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Suraiya Jamaal Sheikh (15 June 1929 – 31 January 2004) was an Indian Muslim Hindi/Hindustani film actress and playback singer in Bollywood in the 1940s to early 1960s, who remained unmarried throughout her life, after her love affair with actor Dev Anand was aborted by her maternal grandmother. She was the most popular singing star of the Indian sub-continent of her generation. Till 1943, as a child singer, Suraiya gave play-back for one actress, namely, Mehtab in three films and also in…

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The evergreen beauty, Waheeda Rehman ruled the silver screen in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Waheeda, who is an inspiration to many budding stars in Bollywood, never wanted to be an actress. Instead, she always wished to become a doctor. However, fate had other plans as she lost her father at the mere age of 13, and to support her family, she accepted the film offers that came her way through her dancing prowess...

Something different from the usual old Hollywood fare. These rare candid photographs of acclaimed Hindi cinema actress and beauty Madhubala surfaced some time ago on the internet. The mystery was solved here : these photos are credited to photographer James Burke for Life in 1951. They…

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