Sunday 31 December 2023

Aishwarya Rai in Kandukondain Kandukondain

Aishwarya Rai in Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000). 


My all-time fav Tamil film of Ash. Its perfection. 
 

Saturday 30 December 2023

Amitabh Bachchan and Pooja Bhatt

Amitabh Bachchan and Pooja Bhatt. A 30 year age gap. But just for the pic... 
 

Thursday 7 December 2023

Bhagyashree and Sridevi


 Bhagyashree in 1989, Sridevi in 1986. The white and gold colour scheme was long established. 

Friday 24 November 2023

Rekha with one of her many awards:


 Rekha, 42, with her Best Villain or Best Supporting actress award from Filmfare. 



Thursday 23 November 2023

Rekha and Zeenat Aman: Contemporaries more that competitors




 Rekha and Zeenat Aman: Contemporaries more that competitors. Both fashion icons in the vast spectrum of style, there's only a two year age-gap between the two (Zeenat is 2 years older). They both rocked Bollywood in the 70s without stepping on each others toes. 



Tuesday 21 November 2023

The OG beauty influencer of India: Rekha




 The OG beauty influencer of India: Rekha 

 Experimenting with looks, makeup, shoots, Rekha was the original who tried experimenting with glamour. 

Sunday 19 November 2023

Aishwarya Rai: Second look




 Aishwarya Rai: Second look. Can anyone pls name the film below? 



Saturday 18 November 2023

Wednesday 18 October 2023

The Best Actresses of Indian Cinema: A collage

The Best Actresses of Indian Cinema: A collage. 

Well, according to a fan online. This collage isn't ours... A trending image on Instagram. 
 

Sunday 15 October 2023

Born on Aug 13: Vyjanthimala, Sridevi




 Born on Aug 13: Vyjanthimala, Sridevi. 

 Both number one stars of their time. 

 In the Amrapali dance costume made famous by Vyjanthimala herself in the titular role Amrapali

Saturday 30 September 2023

Rekha's Madonna moment

Rekha's Madonna moment... 

 There are several images of Rekha vs Hollywood stars where... would be interesting to know if it was her or the photographer who came up with the idea to do a similar shot/styling/makeuip look... 

 Esp in the 70s and 80s,... 

Rekha is five years older than Madge... Re' has also done photoshoot swith Cher and Elizabeth Taylor as reference points. 


Sunday 17 September 2023

Tuesday 29 August 2023

Saturday 12 August 2023

Sridevi, Janhvi Kapoor

 

Sridevi, Janhvi Kapoor 

Sridevi would have turned 60 on August 13th. RIP Queen. 

Saturday 22 July 2023

Sunday 2 July 2023

Pooja Bhatt: Scandal of the 90s: The infamous MOVIE magazine cover shoot

Pooja Bhatt: Scandal of the 90s: The infamous MOVIE magazine cover shoot 
 

The Indian take on the equally notorious Demi Moore Vanity Fair cover. 

The morchas, the protests... pre internet and twitter. 

Saturday 1 July 2023

Bhanupriya

The Telugu star actress looked like an interest mix of Rekha and  Sridevi. Though she found limited success in Bollywood, her career was stellar in Tamil and Telugu films. 

When Sridevi got too busy and expensive, Bhanupriya was part of the bandwagon dragged in to find 'the next Sridevi'. Along with Radha and other south Indian dancing stars who never had lady luck sit by their side in Hindi movies. 

Sridevi had famously said, there are several Indian actresses who were good looking, talented, hard-working but if luck didn't favour them, they didn't make it big in Bollywood - which only worships success far more than talent. Well, especially in the Reaganomics of the 80s in B'wood. 
 

Saturday 17 June 2023

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on TV: Rare sighting

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on TV: Rare sighting as she turns up for the second time on the Kapil Sharma Show. During promotions of Sarbjit, easily one of her best performances back in 2016. 
 

Monday 5 June 2023

Aishwarya Rai in Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000)

 


Aishwarya Rai, 27, in Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000)

One of her best films and her finest perf ormances. Exquisite Ash. 

Friday 12 May 2023

Seeing double or triple? An Iconic Bollywood costume: The Ready-made modern Sari on Vyjanthimala, Mumtaz and Leena Chandavarkar


Leena Chandavarkar in Preetam (1971) 

A near replica of Mumtaz's look from Brahmachari (1968) designed by Academy-award winner Bhanu Athaiya. 

Even further back, Vyjanthimala in Jewel Thief (1967) in a similar cut, colour, gold-stripe, accessory styling... 

As Diet Sabya would call it, "Gandi copy..." 

Actually, its pretty damn good copy!