Before Nirupa Roy and Lalita Pawar, actress Leela Chitnis embraced the long-suffering, self-sacrificing ‘elderly mother’ archetype in Indian cinema. Films such as Raj Kapoor’s Awaara (1951), Bimal Roy’s Maa (1952) or Dev Anand’s runaway hit Guide (1965) epitomise her role as Bollywood’s maternal figure.
Veteran Bollywood actors Asha Parekh and Tanuja opened up about the issues of pay disparity and the lack of proper hygienic conditions on sets in Bollywood. In a new interview, the acclaimed actors opened up about the issues that have more or less remained the same in Bollywood, even after so many decades.
In the 1960s and 1970s, if there was one actress, who was ruling the Hindi film industry and was picking awards for the same, it was Asha Parekh. The iconic actress is one of the most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. Over the years, we have seen so many actresses calling Asha Parekh their inspiration and the reason why they came into Bollywood, and such was the impact she had on people.
