Browsing: Retro Diaries

Mohammed Rafi’s son Shahid recalled Shammi Kapoor and music director O.P. Nayyar having creative differences over the song ‘Tarif Karoon…

Raj Khosla, director of Woh Kaun Thi, was initially not happy with ‘Lag Jaa Gale’ song. Veteran actor-filmmaker Manoj Kumar’s…

Not Mandakini but Khushbu Sundar was supposed to play the leading lady in Raj Kapoor’s 1985 film Ram Teri Ganga…

Prem Nath’s son Monty shared how his late father’s suggestion made Raj Kapoor change the ‘tragic’ climax of Bobby. After…

Rekha, in a throwback interview, shared fond memories of filming ‘Saare Niyam Tod Do’ song for Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Khubsoorat. Late…

Farida Jalal recalled how Gulzar would often ask her to cut down on glamour on the sets of their 1975…

Sharmila Tagore got miffed with her co-star Sanjeev Kumar when the latter ended up six hours late on the first…

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was apprehensive about the hook step in his iconic song ‘Jumma Chumma’ from Hum and wanted to…

Did you know this interesting trivia about Manmohan Desai’s 1977 blockbuster film, Amar Akbar Anthony? “Anhoni ko honi kar de…

Do you know Mumtaz was offered both the female lead roles in Dev Anand’s Hare Rama Hare Krishna? However, the…