Nostalgia......yesteryear Actresses |
Nostalgia......yesteryear Actresses |
Reeth |
Mar 28 2007, 03:07 PM
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Saluting the beautiful and talented leading ladies of yesteryears ....
DEVIKA RANI She is considered to be the 'First Lady' of the Indian cinema.Grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore she was truly a great beauty..........discovered by Himanshu Rai, who she later married . They together set up the Famous" Bombay Talkies Studio " beginning with a murder mystery 'Jawani ki hawa' in which Devika Rani played the lead.........thus began a successful film career... Some of her most memorable films were Karma Jawani ki hawa Achoot kanya( with Ashok kumar considered to be a classic and a landmark in the history of Indian cinema) Izzat Jeevan naiyya Durga Savitri Anjaan Hamari Baat Himanshu Rai died in 1940,after which she took control of Bomabay Talkies and kept the banner flying high with hits such as Kangan, Bandhan Jhoola, Kismet, Punarmilan... In 1945 she quit films to marry the noted Russian painter Dr Svetoslav Roerich and retired to a life of domesticity, in their sprwaling estate 'thatguni' in Bangalore, where she lived till her death in 1994,but maintained her link with the film industry... She was honoured with the " Padmashri" in 1958, and she became the first film personality to be awarded he Dada Sahab Palkhe Award in 1969. Devika rani photographed a few years before her death.... Attached image(s) The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind -William James |
Reeth |
Apr 14 2007, 12:16 AM
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( much married?) Very much so. Thanks. Am gonna try and change myself now and hopefully it'll be 4 the better but baby steps tho Reeth Great news YM celebrations all round ....Change in what way??? hey don't change, just be what you are........ The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind -William James |
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