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Yasser Usman

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
· Jan 11, 2021 · 10:30 am
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
· Mar 19, 2018 · 08:15 am
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
· Sep 04, 2016 · 11:00 am

The pleasure and pain of being superstar Rajesh Khanna

By the mid-seventies, Rajesh Khanna's hold over the box office had begun to slip, increasing his insecurities and causing further rifts between him and his wife Dimple Kapadia.

Yasser Usman
· Jan 04, 2015 · 05:00 am