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Too hot to handle: The scene from Chitralekha (1941) that troubled the censors

While Kidar Sharma's masterpiece is lost forever, a surviving still from the film conjures...

05 Jul 2021 10:41 IST — Sukhpreet Kahlon

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Tale of two queens: What Kangana Ranaut's Manikarnika and Sohrab Modi's Jhansi Ki Rani share

With the release of Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi last weekend, we watch Sohrab Modi's 1953...

28 Jan 2019 17:29 IST — Shriram Iyengar

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Meet Mehtab, the original Jhansi ki rani of Hindi cinema

On her 20th death anniversary today (10 April), we examine how actor-filmmaker Sohrab Modi brought...

10 Apr 2017 5:47 IST — Sonal Pandya

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When a teenage Suraiya sang for Mehtab

How the great singing star got her first big break as a playback artiste...

11 Apr 2016 5:25 IST — Sonal Pandya