While actors cross-dressing for a role in films in not uncommon, it is rare for someone to play an entire role in another gender. That is exactly what Geeta Bali did in Kidar Sharma's Rangeen Raten (1956). She played Mala Sinha's brother Gulu in the film.
Released in 1986, Jaanbaaz remains one of the most stylish and ambitious films of 1980s Hindi cinema. Produced and directed by Feroz Khan, the film blended family drama, romance, action, and crime within a visually lavis...
Mumtaz Shanti remains one of the most luminous stars of 1940s Indian cinema and is often remembered as Hindi cinema’s first true female superstar. Celebrating her birth centenary is an occasion to revisit the extraordina...
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