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Yasser Usman
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How Guru Dutt became the reluctant hero of his masterpiece ‘Pyaasa’
The director had approached Dilip Kumar for the role of the troubled poet Vijay.
Yasser Usman
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The night-time gunshots that put Sanjay Dutt’s life on the mend
High on alcohol and heartbreak, the actor fired his rifle in the air in 1982 – a low point that persuaded him to sign up for de-addiction.
Yasser Usman
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The exact moment when film star Rekha became a villain in vermilion (and it wasn’t in ‘Silsila’)
She walked into Rishi Kapoor’s wedding with sindoor in her hair, spreading shock waves all around.
Yasser Usman
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