Profiles

- Vikram Chandiramani 

Amitabh Bachchan, whose publicist (or he himself) coined the term Mega star to counter the term Superstar coined by the publicist (or himself) of Rajesh Khanna stays afloat with shaan se even as all his contemporaries and even some who entered the industry much after him are considered spent force.

- Vikram Chandiramani 

Zeenat Aman had won the Miss India contest and modelled quite a bit when she was signed by Dev Anand who was looking for a westernised girl for his 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna' (1971). Zeenat swayed to the music and became known as the 'Dum Maro Dum' girl, as the producers fell all over themselves to sign the uninhibited girl for their films.

- Vikram Chandiramani

- Vikram Chandiramani 

Guru Dutt first spotted this dancer from Hyderabad in Telegu films. He signed her as a vamp in 'CID' in 1956. In her next film, 'Pyaasa' in 1957, she made a tremendous impact in the role of a sympathetic prostitute. The film won stardom for Waheeda Rehman. Around the same time, Guru Dutt and Waheeda felt passionately in love.

- Vikram Chandiramani

- Vikram Chandiramani 

- Vikram Chandiramani 

She began her career with Shekhar Kapur's film 'Masoom' while she was a mere kid. And although she made an impact with her debut, a couple of small films later, Urmila Matondkar was forgotten.

N Chandra, the ace filmmaker of 'Ankush' fame, noticed her and signed her as the second lead in 'Narsimha'. But that film too did little to revive her career. Despite being a flop actress, Urmila managed to sign films like 'Drohi' and 'Chamatkar', but unfortunately for her she didn't get anywhere.

- Vikram Chandiramani 

Twinkle's Movies include 'Barsaat'(1995) with Bobby Deol, 'Dil Tera Deewana' with Saif Ali Khan and 'Jaan' (1996) with Ajay Devgan, 'Itihaas' (1997) and 'Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai' (1998) with Salman Khan.

- Vikram Chandiramani 

- Vikram Chandiramani 

Tabu is today one of the established and seasoned actresses we have in the industry. Considering the fact that when she started out she was stuck with Boney Kapoor's film 'Prem', her career never seemed to take off, she has come miles from where she was.