#hema Malini

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Hema Malini in "Abhinetri" (1970)

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Hema Malini in Jai Kaali (1992)

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Hema Malini

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Lal Patthar (1971)

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VEER-ZAARA + cast and characters

(for @southasiansource​’s #SASTurnsOne — Week 1: Favourite Movie/Song/Character)

[Image ID: ten gifs of characters and cast from Veer-Zaara (2004). The gifs are desaturated of all color except black, white, orange and red. There is sans serif text along the bottom edge where the character name is in large font, and between the lines is the actor name in white cursive text:

GIF 1: Veer catching sight of Zaara, walking into the dargah with a handkerchief tied around his forehead to cover his hair. The text reads, "Veer Pratap Singh" in red and black text, with "Shah Rukh Khan" in cursive.

GIF 2: Zaara clapping along as she laughs brightly, dimple winking, during the Lodi celebrations. The text reads, "Zaara Hayaat Khan" in yellow and black text, with "Preity Zinta" in cursive.

GIF 3: Saamiya meeting Veer for the first time in his cell, saying his full name. The text reads, "Saamiya Siddiqui" in green and black text, with "Rani Mukherjee" in cursive.

GIF 4: Mariam rubbing oil into Zaara's arm, playfully slapping her arm in reprimand as they talk. The text reads, "Mariam Hayaat Khan" in pink and black text, with "Kirron Kher" in cursive.

GIF 5: Shabbo turning to smile widely at Zaara, who is humming as she gets out of bed. The text reads, "Shabina 'Shabbo' Ibrahim" in black and white text, with "Divya Dutta" in cursive.

GIF 6: Bauji smiling up at Veer as he shares his dream with him. The text reads, "Chaudhry Sumer Singh" in purple and black text, with "Amitabh Bachchan" in cursive.

GIF 7: Maati calling Bauji to light the Lodi flame from where he was showing Zaara the fields. The text reads, "Saraswati Kaur" in orange and black text, with "Hema Malini" in cursive.

GIF 8: Jahangir explaining Zaara's role in the political relationship being formed with the Shirazi family. The text reads, "Jahangir Hayaat Khan" in white and black text, with "Boman Irani" in cursive.

GIF 9: Zakir explaining to Saamiya why Pakistan needs more lawyers like her. The text reads, "Zakir Ahmed" in blue and black text, with "Anupam Kher" in cursive.

GIF 10: Raza smiling at Veer, raising a hand to give him salaam. The text reads, "Raza Shirazi" in brown and black text, with "Manoj Bajpayee" in cursive.

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46 Years of Trishul (05/05/1978).

Directed by the legendary Yash Chopra and written by the dynamic duo Salim-Javed, Trishul features an impressive cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Hema Malini, Prem Chopra, Iftekhar, Poonam Dhillon, Sachin (in their acting debuts), Gita Siddharth, and Waheeda Rehman.

Trishul went on to become the second-highest-grossing Indian film of 1978, just behind the blockbuster Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, which also starred Amitabh Bachchan and Raakhee.

The songs for the movie were composed by Khayyam, and Sahir Ludhianvi wrote the lyrics. The soundtrack is famous for bringing together three legendary Indian film music singers, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, and K. J. Yesudas, in the song "Mohabbat Bade Kaam Ki Cheez Hai.

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Old Bollywood actresses>

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When you rewatch most childhood movies, the cult classics, the nostalgia rides, I realize how sexist and problematic they were and I was secretly hoping Veer Zaara wasn't one of them(I watched it when I was like 10 so I don't remember). This movie surprised me.

Veer Zaara features strong, resilient female characters. Be it our protagonist Zaara played by Preity Zinta or the catalysts of the love story Saamiya (Rani Mukherjee) and Shabbo (Divya Dutta) or even Zaara’s mother (Kirron Kher) and her Bebe (Zohra Sehgal).

Zaara Hayaat Khan is a feminist, one who is against the societal norms laid for a woman. It's refreshing to see this in her introductory song "Hum to bhai jese hai wese rahengey" sung beautifully by Lata ji, but as this 3 hour musical drama progresses it gets disappointing to see Zaara whittle herself away to the same norms she was against in the first place.

Everyone around her constantly tells her it's her responsibility to be a good wife and a good mother and to guard the respect of their families. Zaara crosses the border to fulfill a final wish of her ‘BeBe’(grandmother) all by herself.

In the midst of a rescue operation, she demands her things be lifted off along with her all while hanging on to an Air Force professional in his uniform.

She pushes the crowded men away and speaks with authority "I have a ticket and I need to get on this bus". In all these instances Zaara is scared yet heroic. She phones her mother and tells her that all her life she didn't do anything and probably won't in the future too and will probably end up being just like her mother - a good wife and a good mother, so she wants to do this one thing so she can respect herself. This is what irked me. I understand she's from an orthodox family but she can still have dreams and ambitions. From the start of the movie, she is portrayed as a rebel, one who doesn't comply with societal norms and laughs in the face of stereotypes. I can only imagine how curious she would have been as a child. That alone is enough to give her some dreams.

She fearlessly tells Amitabh's character what he is doing is unfair to the girls. If I went to someone’s house for a day especially someone I barely knew I wouldn't even dare to question their acts. Zaara does and she makes him spellbound. She doesn't go “I'm just here for one day so I’ll just mind my own business and leave”. She questions the injustice. "Imagine what girls could do if they were given the right education. Some of them might even surpass Veer".

I loved Zaara in all these scenes. She fearlessly stands up against mistreatment and calls them out no matter who the other person is. All this makes you root for her until it doesn't.

In a scene where Saamiya visits Veer's (Shahrukh Khan) hometown and finds Zaara there, she says to Shabbo "Yeh kis sadi ke log hai… ?" (transl. “Which century are these people from?”)

That's exactly how I felt too. “Kon hai ye log? Kahan se aate hai?”( transl. Who are these people? Where do they come from?) Spending their whole lives in the name of the person they never got to be with. Sacrificing everything and working to fulfill someone else’s dream. Zaara has always been that kind of person. She crosses borders to fulfill her bebe's wish and gives all her life to fulfill Veer and his Tau’s wish. She keeps doing everything for others. She spends her life making others’ dreams come true. She lives her life in the memory of her lover. This also reminded me of Sita aka Princess Noor Jahan from Sitaramam (also maybe Madarasipattinam's Amy).

If Saamiya saw these women she'd again say "Kon hai ye log?"

Even after decades of releasing love stories on-screen this "sacrificing" trope hasn't changed and remains to be a classic which I am not a big fan of. Why do these characters not have any characterization of their own? (Zaara) even if they do, it all changes when a man comes into her life (Sita/Noor Jahan). Ultimately the heroin has to either die or spend her whole life in the memory of her Romeo. (Remember what Mr. Dashwood says to Jo in 2019’s Little Women?)

Maybe I don't understand love stories. Maybe I don't understand love? I don't know. But I think in real life none of us are that insane to write our whole life in someone else’s name and live and breathe just reminiscing our lost lovers, at least I am not. Maybe that is why these movies will remain classics because they are too insane to happen in real life.

[kajra-re]

Swami, 1977.

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~ Hema Malini ~ Tum Haseen Main Jawan (1970) ~~~ Gif`s Ksennie ~~~

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TOG Fancast: Elide

Young Hema Malini could've absolutely NAILED Elide's role. She's got that perfect amount of innocence while also having a little bit of mischief. Like look:

Then you have the Circus getup:

She has actually wielded a weapon in her movies which for her time? Super progressive and feminist.

Also I always imagined Elide looking like a 70s or 80s starlet so this is perfect.

[husn-e-bahar]

Lal Patthar (1971)

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सारे गाँव की गोरियाँ रंग गई हमपे डार

saare gaon ki goriyan rang gayi hampe daar

पर जिसके रंग हम रंगे छुप गई वो गुलनार

par jiske rang ham range chhup gayi woh gulnaar

छुप गईं वो गुलनार,जोगीजी सूना है सँसार

chhup gayi woh gulnaar,jogi jee soona hai sansaar

बिना उसे रंग लगाए,ये फागुन लौट ना जाए

bina use rang lagaye,yeh fagun laut na jaaye

जोगी जी कोई ढूँढे मूँगा कोई ढूँढे मोतिया

koi dhoondhe moonga koi dhoondhe motiya

हम ढूँढे अपनी जोगनिया को,

ham toh dhoondhe apni joganiya ko

जोगी जी ढूँढ के ला दो,मिला दो हमें मिला दो,

jogi jee dhoondh ke laa do,mila do hame mila do

jogi jee dheere dheere, nadiya ke paar

Jaspal Singh | Hemlata | Chandrani Mukherjee | Ravindra Jain

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Happy 44th wedding anniversary to Dharmendra and Hemamalini Ji (02/05/1980)!