Shashikala Om Prakash Saigal is a Hindi and Marathi actress who has been a part of over 200 Hindi films and 50 Marathi ones. Shashikala belonged to an affluent Marathi family in Solapur, Maharashtra. She faced hard times when her father faced financial problems in her childhood and was then asked by her family to look for roles in movies...
Meena Kumari was known as the tragedy queen of Hindi cinema for her superb performances in tragic roles, in film after film during her active career. Unfortunately, her personal life was also a series of tragedies that ultimately resulted in her virtually taking her own life due to excessive and reckless drinking. She died at a relatively young age when...
Lata Mangeshkar, the veteran playback singer, had formal training in music from her father. Her father ran a theater company in Mumbai, where she began to learn music with her father's grudging approval, and with whom she also sang a song. As her father was a conservative man, film music was not appreciated at her home. After the theater company...
Mahendra Kapoor was a playback singer in 1960’s, and he became popular for singing songs for music composers like O P Nayyar and Ravi. He was inspired by singers like Mohammed Rafi and even Mohammed Rafi congratulated him many times for the quality of his voice; Rafi found Mahendra’s voice a bit classical. Overall, the singer has sung  2,500 songs...
Mehmood Ali is one of our greatest comedian actors, who had acted in over 300 Hindi films. Born on 29 September 1932, his memorable films include Kunwara Baap, where he acted with versatile actress Manorama from Tamil film. The story had a message on polio vaccination and was essayed on the backdrop of a newly born son who was rescued...
One would be at a loss, wondering where to start when writing about a film legend like AshokKumar. After all, he is considered to be one of Indian film industry’s greatest actors, who has performed as the romantic hero, antagonist as well as in various other shades of character roles with equal aplomb. AshokKumar really was witness to a very...