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 27 2007, 01:01 AM
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all were great...i like all nargis,madhubala,meena kumari,nutan,geeta bali,vyajaynthimala,waheeda rehmaan etc i dont like beena rai(i guess she was even not deserving best actress award for ghoonghat,madhubala was 1000 times better than her in mughle azam)..supporting actresses like nadira and nimmi were also good Jassi, Bina rai is considered to be nearly as beautiful as Madhubala,talent???.....am not sure.. i have seen 3 of her movies Anarkali,Tajmahal and Vallah kya baat hai.....and believe me she is Gorgeous.. You are right Reeth, Daera was a really depressing movie. But I don't mind watching it again and again just 4 Meena ji's sake. To be married 2 an old man and then find urself hopelessly in love with someone else; if that isn't a tragedy, I don't know what is. Noorie The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind -William James |
Ummer |
Apr 27 2007, 10:58 AM
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all were great...i like all nargis,madhubala,meena kumari,nutan,geeta bali,vyajaynthimala,waheeda rehmaan etc i dont like beena rai(i guess she was even not deserving best actress award for ghoonghat,madhubala was 1000 times better than her in mughle azam)..supporting actresses like nadira and nimmi were also good Jassi, Bina rai is considered to be nearly as beautiful as Madhubala,talent???.....am not sure.. i have seen 3 of her movies Anarkali,Tajmahal and Vallah kya baat hai.....and believe me she is Gorgeous.. You are right Reeth, Daera was a really depressing movie. But I don't mind watching it again and again just 4 Meena ji's sake. To be married 2 an old man and then find urself hopelessly in love with someone else; if that isn't a tragedy, I don't know what is. Noorie I agree with Jassi..... I find Bina Roy as an annoying actress along with her dumb facial expressions. Anarkali (1953) technically + acting wise was poor film in my opinion, it was only because of its songs i think that the films did great business. Both Bina Roy and Pradeep Kumar were annoying in this film. Bina Roy was neither a good actress nor a good dancer. |
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