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When Rajesh Khanna Did Not Want Twinkle Khanna To Seek Advice From Dimple Kapadia Before Joining Films (Photo Credit – Instagram/Prime Video)

Today (December 29) marks the birth anniversary of Bollywood’s first superstar, Rajesh Khanna. While the actor has made an immeasurable contribution to Indian cinema, he once fondly remembered the time when his daughter Twinkle Khanna was about to foray into Bollywood. For the unversed, Twinkle made her debut with the 1995 film Barsaat. However, he also asked Twinkle not to seek advice from her mother, Dimple Kapadia, before entering the film industry.

What Did Rajesh Khanna Advice Twinkle Khanna

In a throwback interview with Lehren Retro’s YouTube channel, Rajesh Khanna remembered when his daughter Twinkle Khanna was about to enter Bollywood. The Amar Prem actor recalled teaching her the importance of self-reliance. He told her how she needed to carve her way into the industry since she would not have any godfather.

Writer-producer Twinkle Khanna has shared a hilarious post note about "a middle-aged model's stellar tip" to "keep pesky kids at bay."

The 45-year-old shared a picture from one of her photoshoots on Instagram and wrote: "A middle-aged model's stellar tip - Return from a shoot to find 3 small kids lolling on your bed - Threaten to rip out your eyeballs first and then theirs - Remove your lenses and fake eyelashes, place onto their palms and watch them scream and run.

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"A scream A Day Keeps Pesky Kids At Bay."

Twinkle, who was a big star in the nineties and the 2000s, retired at her prime to marry superstar Akshay Kumar. She is the daughter of Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia, and has featured in films such as "Barsaat", "Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega", "Mela" and "Badshah" among others.

A still from “At the Stairs”

What: Documentary and short film screenings in Mumbai

Organizers: The Indian Documentary Producers’ Association (Idpa), Dada Saheb Phalke Film City and P.L. Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy, Mumbai

Program:

1. Melody of Monsoon / Dir – G.L. Bhardwaj / 40mins

2. The Kapoors / Dir – G.L. Bhardwaj / 10mins

3. At The Stairs / Dir – Rajesh Jala / 30mins

4. Raj Kapoor / Dir – Siddarth Kak / 70 mins

5. Juju / Dir – Sujata Chowdhury / 11mins

Venue: P.L. Deshpande Mini Auditorium (Ravindra Natya Mandir complex) Prabhadevi, Mumbai – 400025

Date: Sunday, 28th July 2013

Time:10 Am onwards

Entry: Free/Open to all...

“Love, star-crossed love, being in love with the idea of love, passion and lust — he takes me through his personal repertoire of romance, his voice soft, if a bit gruff at the edges.”

– Madhu Jain on Raj Kapoor in her book The Kapoors: First Family of Indian Cinema

In Barsaat, two rich city slickers, Pran (Raj Kapoor) and Gopal (Prem Nath), go on holiday in the mountains of Kashmir. Pran, the sensitive, poetic one of the pair, meets Reshma (Nargis), and the two fall in love. Gopal, the womaniser, meets Neela (Nimmi), who faithfully waits for him to return during the monsoon season (the Barsaat of the film’s title); the faithless Gopal, however, has no intention of returning, preferring to spend his time galavanting with other women.

Barsaat, really, is a film about love — about a kind of philosophy of love. Pran and Reshma represent true love, love at...

Mumbai, June 1: Raj Kapoor was legendary and deserved more fame than he recieved, says filmmaker Imtiaz Ali ahead of the late actor-filmmaker's 25th death anniversary Sunday.

"He (Raj Kapoor) was a legendary director. He deserved much more fame than how much he is famous," Imtiaz said here.

Raj Kapoor was only 24 when he launched his own studio, R. K. Films, and became the youngest director of his time with "Aag" in 1948.

He went on to taste success by producing, directing and acting in successful movies like "Barsaat" (1949), "Awaara" (1951), "Shree 420" (1955), "Chori Chori" (1956).

He also made "Satyam Shivam.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is screening an eight-film series, "Raj Kapoor and the Golden Age of Indian Cinema," from January 6-16.

Raj Kapoor, known as the Great Showman, is regarded as the father of Indian cinema. He was one of the biggest Indian movie stars of the decade following India's independence and also a director and producer. He started his own production company, R.K. Films, in 1948. He was known for his tramp screen persona, and his films explored themes of socialism, patriotism, Indian identity in a globalizing world, and social barriers to love. His films were wildly popular in the former Soviet Union.

Kapoor had a long romantic relationship with his frequent co-star, Nargis, a renowned actress. His performance in 'Awaara' (1951), opposite Nargis, was ranked by Time magazine as one of the "Top 10 performances of all time."

The films to be shown...

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York will hold a retrospective of Raj Kapoor (1924-1988) and showcase eight classics of the legendary actor, director, and producer from January 6 through 16, 2012.

“Largely unknown in North America—except to filmgoers of South Asian descent—Kapoor is revered not only in India but also throughout the former Soviet world, the Middle East, and beyond for the films he made during the Golden Age of Indian cinema. The exhibition is curated by Noah Cowan, Artistic Director, Tiff Bell Lightbox, and organized by Tiff, Iifa, and Rk Films, with the support of the Government of Ontario. It is organized for MoMA by Joshua Siegel, Associate Curator, Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art.”, says a press release issued by MoMA on Monday.

Presented in newly struck 35mm prints, Raj Kapoor and the Golden Age of Indian Cinema offers an introduction to one of...

A cinematic legend, and bollywood's icon Raj Kapoor also known as the showman, is paid tribute in this year's Toronto Film Festival. The tribute includes the retrospective film series titled Raj Kapoor and the Golden Age od indian Cinema is currently running for six weeks at the Bell Lightbox. After the Indian International Film Academy Awards were held in Toronto last month, bollywood fever has raged a historic high. The collaborative tribute to Raj Kapoor will shine a spotlight on Indian cinema from a much westernized festival. The tribute showcases some of Raj Kapoors classic films including a number of new 35-mm film prints which were specifically made for this occasion. The tribute has been running from July 1 and will follow into August, ending on the 7th. The tribute features Mr.Kapoor's classic films such as Barsaat, Awaara and Mera Naam Joker. Momoribilia including costumes, program books and props used...

A retrospective of the films of the legendary Raj Kapoor – the first in nearly three decades – has been organized by the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), and to launch the event, Tiff, in collaboration with Iifa, held a tribute event in honour of the great showman last Sunday. Raj Kapoor and the Golden Age of Indian Cinema is designed to carry on the work begun by Iifa in Toronto, showcasing not only many of Raj Kapoor’s finest films (including Barsaat, Awaara, and Shree 420), but also some of the finest films to come out of Indian cinema starting in the 1950s.

Noah Cowan, artistic director at the Tiff Bell Lightbox, noted that “Tiff has a long-standing commitment to South Asian programming which we’ve demonstrated during our annual film festival, in our year-round programming, and we’re honoured to be presenting a tribute to the legacy of the legendary...

On May 3, it's 30 years ago that the legendary actress Nargis passed away. Her memory lives on in the hearts of the people who knew her or saw her in her films. As Mother India, she became an unforgettable icon. To celebrate and honor the actress we take a look at her life and some of the highlights of her career!

Nargis was born in Kolkata on June 1, 1929 as Fatima A. Rashid, daughter of director, singer and actress Jaddanbai and sister of actor Anwar Hussain. She started acting in movies when she was a child, already having taken up her artist name Nargis (= narcissus). Her first leading role she got at the age of fourteen in Taqdeer.

In the 1950's Nargis and Raj Kapoor formed a very popular jodi on the silver screen and were said to have a romance in real life too, though Raj was already married. Their most successful films included Aag,...

'Barsaat' (1949)

Starring Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Premnath, Nimmi

Raj Kapoor, one of the biggest stars of the decade following India's independence, started his own production company, R.K. Films, in 1948, and 'Barsaat' was the studio's second film and its first success. The movie poster for 'Barsaat'—which shows Kapoor holding his famous leading lady Nargis in his arms—became the iconic image of the studio. 'Barsaat' exemplifies Kapoor's filmmaking in its focus on social barriers to love and its sexualized portrayal of women.

Postmodern in theme and style, the film de-emphasizes plot and debates moral relativism. The title means "Monsoon," and rain, with its association with fertility, is a common cue in Bollywood for sex. Monsoons are also dark, intense, and violent, as is the mood of this film.

Pran (Kapoor) and his friend Gopal (Kapoor's brother-in-law Premnath) are privileged men with the trappings of a modern lifestyle,...

As veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar turns 80 on 28 September, Saregama plans to pay a tribute to this living legend. The music company has compiled a new collection of eight CDs of all most resonant songs of Mangeshkar.  The album is tilted 80 Glorious Years of Lata Mangeshkar: Safalta Ki Shikhar Par Kal Bhi... Aaj Bhi.Each CD has select chartbuster songs through her career (1940s - 2000s). The album comprises songs like Jiya Beqarar Hai from Barsaat, Lara Lappa Laai from Ek Thi Ladki, Inhin Logon Ne from Pakeezah, Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya from Mughal-e-Azam, ...