#simi's acting! their dialogue together!

[kellythepitiablefangirl]

I just finished a giant piece from the 1972 film Siddhartha.

I absolutely can’t get enough of Simi Garewal’s small role in it. The scenes where they’re just walking around in decadent jewelry and the best threads and looking into each other’s eyes romantically against lush Indian backdrops... the aesthetique...!

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Amitabh Bachchan had started clipping after meeting Rekha, came back immediately after seeing the actress at the birthday party; Amar Singh had opened the secret

Amitabh Bachchan was shaken by meeting Rekha (Photo Credit - Indian Express Archive)

Amitabh Bachchan was also shaken by meeting Rekha. Even after seeing Rekha at Shabana Azmi's birthday party, Amitabh Bachchan immediately returned from there.

Bollywood's actress Rekha had left no stone unturned to win the hearts of people with her style and acting. Although he worked with many famous Bollywood actors, but his chemistry on the screen with Amitabh Bachchan was well liked. She was also seen in several films with Amitabh Bachchan, which was well appreciated by the audience. The news of the affair of both of them was also coming out in the media. But there was a time when Amitabh Bachchan, from meeting Rekha, also started cutting.

This thing related to Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha was revealed by Amar Singh, a special friend of Big B in his interview. Talking about Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan, Amar Singh had told that once Amitabh Bachchan came back immediately after seeing Rekha present in Shabana Azmi's birthday party.

According to a BBC report, Amar Singh shared an anecdote related to Amitabh Bachchan saying, "Once Shabana Azmi called me, Amitabh and Jaya on her birthday.

The three of us sat in the same car and reached his house. Amitabh told his driver that we will stay here for a long time, so you come back after eating."

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Amitabh Bachchan came back from the party immediately: Amar Singh further said in the interview "As soon as we entered the room, here we saw Rekha talking to someone standing there. Amitabh turned around quickly after seeing him in the party. But by then the driver had gone to eat. In such a situation, he stopped a black yellow taxi and the three of us came back home after sitting in it. " Talking about Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan, Amar Singh said that there was something between the two, otherwise Amitabh would not return without at least wishing Shabana.

Rekha was nervous in front of Amitabh Bachchan: Let me tell you that Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha worked together in the films 'Do Anjaane' and 'Silsila'. Rekha told Simi Garewal in an interview that she was so nervous in front of Amitabh Bachchan during the shoot that she had forgotten her dialogue. Rekha had said that even though I was senior, it was not an easy thing to stand in front of an actor like Amitabh Bachchan.

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The very best of the Showman

Subhash ghai has been one of the most commercially successful directors in the last quarter of the previous century.  From Meenakshi to Madhuri to Manisha to Mahima, he had a penchant for M for his leading ladies.Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor and Dilip Kumar have been the actors he collaborated the most with.

 Nine of his best films (since its is 72nd bday today) in my opinion:

9) Saudagar(1991): The film brought back two legends of Bollywood together after 30 years. It was a silver jubilee hit and gave the Nepali beauty Manisha, a perfect Bollywood platform. Ilu ilu and Imli ka boota were chartbusters for weeks. It was the showman’s take on Romeo and Juliet. It got ghai his only filmfare for direction.

8) Kalicharan(1976): After being rejected seven times by different producers, ghai’s script was liked by NN Sippy, despite him telling the producer that it has been rejected by lot of people. The rest, as they say, is history. It was such a blockbuster that it was made into all four South Indian languages.

7) Taal(1999): As a producer he introduced film insurance policy in bollywood first time with his film 'Taal' and first one to initiate banks to finance movies. Anil Kapoor, AkshayeKhanna, Aishwarya Rai, Amrish Puri, Alok Nath, AR Rahman, Anand Bakshi: with so many As, I believe this is the reason he called his film’ A Subhash ghai film’ instead of his earlier version Subhash ghai’s.

6) Karma(1986): Subhash Ghai made Karma at the time when Bollywood was going through one of its worst phase as business was hitting at low due to lack of content, low production value and video piracy. It was first movie where Dilip Kumar and Nutan worked together and only movie where Dilip Kumar and Naseeruddin Shah worked together. But it was Anupam Kher who stole the show in Karma as Dr. Dang, one of the most remembered villains of Bollywood. Anupam Kher achieved star status with Karma and critics praised him the way he acted in front of the legend like Dilip Kumar.Karma did not win any Filmfare Award because Filmfare Awards were not organized in that year.

5) Hero(1983): Its  another brave attempt of Subhash Ghai because in the era of action movies he made a love story with newcomers in his first production. Subhash Ghai used Pakistani folk singer Rehsma’s voice for the song ‘Lambi Judai’ and made a huge publicity of it on radio channels which also attracted the attention towards movie. Anuradha Paudawala also earned recognition for her song ‘Tu mera hero hai’ from Hero and was nominated first time for Best Female Playback Singer in Filmfare Awards. With Hero, Subhash Ghai got the status of ‘Showman’ for the way he launched the newcomers like Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Shehshadri and made them stars.

4) Meri Jung(1985): Subhash Ghai directed courtroom drama Meri Jung for producer N. N. Sippy who produced Subhash Ghai’s directorial debut Kaalicharan. Meri Jung was the first hit of Anil Kapoor as a solo hero which also gave the confidence to other producers to sign him as a leading actor. Anil Kapoor once said in an interview that it was after the success of Meri Jung when he decided to settle down and proposed his girlfriend Sunita and got married.

 3) Karz(1980): Karz is one of the finest films of Subhash Ghai’s career as he took the risk of making a movie on the theme of reincarnation which was not a love story but a revenge drama inspired from Hollywood movie The Reincarnation of Peter Proud.  A semi- hit when first released, Karz is a movie considered ahead of its times by many. It, however , was once of the most inspired films for a generation of filmmakers altogether. It has been remade into all four South-Indian languages as well. The legendary duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal’s music is definitely one their top 5 albums and rightly won them the filmfare award despite having won consecutively for the previous 4 years. Simi as the vamp was nominated for the Fimlfare Award of Best Supporting Actress. Simi Garewal was reluctant to do the role of Kamini but she did that role after the persuasion of Subhash Ghai. Prem Nath needs a special mention  despite not having a single dialogue.

2) Ram Lakhan(1989): It  was a typical Subhash Ghai masala entertainer which has all the ingredients of a typical Bollywood entertainer like drama, emotion, romance, comedy and music. It was the first movie where Anupam Kher played a comic role and won Filmfare Award of Best Comic Actor alongwith Satish Kaushik. Rakhee gave power packed performance in a well written role and won Filmfare Award of Best Supporting Actress. Subhash ghai released an 8-page ad in Movie magazine before Ram Lakhan released.

1) Khal Nayak(1993): The popular pairing of Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff that featured in the director’s previous films, “Karma” and “Ram Lakhan” was abandoned and Ghai, instead, chose Sanjay Dutt to essay a role that normally would have been done by Anil Kapoor.  The audiences ran in their droves to witness some of the Madhuri Dixit screen magnetism. In every scene, she holds you captive with her stunning beauty, demanding screen presence, expressive acting and excellent dancing skills.The song "Choli ke Peeche Kya Hai" picturized on Madhuri Dixit in Subhash Ghai's Khalnayak' was a runaway hit, but as many as 41 political parties created a storm when they opposed the lyrics.