Life of which Bollywood star would you love to see on celluloid ?

Life of which Bollywood star would you love to see on celluloid ?
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I have often been intrigued by the life of some of the Bollywood ladies. Their life often has been an enigma for the fans and more often than not has been filled with a lot of turmoil and tumultuous times. This makes me want to see their life on celluloid. Not only will there be an emotional connect with the story, it also will bring to life some of the untold facets and stories.

I am sure the family of the star will object to making a movie on their life, for reasons obvious. The best we can do is discuss on which star's life has most intrigued you and you would love to see it on the big screen. Better than a remake any day! What say?

So here goes my list:

1) Madhubala: Born as Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehla entered the industry at a very young age of 9. Often said to be the most beautiful lady to have ever graced the Indian cinema, her career, her marriage to Kishore Kumar, rumored affair with Dilip Kumar and her illness have all been matters often discussed by Bollywood enthusiasts.

2) Nargis: Born into the tawaif tradition of Calcutta, Nargis went on to become one of the most successful actors of Bollywood. Her movies with Raj Kapoor (and the rumors of the affair between the two), marriage to Sunil Dutt, her charitable work and her untimely death have been often discussed.

3) Smita Patil: Started her career as a television newscaster for Doordarshan. She went on to become one of the most iconic actresses of our times. When she became romantically involved with actor Raj Babbar, Patil drew severe criticism from her fans and the media, clouding her personal life and throwing her into the eye of a media storm. Raj Babbar left his wife Nadira Babbar to marry Patil. Overnight, Patil was labeled a "home-breaker" by the very feminist organizations she had worked so assiduously for and became the target of barbed criticism

4) Divya Bharti: The beautiful Divya made her mark in Bollywood with performances in Deewana, Shola Aur Shabnam. Around midnight of 5 April 1993, Bharti fell to her death from a five-storey Versova apartment building in Mumbai. There was much speculation by the media regarding Bharti's sudden demise, including the possibility of accidental death, suicide or even murder. Bharti's dress designer Neeta Lulla is believed to have been at the apartment some time before her death. Police closed the investigation in 1998, but the circumstances of her death still remain a mystery.

5) Meena Kumari: Meena Kumari is definitely one of the best actresses of Bollywood. Her role is Pakeezah is considered one of the best performances ever by a Bollywood leading lady.
Three weeks after the release of Pakeezah, Meena Kumari became seriously ill, and died on 31 March 1972 of liver cirrhosis. At her death, she was in more or less the same financial circumstance as her parents at the time of her birth: It is said that when she died in a nursing home, there was no money to pay her hospital bills. She was buried at Rahematabad Qabristan located at Narialwadi, Mazgaon, Mumbai.

6) Anu Agarwal : Read up on her life here

7) Mona Kapoor: These two posts are reasons enough. FSJ and DNA

Whose life would you love to see on celluloid?




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Anonymous's picture

Madhubala : To be done by Madhuri Dixit
Smita Patel: To be done by Rani Mukerji
Meena Kumari: To be done by Vidya Balan

Anonymous's picture

SMITA PATIL & DIVYA BHARTI..so sad such talented actresses life was cut short so abruptly :(

Anonymous's picture

Divya Bharti for sure....we got to see so little of her as an actress but the little work that she did won millions of hearts, including mine...I loved her as a kid and used to love watching her movies. She would've made for one of the most iconic actresses...it's sad how she passed away.

Anonymous's picture

Madhubala or Meena Kumari. their real life was just like bollywood masala movies.

Anonymous's picture

She is not in the list, but Rekha for me.

Anonymous's picture

Meena Kumari and Divya Bharti for sure..

Anonymous's picture

Madhubala

Anonymous's picture

Firstly, GREAT POST!
I would love to see Madhubala, Meena Kumari, Divya Bharti and also Waheeda Rehman's life on the big screen.. also Rekha.. and Aishwarya Rai (relations with Salman and Vivek and what really went wrong?!)

Anonymous's picture

Madhubala, nuff said. Its surprising no on'e made a biopic about her yet but I suppose there's no one as beautiful as Madhubala anymore. Ladies with plastic parts popping out & tons of white makeup on their face don't pass off for Madhubala's natural ethereal beauty.

Anonymous's picture

You guys should watch Khoya Khoya Chand ( soha ali khan), it is a mix story of meena kumari and madhubala's life.. makes you realize that being an actress in those days was no piece of cake.

Anonymous's picture

Pakeezah best peformance ever? She was drunk and ill throughout the movie, and has very few lines due to this. The movie was great, so was Raj Kumar, she wasnt.

Kitty's picture

Meena Kumari probably.

bijon's picture

smita patil

Anonymous's picture

Smita Patil & Rekha had/have interesting lives.

Anonymous's picture

OMG Madhubala looks so much like Madhuri in that photo...she has a similar face shape as Madhuri

Anonymous's picture

Divya For definite

Anonymous's picture

madhubala was born into a pathan family, she was drop dead
pretty, she started acting at a v young age and was named madhubala..
she had a life long affair with dilip kumar who is also a pathan frm peshawar...
there were ups and downs in this affair, finally when the affair ended it took
a great toll on her life and she died of heart ailment at 33...
she spent last couple of years with kishore kumar as his wife...

Green's picture

Tough choice. All of them :)

Anonymous's picture

madhubala but no actress is beautiful enough to play her part though...
i dont want any fake plastic to play madhubala...!!

Anonymous's picture

Divya for sure big time!

Anonymous's picture

That's a pretty comprehensive list..i'd love to see their lives on celluloid.
I'd like to add to the list. Only one name - Shahrukh Khan. I know he isn't an actress, and this list is only about actresses, but I think Shahrukh's life would make for an excellent movie! His love story with Gauri is almost a fairytale; the way he became the king of bollywood despite having such humble origins and no godfather in the industry - ingredients of an awesome movie :D

numan_shakil's picture

well madhubala and divya bharti
so want to know what really hapned with to them

Anonymous's picture

Rekha....her life's twists n turns will make a great movie

Anonymous's picture

Meena Kumari & Nargis

Anonymous's picture

Divya for sure!

Anonymous's picture

Madhubala first choice..then Divya Bharti and Meena Kumari

Anonymous's picture

Madhubala without any doubt.

Bipasha-Fan's picture

Divya n Anu

Anonymous's picture

*seen

Anonymous's picture

definitely madhubala.. the most beautiful woman ever seem ...just look at her!!!

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