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  Veteran journalist  Vinod  Mehta wrote the biography of Meena Kumari in 1972. In this book, he wrote about the exploitation of Meena Kumari whoever came close to her. She was first exploited by her family. She   started out as Baby Meena, a child artist and a breadwinner of the family.  As a child, she wasn't interested in a film career, and would rather attend school.  In spite of this, her parents started peddling four-year-old Mahjabeen(Real Name of Meena Kumari) to film studios for work opportunities so she was deprived of her childhood. One of the major blows in Meena Kumari's life was the death of her mother. She was only 14 then. In the film Industry also she struggled initially, though she was getting work but paid poorly.It was only after Baiju Bawra in 1952 she got recognition. On May 21, 1951, Meena Kumari was involved in a motor car accident while returning from  Mahabaleshwar  to  Bombay .  She was admitted to Sasoon Hospi...

  Sadhana (2 September 1941 – 25 December 2015)   belonged to an era when Hindi cinema was transitioning from the slow ’50s     to the more playful, romantic ’60s. Her first film as a heroine was Love In Shimla, released in 1960 which was a hit. She  became a rage  and her hairstyle became instantly popular with the girls.  Her  fringe haircut  named "Sadhana Cut" Sadhana is also credited for bringing into fashion tight  churidar-kurta .  She went with this concept of gracefully changing the traditional loose  salwar kameez  to her director  Yash Chopra  for 1965's film  Waqt . Initially, Yash Chopra was not agreed for this change but Sadhana  with the help of her fashion designer  Bhanu Athaiya  showed him a sample, which he liked.  The trend lasted well in the 1970s and can be seen to be adopted by many actresses. After Love In Shimla, her 2nd film Parakh was released. in this film she ...

  Dimple Kapadia( Born on 8 June 1957) was launched by Raj Kapoor at age 16, playing the title role in his teen romance Bobby (1973). She became a sensation after the release of the film.  Bobby  established her as a "cult figure" She became the youth fashion icon of India. The mini skirts and  polka-dotted dresses she wore were often referred to as "Bobby Print" Before the release of Bobby, she has already married that too the heartthrob of the nation Rajesh Khanna. She didn't work in any film after the release of Bobby. She made her comeback after 12 years with Ramesh Sippy's Sagar in 1985.  Despite long absences, Dimple Kapadia — who turns 64 today — has built an enviable body of work. In this blog we look into the roles she played in her career span of 48 years. Bobby(1973) The film became a trend-setter. It was wildly popular and widely imitated. It introduced to Bollywood the genre of teenage romance with a rich-versus-poor clash as a backdrop. Dimple ...