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New Delhi, Veteran actor <keyword id="19926649" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Zeenat-Aman" source="keywords">Zeenat Aman</keyword> says it's only logical for couples to live-in together before tying the knot so that they find out if they are actually compatible with each other. According to the 72-year-old actor, her sons Zahaan and Azaan have also received the same advice from her. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, she described a <keyword id="20499558" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="live-in-relationship" source="keywords">live-in relationship</keyword> as the "ultimate test". "... One of you asked me about <keyword id="20583863" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="relationship-advice" source="keywords">relationship advice</keyword> in the comments section of my last post. Here's a personal opinion I haven't previously shared - if you're in a relationship, I strongly recommend that you LIVE TOGETHER before getting married! "This is the same advice I've always given my sons, both of whom have had, or are in, a live-in relationship. It just seems logical to me that before two people get their families and the government involved in their equation, they first put their relationship to the ultimate test," Aman wrote. The actor said couples must figure out if they will be able to work through "million tiny conflicts" that will arise. "It's easy to be the best version of yourself for a few hours a day. But can you share a bathroom? Weather the storm of a bad mood? Agree on what to eat for dinner every night? Keep the fire alive in the bedroom? "Work through the million tiny conflicts that inevitably arise between two people in close proximity? In short - are you actually compatible? I'm aware that Indian society is a little uptight about 'living in sin' but then again, society is uptight about so many things! Log kya kahenge? (What will people say?)" she added in the post. Aman will return to screen after five years with Manish Malhotra's production "<keyword id="20052274" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bun-Tikki" source="keywords">Bun Tikki</keyword>".

Living together is the ultimate relationship test says Zeenat Aman

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 1 (ANI): Ace fashion designer <keyword id="33" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="manish-malhotra" source="Orion">Manish Malhotra</keyword> has added another feather to his hat as he announced his debut as a producer with his production house 'Stage 5'. Taking to Instagram, Manish dropped the company's logo and wrote, "Ever since my childhood there's a certain calling i've had for Clothes, Colours and Films . I was fascinated by fabrics , textures and music and watched every film wide eyed longing to be a part of Indian Cinema one day. The fascination with clothes grew me to becoming a costume designer and then to starting my Label after many years." "Today after gratifying 3 decades of being in the movies I Present to you STAGE5 Production .. A company that will nurture different artistic voices from all over and take pride in the diversity of stories, collaborating with directors , writers , artist who are not only talented but also have a unique new vision .. @stage5production," he added. Best wishes have started pouring in for Manish from the members of the film and fashion industry. "Manish...More power to you...You are a mega achiever in fashion...and films are your passion...Stage 5 will be a testament of that passion...can't wait to see this journey unfold," Manish's close friend and director <keyword id="3778" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="karan-johar" source="Orion">Karan Johar</keyword> posted on Instagram Story. "Massive congratulations," actor Karan Tacker commented. Actor <keyword id="1377418" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="kareena-kapoor-khan" source="Orion">Kareena Kapoor Khan</keyword> also sent her best wishes to Manish. "So so happy for you my darling Manu. Love you....youuu the bestest," she wrote on Instagram Story. Earlier in an interview with an entertainment portal Film Companion, Manish had revealed that actors like <keyword id="14505" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="zeenat-aman" source="Orion">Zeenat Aman</keyword>, Shabana Azmi and Abhay Deol "are working for his production." Manish also has plans to direct a movie. However, he has not announced his directorial project on social media yet. Meanwhile, on the designing front, Manish in July celebrated 18 years in the fashion industry. On July 20, he showcased his new collection at a grand Bridal Couture show in Mumbai. Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, who shared screen space in Karan Johar's latest release 'Rocky Aur RKii Prem Kahaani', had turned showstoppers him. (ANI)

Had a calling for clothes, colours & films says Manish Malhotra as he turns producer

<ul><li>Veteran star <keyword id="14505" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="zeenat-aman" source="Orion">Zeenat Aman</keyword> made her <keyword id="819905" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="instagram" source="Orion">Instagram</keyword> debut at 71 and amassed over 1.3 lakh followers in just a month. She will soon make her web series debut.</li><li><keyword id="1813" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="neena-gupta" source="Orion">Neena Gupta</keyword>’s appeal for work on Instagram heralded a change in the way the industry looked at veteran actresses.</li><li>OTT platforms have not only revived careers of veteran stars, it has also brought to centre stage actresses long-sidelined by mainstream media.</li></ul>Gauri Shinde’s English Vinglish that released in 2012, was considered a sleeper hit despite starring one of Indian cinema’s original female superstars, Sridevi. It took the industry by surprise because <keyword id="143" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="bollywood" source="Orion">Bollywood</keyword> rarely backs female-led movies and even when it does, these movies – especially those starring veterans, aren’t expected to become commercial potboilers. However, the advent of over-the-top (OTT) streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney plus Hotstar etc, and the rise of social media has changed the scenario. In some cases, actresses of a certain vintage have begun to take centre stage – with some even landing hits far more popular than the ones delivered by mainstream heroes. In February 2023, the 70s heart-throb Zeenat Aman, 71, made her debut on Instagram. Within a month, she has <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thezeenataman/">amassed </a>1.37 lakh followers and won over the audience with her articulate, unabashed and honest views — a far cry from the carefully-curated celebrity updates people are accustomed to. “The roles available to women are clearly not just ornamental anymore. What hasn’t changed though is the gender pay gap. In my time I was lauded as the highest paid female actor, but the disparity in the pay cheque between my male co-stars and myself was so vast it was laughable…it disappoints me that even today women in the film industry don’t have wage parity,” <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CpFl3XoA8Un/">remarked </a>Aman in one of her many posts on the platform. Aman, who’ll soon make her <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/zeenat-aman-to-make-her-ott-debut-soon-already-has-two-web-series-in-her-kitty/articleshow/92560748.cms">web series debut</a> with <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/web-series/zeenat-aman-to-make-ott-debut-with-the-series-showsttopper-101677773391183.html">Showsttopper</a>, co-starring Shweta Tiwari, Rohit Roy and others, also walked the ramp for Shahin Mannan’s fashion show at the Lakme Fashion week. She’s the latest in a long list of veteran actresses who’ve taken to new-age entertainment platforms and social media channels like fish to water, and have managed to shatter the long-held Bollywood concept of ‘limited shelf life’ for female actors. But, it’s certainly not a new phenomenon. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="The Bollywood stars who went to reality shows" comment="subhead" text="The Bollywood stars who went to reality shows">The Bollywood stars who went to reality shows</cmsannotation> There’s always been a clear divide between a TV and movie star in India, with television often seen as a stepping stone to movies — but only for a few. Most stars who start with TV shows, however, continue to remain there. However, when some of the stars from the 90s and early 2000s first made their comeback, it was as judges of reality shows on TV or in some cases, as contestants. For instance, Shilpa Shetty famously participated in Big Brother —- the British version of Bigg Boss, which catapulted her back to stardom. A few even took to TV shows, like Sonali Bendre in Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Ye (2014). Although superstars like Madhuri Dixit have managed to reinvent their careers and regularly land exciting roles, that wasn’t the case for many other veteran actresses. Until actor Neena Gupta decided to ask for work on social media, heralding a change in the way Bollywood views older stars. In 2017, Neena Gupta, the star of indie cinema in the 1980s, openly asked for work — a move that left a majority of the population within the industry, and even outside of it, surprised. After all, this is an industry where actors out of work for years still spout the excuse, “looking for the right script.” “I live in Mumbai and working, am a good actor looking for good parts to play,” wrote Gupta on Instagram. The result of Gupta’s request – since 2017, she’s starred in over 10 different movies and web series, including blockbuster hits like Badhaai Ho and crowd favourites like Panchayat. Her Badhaai Ho co-star, the late Surekha Sikri also won her third National Film Award for the film. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="The other comeback: Sidelined by mainstream media but stars on OTT" comment="subhead" text="The other comeback: Sidelined by mainstream media but stars on OTT">The other comeback: Sidelined by mainstream media but stars on OTT</cmsannotation> The advent of OTT streaming has not only shone the spotlight on veteran stars but has also given actors sidelined by mainstream media a chance to showcase their acting prowess. Like actor <keyword id="18676" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="shefali-shah" source="Orion">Shefali Shah</keyword>. Sidelined by mainstream cinema for years, 49-year-old Shah’s gritty performance in Netflix’s International Emmy-winner Delhi Crime was the perfect response to that mistreatment. Since then, she’s been on a roll, delivering hits across genres — romantic dramas like Netflix’s Once Again, thrillers like Prime Video’s Jalsa and Disney+Hostar’s Human or dark comedies, like Darlings (on Netflix). In fact, OTT brought back many millennials’ childhood divas, be it former Miss <keyword id="326110" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="universe-sushmita-sen" source="Orion">Universe Sushmita Sen</keyword> or the ‘tip tip’ girl, Raveena Tandon. And they didn’t return to play stereotypical mothers to actors who were as old or even younger than themselves — as Shefali Shah did for Akshay Kumar in the film Waqt: The Race Against Time. Shah is six years younger than Kumar. Rather they starred as protagonists in shows with gripping storylines that gave them a chance to flex their long-dormant acting muscles. The result — Sen’s mom-turned-mobster avatar in Aarya and Tandon’s small-town cop in Aranyak and the antagonist in KGF2. As Sen shared <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch">in an interview </a>with film critic Anupama Chopra for Film Companion, “What I like about Bollywood now is suddenly, content is king. It’s incredible how liberal the language of cinema is becoming. It’s allowing people to explore all different aspects — writing, execution, direction, actors getting that opportunity to go beyond the boy-meets-girl phase. It’s wonderful.” Long story short, the stars have finally aligned for Bollywood’s veteran and long-sidelined powerful actresses. And it’s a well-deserved comeback indeed! 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In an industry dominated by men, there are a few women who have been calling the shots on their own terms. From being the first in their league to taking on jobs that were earlier considered a man’s forte, these <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> divas have been there and done that. On this Women’s Day, let’s salute these women who have made Bollywood what it is today. 
 
1. <keyword id="121452" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Devika-Rani">Devika Rani</keyword> She’s known as the <keyword id="27438" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="First-lady">first lady</keyword> of Indian cinema. The biggest star of the 40s, Devika Rani was the first recipient of the coveted <keyword id="53601" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dada-Saheb-Phalke">Dada Saheb Phalke</keyword> Award. She was also an apprentice to Elizabeth Arden and a student of London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Devika Rani thrilled Bollywood with the first on-screen kiss and played a key role in making an important talent discovery – the <keyword id="293435" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="legendary-actor">legendary actor</keyword> <keyword id="1687" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Dilip-Kumar">Dilip Kumar</keyword>. 
 
2. Fatma Begum Way before the Zoyas, Farahs and Deepas of Bollywood, one woman debuted as a director and she was none other than Fatma Begum. As the <keyword id="195897" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="first-lady-director">first lady director</keyword> of Bollywood, Fatma directed Veer Abhimanyu in 1922. 
 
3. Nadia 
In an era when her contemporaries were busy posing pretty, Nadia was riding horses and kicking baddies. Also known as Fearless Nadia, she was India’s first stunt woman who performed all her stunts herself – even if they meant running atop trains, jumping off horse carts and battling villains. 
 
4. Bhanu Athaiya 
She is India’s most celebrated costume designer and the first Indian to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design in 1982 for the film, <keyword id="6356181" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Gandhi">Gandhi</keyword>. Bhanu has worked in more than 100 movies and received many coveted awards in a career spanning 50 years. 
 
5. <keyword id="27717" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Madhubala">Madhubala</keyword> 
One of the most talented actresses of Bollywood, Madhubala is considered the epitome of beauty. She was featured in the American magazine <keyword id="669411" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Theatre-Arts">Theatre Arts</keyword> in 1952, which called her “The Biggest Star in the World and she’s not in Beverly Hills.” 
 
6. Tun Tun 
Those were the days when women were expected to play pretty heroines. But she dared to break the stereotype and emerged as Bollywood’s first woman comedian. Her real name was Uma Devi but and Dilip Kumar rechristened her as Tun Tun. 
 
7. <keyword id="14505" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Zeenat-Aman">Zeenat Aman</keyword> 
She gave an image makeover to Bollywood, oozing oomph and sexiness as never before. Can you forger her Qurbaani act? 
 
8. <keyword id="6486523" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Smita-Patil">Smita Patil</keyword> 
While her contemporaries were topping the charts in the commercial movie space, Smita challenged the norms and carved a niche of her own in art house cinema, and won accolades for her power-packed performances. 
 
9. <keyword id="182" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Rekha">Rekha</keyword> 
Whenever one mentions the timeless beauties of Bollywood, Rekha would be topping the list for sure. A powerhouse of talent and an epitome of beauty, she is a phenomenon quite unmatched. 
 
10. <keyword id="31278" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Lata-Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</keyword> This Nightingale of India has around 25,000 songs in her name in a career spanning 70 years. Only the <keyword id="2104601" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="second-vocalist">second vocalist</keyword> to have been awarded the Bharat Ratna, Lata Mangeshkar has also made it to the Guinness Book of World Records for the maximum number of recordings in the world during 1974-1991. 
 
11. <keyword id="6366471" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Aishwarya-Rai">Aishwarya Rai</keyword> Bachchan 
Even after being in the industry for more than two decades, accolades haven’t stopped coming her way. A global icon representing Indian Cinema across the world, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a living example of beauty with brains. 
 
12. <keyword id="2165" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Kareena-Kapoor">Kareena Kapoor</keyword> She’s got the looks and she’s got the talent – isn’t it a deadly combo? Kareena Kapoor is the <keyword id="2104599" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="first-Bollywood-actress">first Bollywood actress</keyword> to charge in crores – a rarity in an industry where either sex or <keyword id="6359862" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="SRK">SRK</keyword> sells! 
 
13. <keyword id="1655" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Priyanka-Chopra">Priyanka Chopra</keyword> From winning the Miss World beauty pageant to carving a niche in Bollywood, Priyanka Chopra is not stopping any time soon. A <keyword id="2104600" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="trained-western-classical-singer">trained western classical singer</keyword>, she is already creating waves in the global music industry and has two singles albums up her sleeve – In My City and Exotic. The multi-talented beauty is the first Indian actress to be signed by <keyword id="176676" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Creative-Artists-Agency">Creative Artists Agency</keyword> (CAA), whose client list includes names like <keyword id="11804" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="George-Clooney">George Clooney</keyword>, <keyword id="3557" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Brad-Pitt">Brad Pitt</keyword>, <keyword id="6399841" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Meryl-Streep">Meryl Streep</keyword>, <keyword id="53664" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="sandra-bullock">Sandra Bullock</keyword>, <keyword id="18020" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Julia-Roberts">Julia Roberts</keyword> and <keyword id="4793" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Will-Smith">Will Smith</keyword>. 
 
14. Deepika Padukone 
Giving four back-to-back mega hits in one year is no joke. But after a stint with a few wrong choices, Deepika Padukone has finally arrived in Bollywood. Not only did she bag most of the awards this year but also had the cash registers ringing for a long time! 
 
15. <keyword id="3844" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Vidya-Balan">Vidya Balan</keyword> 
When the ‘Khans’ were the flavour of the season, she emerged as the ‘shero’ in an industry ruled by men. Breaking the body stereotypes associated with Bollywood, Vidya has made big look beautiful. With a gamut of successful woman-oriented films in her kitty, Vidya is a true game-changer.

15 Women Who Redefined Bollywood

<keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> beauties and <keyword id="6356028" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Sports">sports</keyword> stars have always been fascinated by each other! Their paths often cross; they fall for each other at times and also part ways. Here’s a look back at some of the most talked-about link-ups when Bollywood divas clean bowled the sports stars. 
 
1. <keyword id="6357860" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Anushka-Sharma">Anushka Sharma</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="6354486" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Virat-Kohli">Virat Kohli</keyword> This is the hottest talk of the town right now! Of late, the two have been spotted together on many occasions. From walking hand in hand in <keyword id="22501" type="COUNTRY" weightage="40" keywordseo="New-Zealand">New Zealand</keyword> to Virat coming to Anushka’s place after the last series – there are plenty of incidents to hit the headlines recently. While Anushka prefers to call Virat ‘just a friend,’ the <keyword id="1520" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Cricketer">cricketer</keyword> proves there’s more to it by coming to her rescue on the recent lip surgery issue. Will they <keyword id="15263" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Seal">seal</keyword> this relationship with matrimony? Let’s wait and watch. 
 
2. Anushka Sharma &amp; <keyword id="14587" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Suresh-Raina">Suresh Raina</keyword> 
Apparently, leggy beauty Anushka Sharma has a thing or two for cricketers. Before dating Virat, she was seen with another cricketer, Suresh Raina. But even then, Anushka maintained they were ‘just friends.’ 
 
3. <keyword id="1037" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Lara-Dutta">Lara Dutta</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="6394569" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Mahesh-Bhupathi">Mahesh Bhupathi</keyword> Another Bollywood beauty who got smitten by sport stars. Before marrying tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi, Lara dated American <keyword id="218011" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="baseball-player">baseball player</keyword> <keyword id="199138" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Derek-Jeter">Derek Jeter</keyword> for a short time. However, things ended quickly and we saw the former <keyword id="6381672" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="Miss-Universe">Miss Universe</keyword> tie the knot with Bhupathi in 2011. 
 
4. <keyword id="12953" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Chitrangada-Singh">Chitrangada Singh</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="6327" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Jyoti-Randhawa">Jyoti Randhawa</keyword> Before she made it to the silver screen, Chitrangada was married to <keyword id="5573" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Golfer">golfer</keyword> Jyoti Randhawa and the couple had a son named Zorawar Randhawa. But there was a rift in the marriage soon after and the two parted ways in 2013. Was it her film career that caused the break-up? Only they can tell. 
 
5. <keyword id="4052" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Isha-Sharvani">Isha Sharvani</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="12644" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Zaheer-Khan">Zaheer Khan</keyword> 
They were seeing each other for eight long years and even marriage was on the cards. But things seem to have changed now between these two. Isha and Zaheer haven’t disclosed the reason behind the split but sources claim that it was ‘distance’ that axed this relationship. 
 
6. <keyword id="598" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Deepika-Padukone">Deepika Padukone</keyword> and <keyword id="351" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Yuvraj-Singh">Yuvraj Singh</keyword> The lover boy of the cricket world had been the favourite of a couple of Bollywood beauties. First, he was in a relationship with <keyword id="6135" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Kim-Sharma">Kim Sharma</keyword> and then it was Deepika. But it was a short-lived love affair with DP, just before she started dating Ranbir. 
 
7. <keyword id="29649" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Geeta-Basra">Geeta Basra</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="368" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Harbhajan-Singh">Harbhajan Singh</keyword> Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has been dating <keyword id="6355604" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="actress">actress</keyword> Geeta Basra for quite some now. She has been often spotted cheering Bhajji at various matches while the man keeps her happy by retweeting all that she posts on the micro-blogging site. The two were supposed to get married in 2012. That hasn’t happened yet but the two are still a couple. 
 
8. <keyword id="668529" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="Naghma">Naghma</keyword> &amp; Saurav Ganguly 
Dada was happily married to Donna and steered clear of any controversy that could link him to Bollywood actress Naghma. But Naghma went on record saying there was something more than friendship between the two. Of course, the two never ended up together but all the hullaballoo definitely took a toll on Saurav and his career. 
 
9. Sangeeta Bijlani &amp; <keyword id="6463421" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Mohammad-Azharuddin">Mohammad Azharuddin</keyword> This relationship had everything Bollywood movies are made of. She was the country’s hottest <keyword id="6355606" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="model">model</keyword> while he was the cricketing ace. He was married with kids but still fell madly in love with her. What next? Azhar divorced his wife and married Sangeeta. 
 
10. <keyword id="133768" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Reena-Roy">Reena Roy</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="6372882" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Mohsin-Khan">Mohsin Khan</keyword> 
The Bollywood-cricket link-up had always been there. Way back in 1983, charming Reena Roy was smitten by Pakistani cricketer Mohsin Khan and she gave up her flourishing career to marry him. However, Mohsin’s family played the baddie and the marriage ended in divorce. 
 
11. <keyword id="1888" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Sharmila-Tagore">Sharmila Tagore</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="1896" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Mansoor-Ali-Khan-Pataudi">Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi</keyword> 
By far, this has been the most successful Bolly-cricket union. She was at the peak of her career when the two got married. And she was so much in love with the handsome Mansoor that she converted to Islam without the least hassle. They had a happy married life that lasted over four decades. 
 
12. <keyword id="1813" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="neena-gupta">Neena Gupta</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="84393" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Vivian-Richards">Vivian Richards</keyword> He was already married, but she loved him. Bollywood actress Neena Gupta and <keyword id="343995" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="West-Indies-cricketer">West Indies cricketer</keyword> Sir Vivian Richards also have a love child named Masaba. They were in a serious relationship but never tied the knot. Neena finally married <keyword id="26457" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Vivek-Mehra">Vivek Mehra</keyword>, a Delhi-based <keyword id="6358896" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Chartered-Accountant">chartered accountant</keyword> and <keyword id="25455" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="finance">finance</keyword> professional. 
 
13. <keyword id="14505" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Zeenat-Aman">Zeenat Aman</keyword> &amp; <keyword id="14676" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Imran-Khan">Imran Khan</keyword> 
Together, they made one of the most good-looking couples! The world spoke about their chemistry and expected the relationship to culminate into marriage. But that didn’t happen and the two parted ways. 
 
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Though anticipated, when it became official that the Melody Queen of India, <keyword id="31278" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Lata-Mangeshkar" source="Orion">Lata Mangeshkar</keyword>, is no longer among us, it hit the collective consciousness of the nation like a sledgehammer. The only consolation was that she may have passed on, but her voice, which moved our hearts and provided succour to our souls for more than seven decades, will forever be with us. Like all inspirational stories, Lataji's early struggle to establish herself in the 1940s is one that we cannot ever forget. In those days, she would take a BEST bus and travel from her south Mumbai home regularly to meet Naushad Ali at his Khar West bungalow or in the studios, hoping for a 'singing break' under the legendary music maker's baton. In the vicious Mumbai monsoon, she would come to Naushad's home, wearing her trademark sari, carrying an umbrella but totally drenched, shivering and barely able to speak, let alone sing. The music director would offer her piping hot tea and cookies to soothe her, but no songs ... yet ... . "I felt her voice was not yet 'ripe' for my style of music," said Naushad, the perfectionist, in a conversation with this writer. He was trying to justify not giving her an early break. "To improve her diction and control over words, I advised her to learn and practice Urdu, which she did ... and finally, she was ready to record for me." The first choices of Naushad were the reigning stalwarts -- Noorjehan, Suraiya, Shamshad Begum, Zohra Ambalewali, to name a few. With time, trained by her father, Dinananth Mangeshkar, Lataji grasped the maestro's advice and got her first major hit -- 'Uthaye Ja Unke Sitam' ('Andaz', 1949) -- composed by her mentor Naushad. With it, she 'arrived' in the film industry. Thereafter, top music directors of the era wooed her, and they included Sachin Dev Burman, Husan Lal-Bhagat Ram (brothers), Ghulam Haider, Sardar Malik, Ghulam Mohammed, Jaidev, Salil Chowdhary, C. Ramchandra, Shankar-Jaikishan (partners), Roshan, Madan Mohan, M. Zahur Khayyam, Kalyanji-Anandji (brothers), Laxmikant-Pyarelal (partners), Sonik-Omi (uncle-nephew), Ravi Kumar Sharma or 'Ravi', Sudhir Phadke, Sajjad Hussain, Usha Khanna, and even A.R. Rahman, Anu Malik, Rajesh Roshan, Anand-Milind and Jatin-Lalit, among the younger crop of baton wielders. Producers and directors vied for Lataji's unique voice and style for their top heroines, especially because she could 'mould' her voice to suit most heroines. Without doubt, she had become the first among women singers, a position that Mohammed Rafi enjoyed among the men. Yet, there was a music director who remained aloof from Lataji -- with haughty pride -- and yet rose to the top echelons of the music industry -- the incomparable O.P. Nayyar. "I found Lata's voice too thin, too shrill, which did not suit my compositions," Nayyar had once said, claiming he was "the only music director who succeeded in Bollywood without Lata's voice". He added: "I needed a more vivacious, richer, healthier voice of, say, Shamshad Begum, Geeta Ghosh-Dutt, Asha Bhosale." One woman singer, Suman Kalyanpur, was blessed with a voice rivalling that of Lataji's, but she was content being in the shadows, yet she thrived on enduring masterpieces composed by some of the music directors. As Lataji's singing style matured under master music directors, her voice helped heroines who acted or danced to her tunes catapult to stardom, such as Madhubala, Meena Kumari, Nargis, Ameeta, Beena Rai, Waheeda Rehman, Vyjayanthimala Bali, Tanuja, Sharmila Tagore, Asha Parekh, Nutan, Saira Bano, Sadhana Shivdasani, Babita Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Parveen Babi, Hema Malini, Rekha, Sridevi, Neetu Singh, Madhuri Dixit, and many others in the post-1980s, right down to the youngsters, notably, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee and Karisma Kapoor. After the exit of Noorjehan from India and the fading away of other stalwart female singers, by the late 1950s/early 1960s, Lataji was firmly perched on the top of the heap and brooked no nonsense from anyone -- producers, directors, composers, siblings or contemporaries -- attempting to clamber anywhere close to her roost. Bollywood is full of stories of how Lataji ring-fenced her position till the very end, often raising the hackles of her female peers, although male singers, such as Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh, Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor and Manna Dey (all deceased) and others, chose to maintain a professional rapport with her. Nevertheless, there were tales of how Rafi once bore the brunt of her "other side", or certain composers quivering as she gently declined to sing for them after they allegedly dared to commission some other female singers, for whatever reason. Of course, powerful filmmakers such as Mehboob Khan, Raj Kapoor, Kamal Amrohi, Dev Anand, Shakti Samanta, B.R. Chopra, Yash Chopra and the likes had no time for tantrums. Born on September 28, 1929, as the oldest child of a musically inclined family in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) -- comprising father Dinanath, Lataji, Meena (Khadilkar), Asha (Bhosale), Usha and sole brother Hridaynath -- she was tutored by her dad from the age of five and also acted in his musical stage plays, till death in 1942. Helped by a close family friend, Master Vinayak D. Karnataki, she got a foothold in singing and acting that year with a first Marathi song and a maiden Hindi song in 1943 before shifting to the film industry capital in 1945. In Bombay (now, Mumbai), she learnt classical music and continued singing the odd songs, till her big break with 'Dil Mera Toda, Mujhe Kahinka Na Chhoda' ('Majboor', 1948), with full help from Ghulam Haider, whom she later described as her "godfather". With a colossus such as Noorjehan still around, Lataji continued her with a few more hits -- 'Aayega Aanewala' ('Mahal', 1949) and 'Uthaye Ja Unke Sitam' ('Andaz', 1949), heralding her entry with a bang in big-time Bollywood. Simultaneously, she sang in different Indian languages with aplomb, non-film songs, with her range encompassing classical, tragic, melodious, erotic, melancholic, light, mischievous, depending on the composer, or the heroine, or the song situation. After the seniors passed away or faded out, Lataji sang expertly and easily with the gen next of male singers such as S.P. Balasubramaniam, Amit Kumar, Shabbir Kumar, Nitin Mukesh, Anwar, Udit Narayan and Sonu Nigam, and astounded her listeners with the seemingly "undying" power and youthfulness of her golden voice. Over the decades, she was decorated with a multitude of rewards and honours -- three Padma awards, five Filmfare Awards, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award -- capped by the Bharat Ratna in 2001. More than that, state governments named awards and institutions after her. Lataji sang at prestigious live concerts or charitable events, enthralling global audiences, picked up more overseas accolades, such as France's highest civilian honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour, in 2007, briefly dabbled in high-end merchandise, such as signature jewellery and perfumes, launched a production and music house, and entered into international music collaborations. Death has only removed her physically. The legacies she leaves behind will outlive her for decades. 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