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Topic: Pakeezah

Jaws to Pakeezah—what a soundtrack album cover says about the film

Antara Baruah - August 18, 2025

The exhibition, Vinyl Visions, is curated by Munjarita Mondal and features a small section of Arunabha Ghosh’s collection of 10,000 records.

Meena Kumari — the ‘ajeeb dastan’ Bollywood actor who never needed glycerin to shed tears

+TFP Rajiv Vijayakar - March 31, 2022

For someone who won seven trophies—Filmfare, BFJA, Shama-Sushma awards— choosing Meena Kumari's best five films was tough. But here's our pick.

Pakeezah is that rare film whose making is as much of a story as the actual plot

Samira Sood - August 1, 2020

Kamal Amrohi's Pakeezah took a decade-and-a-half to be made, but is now synonymous with its star, Meena Kumari, who died just after it finally released.

Meena Kumari, tragedy queen on screen and accomplished poet off it

Pia Krishnankutty - March 31, 2020

The actor began her 33-year career as a child, and went on to act in films like Majhli Didi, Pakeezah, Baiju Bawra and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam.

Remembering Kamal Amrohi, the filmmaker who needed just 4 movies to be hailed as a master

Ekta Handa - January 17, 2019

Writer-director Kamal Amrohi is best known for Pakeezah, the musical classic starring his wife Meena Kumari, and the Ashok Kumar-Madhubala starrer Mahal.

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Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

Snehesh Alex Philip - April 8, 2026

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Topic: Pakeezah

Jaws to Pakeezah—what a soundtrack album cover says about the film

Meena Kumari — the ‘ajeeb dastan’ Bollywood actor who never needed glycerin to shed tears

Pakeezah is that rare film whose making is as much of a story as the actual plot

Meena Kumari, tragedy queen on screen and accomplished poet off it

Remembering Kamal Amrohi, the filmmaker who needed just 4 movies to be hailed as a master

On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

Stop getting so touchy about Saurabh Dwivedi’s joke. Rajpal Yadav is a loan defaulter

Why investing in school readiness is critical to achieving the Viksit Bharat goal

Mohsina Kidwai was Congress’ voice of reason. Party should have heeded her advice

Economy

India has enough coal stocks to meet power demand, says govt as war pushes up mining costs

Defence

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

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