Gulzar.

BR Chopra's Mahabharat was a 94-episode series broadcast in Doordarshan

Mahabharat: BR Chopra stood by Rahi Masoom Raza when Doordarshan questioned how a Muslim man could write the show, 'It's not Hindu or Muslim'

April 22, 2025 3:52 pm

37 years ago, when BR Chopra made Mahabharat, he hired Rahi Masoom Raza to write the show, and the naysayers didn't approve.

Govinda recalls being thrown out of BR Chopra's office for refusing Mahabharat; says filmmaker called his mom 'mad': 'Bahar nikalo isko'

March 10, 2025 10:41 am

Govinda refused the role of Abhimanyu in Mahabharat, which angered BR Chopra so much that he threw him out of his office and said his mother was mad for advising him not to do the show.

'BR Chopra threatened to throw me out of the industry, tried to intimidate me': Amol Palekar recalls slapping producer with legal action

December 07, 2024 4:39 pm

Amol Palekar recalled the legal battle that he had with BR Chopra over unpaid dues. He said that the producer threatened and intimidated him.

Juhi Chawla talks about getting selected for Mahabharat.

When Juhi Chawla was signed to play Draupadi in Mahabharat before Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak: 'Then BR Chopra said...'

August 25, 2024 12:45 pm

Juhi Chawla revealed she was selected to play Draupadi in BR Chopra's Mahabharat, before she signed Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, co-starring Aamir Khan.

Surendra Pal says he didn’t want to play Dronacharya’s role in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat because he wanted to be a hero: ‘I started crying..’

January 22, 2024 10:00 pm

Surendra Pal said that BR Chopra shouted at him in anger when he rejected the role of Dronacharya.

Pankaj Dheer reveals BR Chopra kicked him out of Mahabharat after he refused to shave his moustache for Arjuna's role

December 04, 2023 2:22 pm

Actor Pankaj Dheer revealed that he was the first choice to play the role of Arjuna in BR Chopra's Mahabharat, but he was asked to leave the show after he refused to shave off his moustache for the role. He later bagged the role of Karna in the same TV series.

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