In the lanes of glitter & glam
Anything but Khamosh
Shatrughan Sinha
Shatrughan Sinha’s biography penned down by writer Bharathi S Pradhan reveals some deep, dark confessions by the actor. Sinha has never shied away from talking about his relationship with Amitabh Bachchan, but this time the Khamosh actor takes his dislike for Bachchan Sr a notch higher with his book. One such statement reads, “On the sets of Kaala Patthar, the chair next to Amitabh Bachchan would never be offered to me, nor was his umbrella shared.” One of the chapter’s in the biography also talks about actor’s off-screen intimacy with co-actor Reena Roy and how he continued with her even after marriage with Poonam. At the launch event, Shatrughan Sinha had shared, “The book is about my life, from how I left home to study films at Pune, my struggle in the industry and the girls who came in my life.”
Conversations with Waheeda Rehman
Waheeda Rehman
Book on veteran actress Waheeda Rehman shares a lot about her career graph and films. However it missed out on her personal life. Even in the biography, Waheeda Rehman has chosen not to talk about her private life. The actress has mentioned, “I don’t want to get into it. My private life should remain private. It is nobody’s business. I know we are public figures, so when I fight with my husband do you want to know about it?”
Rekha: The Untold Story
Rekha
Veteran actress Rekha has a four-decade long career that boasts of more than 180 films. Rekha’s autobiography, Rekha: The Untold Story, written by Yasser Usman reveals some of the most twisted highs and lows of Rekha’s personal life. The cover of the book reads “She was sexy and bold and Bollywood tried hard to tame her”. One of the chapter’s in the book describes the incident when Rekha walked in at Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh’s wedding, wearing a mangalsutra and sindoor dabbed on her head. From her fondness towards Amitabh Bachchan to a forced smooch at the age of 15 to how Bollywood turned against her after her husband’s suicide, the book indicates Rekha’s life hasn’t been a happy one.
And Then One Day
Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah’s autobiography recounts his life from childhood to the beginning of his career in Bollywood and ends with an account of his marriage to actress Ratna Pathak Shah and his daughter (from his first marriage) returning to India. In the book the actor shares how it was love at first sight with Ratna Pathak. Shah also shared that he did not had a happy relationship with his father as his father was against him joining theatre.
The Substance and The Shadow
Dilip Kumar
One thing about veteran actor Dilip Kumar that still intrigues fans across is his relationship with Madhubala. Actor’s autobiography describes that their relationship worsened because Madhubala’s father who put a condition for their marriage that after marriage, Dilip Kumar would work only with Madhubala, no other actress. This created issues and their relationship broke. In his book, Dilip Kumar reveals that the feather scene in Mughal-E-Azam, described as one of the most sensuous moments in Hindi cinema, was shot when they had stopped speaking to each other.
