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18Mar/081

Deepika Padukone very candid on the Kapoor family

When Deepika Padukone met her idol, Rishi Kapoor not as a fan but Rishi's son's girlfriend she was flabbergasted and said "It's amazing. But in his younger days my dad (badminton champ Prakash Padukone) was often told that he resembled Rishi Uncle. I grew up as his big fan, have seen Karz and Kabhi Kabhie number of times. When Ranbir took me to meet his parents, I was re-living my childhood images of the most compatible couple I've ever seen on screen."
Even the Kapoors has welcomed their would be daughter in law that’s why Deepika feels "Rishi Uncle is so warm. As for Neetu Aunty, she has an aura of natural grace and charm about her. She's very poised and articulate. I've met her more than I've met Uncle. Me and Rishi uncle are going to be working toge

ther. We had a reading together recently. He's so passionate about cinema. I've so much to learn from him." 

 

Deepika cannot go on without appreciating the Kapoors, she has lot of regard to both of them which is apparent from her statement which says "Both Ranbir and his sister Ridhima have been brought up with the right values. They come from such an illustrious family. And yet they're so down-to-earth. I see many similarities between their upbringing and mine. Though both Ranbir and I were exposed to celebrity situations from childhood, our parents have made sure we're firmly rooted to reality."
When asked about their marriage, Deepika expressed that “we're both very comfortable in our relationship. Now that we've come out in the open about our relationship, our parents are very happy. Beyond that it's too early to talk about marriage."
About her affair with Yuvraj and on the impressionable comment made by Yuvraj, Deepika says confidently that "I really don't think she said anything against me. If she had a grudge she'd call me up and talk to me. I always say that no outside source can know what kind of a relationship two people share. I spoke to her after the statements attributed to her came out. I've always shared a fantastic rapport with her. She's a wonderful and strong person. I've learnt a lot from her. As a woman and mother, I look up to Yuvraaj's mother. She's a multi-tasking mother. She has single-handedly brought up her two children. Yuvraaj is doing extremely well for himself. And his younger brother who has just started out is also doing very well himself. I wish the family all the best."

8Mar/080

Rare: Female Indian Detective Bhawana Paliwal

Meet Indian women detective Bhawana Paliwal

Women are there in all types of job stream, teaching, secretatrial work, police, doctor etc.etc.  But her job is different.  Meet  Bhavna Paliwal of New Delhi is, a private detective being hired by Indian brides to investigate about their suitors.

Bhavna Paliwal, is among one of India’s wedding detectives, who are being hired here in growing numbers to dig out out the truth about prospective mates.

In India, hiring a wedding detective like that of Paliwal has become a familiar prenuptial habit, as important as the heavy wedding gold and the multi-cuisine ten-course meal served on plates.

Confidential detectives are in business in India for several years but today their services are more essential than before. As there  is a tremendous enhancement in the business class of Delhi, so is the augment of dowries. Those dowries, in turn, have boosted the encouragement for hoax.

Grooms from United States come in haste, marry, then rush back home with the booty, leaving behind what have become known as “abandoned brides”. Meanwhile, in India, young couples who meet over the internet are getting away with lies that gossip would once have exposed.

Anupam Mittal, founder of Shaadi.com, an internet portal that celebrated its millionth match last year says,

25Feb/080

Fair One Filmfare awards-2008

The ‘Filmfare Movie Awards’ is a prominent annually organized function at Mumbai for acknowledging and celebrating the best new and old talents in the Indian film industry. Nominees for this award is decided jointly by an expert panel and public voting.

The award when initiated in 1953, there used to be just five award categories in the Filmfare Movie Awards Ceremony ,for the best film, the best director, the best actor, the best actress and the best music director. Presently, Filmfare Award category has risen to as high as 31 to give identifying  others contributed in film-making. It also comprises two Lifetime Achievement Awards.  A separate category for film-critics awards resolute by famous film-critics moderately than votes of the general public is also included.

This year the Filmfare Awards 2008 were given to the following:

    • Best Film (Winner: Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par)

    • Best Director (Winner: Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par)

    • Best Actor (Winner:  Shah Rukh Khan for Chak De India)

    • Best Actress(Winner:  Kareena Kapoor for Jab We Met)

    • Best Choreography (Winner: Saroj Khan for Barso Re (Guru))

    • Best Actor Critics Award (Winner: Darsheel Safary for Taare Zameen Par)

    • Best Debuting (Male) (Winner:  Ranbir Kapoor for Saawariya)

    • Best Debuting (Female) (Winner:  Deepika for Om Shanti Om)

    • Best Supporting Male  (Winner:  Irrfan Khan for Life in a Metro)

    • Best Supporting Female (Winner: Konkana Sen Sharma for Life in a Metro)

    • Best Music Direction (Winner:  A. R. Rehman for Guru)

    • Best Dialogue (Winner:  Imitiaz Ali for Jab We Met)

    • Best Screenplay (Winner:  Anurag Basu for Life in A Metro)

    • Best Lyricist (Winner:  Prasoon Joshi for 'Maa' from Taare Zameen Par )

    • Best Playback Singer (Male) (Winner: Shaan for 'Jabse Tere Naina' from Saawariya)

    • Best Playback Singer (Female) (Winner: Shreya Ghoshal for ' Barso Re ' from Guru.)

    • Best Cinematography (Winner:  Sudip Chatterjee Chak De India)

    • Life Time Achievement Award (Winner: Rishi Kapoor)

    • Best Costume Design ( Winner: Sujata Sharma for Gandhi My Father.)

24Feb/080

Homage to yesteryear actress Manorama

Yesteryear stalwart, actress Manorama passed away in Mumbai on February,15.  She was last seen in Deepa Mehta’s film Water. She was popular with her comic and negative roles.  She had suffered a stroke six months ago, and after that only her death news alerted Bollywood, we found that only few people attended her funeral. It seems she did not leave any immediate family behind her as she was staying with her mother, her mother died long back. In 1926 she started of her career as a child artist, she did 150 films. Junoon was the film she did with Mahesh Bhatt, after that a long gap she worked in Water.

It is a sorry state of affairs that in Bollywood, one is recognized and branded only when they are in eminence.  After the illumination of affluence and opulence is  extinguished you are a faceless  and anonymous someone. Many celebrities died an unidentified and mysterious death like Mehmood, Pravin babi, Lalita pawar, Nadira etc. are a fewer examples.  A celebrity is in the  glare of publicity only when they acquire  oodles of wealth and towering silhouette acquaintances and contacts , after your passage to the everlasting and perpetual world, a few close friends may choose to attend the funeral. A heartful homage to Manorama from BestDesi.com.

28Jan/083

Homage to Legendary and the Eternal Tragic Queen Madhubala

Homage to the legendary and the eternal tragic queen Madhubala on her Birthday/Death Anniversary in February

Her childhood days

Madhubala is India's Hindi film industry’s, delicate, semi-tragic, mortal survival. She remains a seductress even 35+ year after her demise.

 Madhubala on her Birthday/Death Anniversary in February
Madhubala's father, was Ataullah Khan, a Pathan who had immigrated from the Pakistan. She was born, February 14, 1933, Valentines Day, in the Malad suburb of Bombay. Her birth name was Mumtaz Khan, the third of 11 children. Bombay Talkies studio was located in the Malad suburb where the Bombay Talkies was located. She was interviewed  at the age of 8 by DeviKa Rani and Himanshu Rai, for an audition. Having impressed by her performance they put her in the movie Basant. The song was a super hit, after she acted in many films as a child artiste.  

Under the direction of Kidar Sharma, at the age of 13 Mumtaz was signed as heroine opposite  Raj Kumar who done the debue with this movie. It was on this film that producer Devika Rani gave her the name Madhubala, which means, "young maiden made of honey". After that she acted in 17 movies, even when madhubala was not 17.

Madhubala grew within the studio complex. When her friends went to school she gave shooting for the movie, her father was very possessive about her and he doted on her money. 

Chemistry with Dilip Kumar

She featured with Dilip Kumar in the film Tarana and their off screen affair too started and it is said that this was one of the legendry tragic love affair.

Madhubala and Dilip Kumar

Madhubala and Dilip Kumar were deep in love, but her father opposed. He did not like the affair, as whole her money, property etc. was under his control. Their affair was at that time took to court also as Madhubala’s father did not allow her to go got location shoots with Dilip Kumar. Since her family was totally against the affair, it ended up on a bitter note. Dilip once told about Madhubala that "I love this woman and shall love her till my dying day." The affair though, had come to a bitter end.

Her love affairs

Old stalwarts say that her first director Mr Kidar Sharma, who gave her first break was in deeply love with her, but madhubla never reciprocated, he was a married man too. Later film Mahal was made by Kamal Amrohi, they too had a serious love affair. Film Mahal was a super hit due to their serious affair.Amrohi was again a married man,madhubala told him to divorce his first wife, she even offered him lakhs of rupees for that. But he wanted to be devoted to his first wife. She became heart broken and then left him in sway. 

Madhubala was proposed by three men, Pradeep Kumar, Bharat Bhushan and Kishor Kumar.  She selected Kishor.They had a civil marriage and Kishore converted to Islam and was renamed Karim Abdul . His parents refused to attend the wedding and never really accepted Madhubala as they thought she had broken their son’s marriage. When Madhubala went to touch her father in law’s feet they moved away. 
  
She moved back to her bungalow because her inlaws were torturing her. Madhubala realised that she had made a mistake in marrying Kishore; who was ineffective and parsimonious. What a catastrophe!! 

The Screen divinity

The Screen divinity

She is considered the most beautiful woman to have ever appeared on the Indian film screen. Her untimely death and tragic romance with Dilip Kumar has superior her to legendary significance. Many journalists have claimed that Madhubala was very immoral, and obsessed many lovers.  May be it is the thoughts of these journalists’ conjecture. Madhubala was lively and flirtatious, yet this is no proof of carelessness.