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Rekha's gun-wielding fans turned up on Umrao Jaan sets, Muzaffar Ali recalls how he made them a part of shoot: Umrao Jaan re-release
June 21, 2025 9:02 am
In a chat with SCREEN, Muzaffar Ali opens up Rekha-Farooq Sheikh-starrer Umrao Jaan as it returns to the screen on June 27th, inviting both the old lovers and the curious new to lose themselves once again.
Shobha Gurtu at 100: The queen of thumri people do not know
February 10, 2025 6:07 pm
Gurtu was already in her 50s when she found some attention from recording companies. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004, two years before she passed away
Less fact, more fiction: Hira Mandi's downfall began with Aurangzeb, not the British
May 15, 2024 10:47 pm
Sanjay Leela Bhansali would have us believe that the world of the courtesans was enchanting in Lahore before the British came. But it sees the past through blinkers and misses its powerful reality
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Heeramandi is not history; only Pakeezah and Umrao Jaan depicted success and stigma of real tawaifs
May 07, 2024 9:39 pm
Who were the real tawaifs? As Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Heeramandi starts the conversation again, Sufi Kathak exponent Manjari Chaturvedi tells the stories of strong and independent artistes and how their narrative played out in popular culture.
The Queer phenomenon called Meena Kumari
August 01, 2022 2:03 pm
On her birth anniversary, here is a look at the queer politics of Meena Kumari's star persona and two of her seminal performances - Kamal Amrohi's Pakeezah and Guru Dutt's Saheb Bibi Aur Ghulam.
Ungli / Pakeezah will take your breath away!
November 14, 2014 1:00 am
While most other romantic numbers border on being over-dramatic, Pakeezah from Ungli is a refreshing song that manages to not go overboard with the mushiness
'Pakeezah' incident inspires Himesh Reshammiya's 'The Xpose'
May 09, 2014 6:40 pm
'Pakeezah' became a superhit after the demise of Meena Kumari, two weeks after its release.
Sikhs in Britain oppose meat plant near gurdwara
August 10, 2013 6:44 pm
Food firm Pakeezah proposed to establish a meat plant adjacent to a gurdwara in Bradford.
Kangana Ranaut turns nautch girl for Rajjo
March 11, 2013 3:54 pm
If reports are to be believed,film's producers have spent a whopping Rs 5 crore to build the sets.
Pakeezah one of a kind
March 09, 2012 4:03 pm
On February 4,1972,Indias first colour film in Cinemascope,Pakeezah,hit the screen and wrote a chapter of its own in Hindi cinema. Considered the swan song of the legendary Meena Kumari,the epic,four decades down,has not lost an iota of its sheen
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'Baahubali, Enthiran, RA.One': Most expensive Indian films
July 10, 2015 12:51 pm
Baahubali, Enthiran, RA.One, Dhoom 3 - here is a list of the most expensive movies made in India.
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