Celebrity gaze

 Tina Munim reflected an elfin charm on screen that was refreshingly modern for its time: Rishi Kapoor  After Neetu Singh,  it was Tina Munim with whom Rishi did maximum number of films  By Rajesh Ahuja  Rishi Kapoor,  the favourite lover boy of Bollywood ,  may have  been known for his popular pairing with Neetu Singh in the 1970s and 80s but during that early phase of his career, the actor also did a large number of films with the beautiful and charming actress Tina Munim.  In his autobiography Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor uncensored , the late actor revealed that after Neetu Singh,  with whom he eventually got married,  Rishi Kapoor did the maximum number of films with Tina Munim.  In his memoir,  Rishi Kapoor said that Tina Munim was among the actresses who made a significant contribution to his career.  ''After Neetu, the actress  I made the maximum number of films  with was Tina and we went on to becom...

 Raj Kapoor wanted to cast Nafisa Ali for Henna  Though Nafisa agreed to do Henna, her father disapproved of her joining films  By Rajesh Ahuja  Henna , the film on India Pakistan relations envisioned by  Raj Kapoor,  may today be remembered as Pakistani actress Zeba Bakhtiyar's debut in Bollywood but it is a little known fact that the legendary actor Director had envisioned former Miss India Nafisa Ali as the female lead of the film.  In his autobiography Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor uncensored ,  the late Rishi Kapoor revealed that his father Raj Kapoor always wanted to cast Nafisa Ali as the female lead of Henna . But it was not to be!  Writing in his autobiography,  Rishi Kapoor said that though Raj Kapoor wanted to cast Nafisa Ali in Henna , and even she had agreed to do the film,  her father was against her joining the film business.  Raj Kapoor wanted to cast Nafisa Ali in Henna  Talking about Nafisa Ali,  Rish...

 Dearth of lead actresses to cast opposite Rishi Kapoor in 70s & 80s led to his pairing with fresh faces  Rishi Kapoor is the only lead actor to be paired with record 30 new heroines  By Rajesh Ahuja   He may have been among the top romantic heroes in the 70s and the 80s, amid the dominance of the angry young man Amitabh Bachchan,  but Rishi Kapoor also earned the distinction of the being the only lead hero to be paired with a record number of fresh heroines.  After making a splash as a hot new young star after the super success of Raj Kapoor's Bobby ,  Rishi Kapoor found himself faced with a new problem.  After his instant stardom with Bobby ,  filmmakers of that time faced the problem of a Dearth of lead actresses to cast opposite Rishi Kapoor.  Writing in his autobiography Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor uncensored ,  Rishi Kapoor said,''after a debut film that gave me instant stardom,  filmmakers found that there was a dea...