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Kamal Amrohi laid down conditions for Meena Kumari, reveals daughter Rukhsar; says people instigated her against him: 'She suddenly walked out'
October 20, 2025 6:49 pm
In an old interview, Kamal Amrohi's daughter Rukhsar Amrohi had opened up about her father's relationship with his second wife, actress Meena Kumari.
Kamal Amrohi's wife had tearful first meeting with Meena Kumari, gave her Rs 250: 'Tumse mere sartaj mohabbat karte hain'
October 19, 2025 8:28 am
Kamal Amrohi's only daughter, Rukhsar, recalled her mother's reaction to discovering that he had married Meena Kumari secretly. She also told the story of their first meeting in Mumbai.
Rekha's gun-wielding fans turned up on Umrao Jaan sets, Muzaffar Ali recalls how he made them a part of shoot: Umrao Jaan re-release
June 21, 2025 9:02 am
In a chat with SCREEN, Muzaffar Ali opens up Rekha-Farooq Sheikh-starrer Umrao Jaan as it returns to the screen on June 27th, inviting both the old lovers and the curious new to lose themselves once again.
Kamal Aur Meena: Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi's star-crossed love story 'that went beyond the grave' to be adapted on screen. Watch
September 11, 2024 8:09 pm
Titled Kamal Aur Meena, the Siddharth P Malhotra directorial will focus on the tumultuous lives and relationship of actor Meena Kumari and her husband, director Kamal Amrohi.
Meena Kumari: India's tragedy queen who died penniless at 38, was lost to alcohol and heartbreak
August 01, 2024 7:20 pm
On Meena Kumari's 91st birth anniversary, remembering the Tragedy Queen who died alone and unremembered.
Javed Akhtar reveals first salary was Rs 50, recalls sleeping in Kamalistan studio's costume room: 'Kamra leke reh nahi sakta tha'
January 21, 2023 5:04 pm
Javed Akhtar recalled the time when his first paying job in the 1960s got him only Rs 50, so he slept at his workplace.
The Queer phenomenon called Meena Kumari
August 01, 2022 2:03 pm
On her birth anniversary, here is a look at the queer politics of Meena Kumari's star persona and two of her seminal performances - Kamal Amrohi's Pakeezah and Guru Dutt's Saheb Bibi Aur Ghulam.
Meena Kumari-Kamal Amrohi’s love story to be made into a web series
February 15, 2022 3:28 pm
The story will be set against the backdrop of the making of Bollywood classic Pakeezah, directed by Kamal Amrohi and starring his muse Meena Kumari.
O Teri's Bilal Amrohi on how grandfather Kamal Amrohi’s film legacy shaped him
March 28, 2014 1:18 pm
In an exclusive interview to Indian Express, O Teri debutant Bilal Amrohi on how his grandfather Kamal Amrohi’s film legacy shaped him.
Amrohi refuses to pay victims medical bills
December 24, 2013 12:17 am
The womans family alleged that Amrohi has refused to pay the medical bills amounting to Rs 1.5 lakh.
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