बॉलीवुड अभिनेत्री-नर्तक माधुरी दीक्षित, जो ‘लज्जा’ और ‘देवदास’ जैसी सराहनीय कृतियों के लिए जानी जाती हैं, ने एक बार झींगा करी बनाते समय हुई एक घटना का खुलासा किया। टॉक शो एंकर सिमी गरेवाल के साथ एक थ्रोबैक वीडियो में, माधुरी ने कहा, “आप जानते हैं, एक महिला के लिए, मैं हमेशा कहती हूं कि वह कई टोपी पहनती है। ऐसा है, यह पत्नी की टोपी है, यह माँ की टोपी है, यह पेशेवर की टोपी है और यह रसोइया की टोपी है, मैंने कई बार खुद को और उन्हें भी हैरान किया।” माधुरी ने जारी रखा, “लेकिन कुछ गलतियाँ भी हुईं। मुझे एहसास नहीं हुआ, आप जानते हैं, वहाँ झींगे पहले से ही पके हुए हैं। इसलिए आपको बस अपनी करी बनानी है, और जब करी गर्म हो, तो उन्हें करी में डाल दें और मैं झींगे पका रही थी, और मैंने उन्हें 10-15 मिनट तक पकाया और मैं उन्हें पका रही थी, और मैंने कहा, ओह, यह वास्तव में अच्छा होने वाला है।” “मुझे लगता है कि जब तक मैंने उन झींगों के साथ काम किया, आप कल्पना कर सकते हैं कि उनका क्या हुआ क्योंकि वे रबड़ की तरह चबाने वाले थे और उन्होंने उन्हें खा लिया। उसने उन्हें खाया, और वह कहता है, एमएम, वास्तव में अच्छा। मैं बस, आप जानते हैं, मुझे अच्छा महसूस कराने की कोशिश कर रही थी और उसने कहा, चिंता मत करो, तुम इसे संभाल लोगी।” माधुरी ने निष्कर्ष निकाला। माधुरी दीक्षित ने 17 अक्टूबर, 1999 को डॉ. श्रीराम माधव नेने से दक्षिणी कैलिफ़ोर्निया में माधुरी के बड़े भाई के आवास पर आयोजित एक पारंपरिक समारोह में शादी की। मुंबई में उनके शादी के रिसेप्शन में महाराष्ट्र के तत्कालीन मुख्यमंत्री विलासराव देशमुख, शिवसेना प्रमुख बाल ठाकरे, दिलीप कुमार, सायरा बानो, यश चोपड़ा, श्रीदेवी और कई अन्य सहित कई प्रमुख भारतीय हस्तियों ने भाग लिया। बाद में, ‘तेजाब’ अभिनेत्री एक दशक से अधिक समय तक डेनवर, कोलोराडो में चली गईं। 17 मार्च 2003 को, दीक्षित ने एक बेटे, आरिन को जन्म दिया और दो साल बाद 8 मार्च 2005 को उन्होंने एक और बेटे, रियान को जन्म दिया। अक्टूबर 2011 में, माधुरी दीक्षित अपने परिवार के साथ मुंबई वापस चली गईं। काम के मोर्चे पर, माधुरी आखिरी बार 2022 की ड्रामा फिल्म ‘मजा मा’ में दिखाई दीं, जिसका निर्देशन आनंद तिवारी ने किया था। फिल्म में गजराज राव, रित्विक भौमिक, बरखा सिंह, सृष्टि श्रीवास्तव और सिमोन सिंह ने भी महत्वपूर्ण भूमिकाएँ निभाईं। फिल्म वर्तमान में प्राइम वीडियो पर स्ट्रीमिंग हो रही है। माधुरी अगली बार ‘भूल भुलैया 3’ में कार्तिक आर्यन, तृप्ति डिमरी और विद्या बालन के साथ एक महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका में दिखाई देंगी। – आईएएनएस एवाईएस/
Tag: Dilip Kumar
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माधुरी दीक्षित ने जब अपनी गलती का खुलासा किया
बॉलीवुड अभिनेत्री-नर्तकी माधुरी दीक्षित, जो ‘लज्जा’ और ‘देवदास’ जैसी प्रशंसनीय कृतियों के लिए जानी जाती हैं, ने एक बार झींगा करी बनाते समय हुई एक घटना का खुलासा किया। टॉक शो एंकर सिमी गरेवाल के साथ एक थ्रोबैक वीडियो में, माधुरी ने कहा, “आप जानते हैं, एक महिला के लिए, मैं हमेशा कहती हूं कि वह कई भूमिकाएं निभाती है। ऐसा है कि यह पत्नी की भूमिका है, यह माँ की भूमिका है, यह पेशेवर की भूमिका है और यह कुक की भूमिका है, मैंने कई बार खुद को और उसे भी हैरान कर दिया।” माधुरी ने आगे कहा, “लेकिन कुछ गलतियाँ भी हुईं। मुझे एहसास नहीं हुआ, आप जानते हैं, बाहर झींगे पहले ही पके हुए होते हैं। इसलिए आपको बस अपनी करी बनानी है, और जब करी गरम हो जाए, तो उन्हें बस करी में डाल दें और मैं झींगे पका रही थी, और मैंने उन्हें 10-15 मिनट तक पकाया और मैं उन्हें पका रही थी, और मैंने सोचा, ओह, यह वास्तव में अच्छा होने वाला है।” “मुझे लगता है कि जब तक मैंने उन झींगों के साथ काम किया, आप कल्पना कर सकते हैं कि उनका क्या हुआ क्योंकि वे रबर की तरह चबाने वाले थे और उसने उन्हें खाया। उसने उन्हें खाया, और उसने कहा, उम्म्, वास्तव में अच्छा। मैं बस, आप जानते हैं, मुझे अच्छा महसूस कराने की कोशिश कर रही थी और उसने कहा, चिंता मत करो, तुम इसमें महारत हासिल कर लोगी।” माधुरी ने निष्कर्ष निकाला। माधुरी दीक्षित ने 17 अक्टूबर, 1999 को दक्षिणी कैलिफ़ोर्निया में माधुरी के बड़े भाई के आवास पर आयोजित एक पारंपरिक समारोह में डॉ. श्रीराम माधव नेने से शादी की। मुंबई में उनके शादी के रिसेप्शन में महाराष्ट्र के तत्कालीन मुख्यमंत्री विलासराव देशमुख, शिवसेना प्रमुख बाल ठाकरे, दिलीप कुमार, सायरा बानो, यश चोपड़ा, श्रीदेवी और कई अन्य सहित कई प्रमुख भारतीय हस्तियों ने भाग लिया। बाद में, ‘तेजाब’ अभिनेत्री एक दशक से अधिक समय तक डेनवर, कोलोराडो चली गईं। 17 मार्च 2003 को, दीक्षित ने एक बेटे, आरिन को जन्म दिया और दो साल बाद उन्होंने 8 मार्च 2005 को एक और बेटे, रियान को जन्म दिया। अक्टूबर 2011 में, माधुरी दीक्षित अपने परिवार के साथ मुंबई वापस आ गईं। वर्क फ्रंट की बात करें तो, माधुरी आखिरी बार 2022 की ड्रामा फिल्म ‘मजा मा’ में दिखाई दीं, जिसका निर्देशन आनंद तिवारी ने किया था। फिल्म में गजराज राव, रित्विक भौमिक, बरखा सिंह, सृष्टि श्रीवास्तव और सिमोन सिंह ने भी महत्वपूर्ण भूमिकाएँ निभाईं। फिल्म वर्तमान में प्राइम वीडियो पर स्ट्रीमिंग हो रही है। माधुरी अगली बार कार्तिक आर्यन, तृप्ति डिमरी और विद्या बालन के साथ ‘भूल भुलैया 3’ में एक महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका में दिखाई देंगी। – आईएएनएस एवाईएस/
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Watching his work this weekend could be the best way to remember him, writes Shailesh Kapoor Dilip Kumar: The Original ‘Thespian’
Courtesy: SeniorsToday.in By Shailesh Kapoor
Dilip Kumar, arguably Hindi cinema’s greatest actor of all time, passed away earlier this week. The legendary actor had been battling poor health for a while.If you are born in the 1970s (or later), like me, it is unlikely that you would fully understand Dilip Kumar’s legacy. My first memories of him were from his films in the ’80s, like Kranti, Mashaal, Shakti, Vidhaata and Karma, when he was playing the ‘second generation’. The screen presence was towering, and I couldn’t take my eyes off and actor who had a style so distinctive yet alluring that you wanted to see him more and more. By the time I had watched Saudagar (1990), I was already an ardent admirer.
But it’s much later, in my late 20s, that I started watching Dilip Kumar’s films from the 1950s and the ’60s. Many of them are Black & White, and it took some time (and age) to get used to the idea of enjoying a film without colour. It was more like a ‘study’, because it is impossible to fathom how those films would have played out in the socio-political milieu of the times they came in. He is the original superstar, my dad would often tell me. I learnt the English language word ‘thespian’ because it was often used to describe Dilip Kumar.
Such is the aura around him that even our press has been well-behaved (relatively anyway) over the last three days. Back in 2012, I wrote in this column about how the tributes paid by our electronic media to cinema legends who passed away at that time have been disappointingly trite. That was a period in which we lost Shammi Kapoor, Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna and Yash Chopra in quick succession. If the electronic media’s handling of Dilip Kumar’s demise is more dignified, it is because of the respect and love he enjoyed across sections of the society.
I was hoping someone would actually ‘celebrate’ his great work. When a legend passes away at the age of 98 after battling ill-health for years, grief almost seems like an inappropriate emotion. Dilip Kumar lived his life well, and acted for about 50 years. He has left an enduring legacy that all his fans will be proud of. Could a top news channel not have taken a project to do (at least) a one-hour show that explains the phenomenon called Dilip Kumar to the young audience (under-30) of today, who haven’t experienced it yet? There have been some very good articles online, but they don’t have the reach of mass television.
I’m sure many young people will discover the works of Dilip Kumar now, like I did many years ago. What they will make of his films more than 60-70 years after their release is difficult to say. Some may have seen Mughal-e-Azam anyway. I always recommend Naya Daur as that ‘bridge’ film. It seems young enough even today (though the colour version is not the one I’d recommend).
A legend has passed away, but his legacy will stay forever. Watching his work this weekend could be the best way to remember him.
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Today, Amitabh Bachchan is the darling of the media. But, unimaginable in this age of adulation, there was an era when the media had boycotted him, and he had shunned them right back Deepa Gahlot: Bollywood Badshah’s on-off affair with media… When he said he would like to be a journalist in his next life
By Deepa GahlotWhen Amitabh Bachchan was just emerging from the Bofors controversy, he was quoted to have said that in his next life, he would like to be a journalist – such was the power of the media.
Today, Amitabh Bachchan is the darling of the media. They hang on to his every word; they not just retweet his tweets, they make entire stories out of them; they gather around the Bachchan family trying to get a picture of the grandchild. The entire country seemed to participate in the naming of the child of Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The family is photographed at work, at play, at airports, at temples and hospitals.
But there was a time when Amitabh had decided to ban the ‘yellow’ press and the press, in a rare show of unity, decided to ban him right back. There was a ‘katti’ period, when Amitabh would not speak to the film media and they did not carry any news about him.What apparently happened was that Stardust had organised a charity show at which several top stars had agreed to participate. But then some of them, reportedly at the behest of Dilip Kumar, decided that they should not endorse the gossip press and decided to boycott the event. They also decided to boycott all gossip magazines.
This was a time when Bollywood was not covered by the mainstream media. Stars liked to be featured in the magazines because that was the only way of reaching the film-going public. A boycott of the film media was bound to fail. But during the Emergency in 1975, Stardust had a rough time with the censors and this was reportedly on the orders of Amitabh who was close to the Gandhi family. The cold war went on for years till the unfortunate Coolie accident in 1982 when Amitabh was seriously injured during the shooting of the Manmohan Desai film.
The whole country prayed for his recovery and even the media must have found it churlish to carry on with the ban. There was a thaw on both sides. In any case, the so-called boycott has not affected the star’s career in the least. He could also afford to be generous.
Then, in 1989, the Bofors scandal hit, and dragged Amitabh’s name into it. His films started flopping. He only had the medium of the press to get his side of the story to the public. This time the media decided to be gracious and fair and helped Amitabh clear his name. That was when the star admitted to the power of the media and made that quip about wanting to be reborn as a journalist.
Since then, he has been through problems – the failed comeback with a flop Mrityudaata, the Miss World fiasco that hit him financially – but the media has chosen never to hit out at the star when he was down. They even forgave the public relations disaster of the Abhishek-Aishwarya wedding, when the media was ignored and mistreated.
On his part, Amitabh is not just an interviewer’s delight, he is always charming, gracious and professional. His office promptly returns calls, forwards messages; he writes personal notes of appreciation if an article or review praising him appears, he also sends miffed letters of clarification if something offends him.
Times have changed; today the media is full of Bollywood trivia. Stars are worshipped, their homes staked out, their faults papered over, their achievements exaggerated. At a time when stars have more power than politicians and industrialists, the media needs the stars more than the stars need the media. Unlike many of his juniors who snap their fingers when they need the media, but shun the press between releases, Amitabh has maintained a relationship of cordiality with the media, even though he now has social media platforms to have his say (even ranting against a bad review). It could be because of past experience, it could because he is well bred, or maybe because you can’t really push away the guy who has prostrated himself at your gate to try and get an exclusive shot from the gap between the gate and the ground. If asked today, Amitabh would probably say he wants to be a superstar in his next life too… such is the power of Bollywood. He hates this term for Mumbai cinema, but here’s wishing the Badshah of Bollywood a happy 70th birthday.