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<div class="itg-mosimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1976November%2Fthe%2520actor-1_041715114831.jpg" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>Bindu - shampoo behind success<p>"I'm fed up of answering the same questions over and over again," cribbed Bindu, a frown between her big brown eyes. And then there was silence in the room. I wondered why, because no big leader had died on that day (or had he?) and so after the stipulated two minutes I said, "Is your hair real?" And she was relieved because she had something to talk about. "Yes of course," she said, "and I have to take great care of it - regular oil massages, shampoos," and she smiled showing her parted teeth.<br><br>"Do your teeth have to be covered up or something?" And Bindu was very happy because the conversation was sailing along so well." Yes they do have to be covered up, but I wear a plastic cap which doesn't bother me at all and covers them up perfectly."<br><br>After which there was silence again. I didn't wait for two minutes but went straight to the heart of the matter. "You are accused of ditching your villains - when Prem Chopra was riding high, you readily accepted roles with him. When Ranjit came along, down went poor Prem. And now it's down with Ranjit and up with Amjad. What do you have to say to that?" For the first time, there was an expression on Bindu's face. Three Cheers. Her eyes positively blazed. "I don't ditch anyone. I can't help it if the producers sign me on with Amjad. And I have good relations with all my co-stars."<br><br>Earlier, on the sets of<i>Bandi</i>, (a modern re-make of<i> The Prisoner of Zenda</i>) Bindu was at her "emotional best" as director Alo Sircar put it. Though where a good-hearted prostitute (Bindu) fits into<i>The Prisoner of Zenda </i>one cannot<i>quite</i>figure out. The film is being made simultaneously in Bengali and Hindi and Bindu did impress with her beautifully done "hysterical laugh" - albeit with the help of a few glycerine tears'.<br><br><br></p><div class="itg-mosimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1976November%2Fthe%2520actor-2_041715114830.jpg" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>Tapore - reconciling matters</div></p><p>Vinod Khanna said, "Let's not make it a formal interview, let's have a dialogue instead." Then he said, "No let's make it a question-answer session." So started the dialogue with Vinod Khanna.<br><br>"Why do you act in the sort of films that you do? After<i>Achaanak </i>one expected a lot more from you".<br><br>"I go solely on the script. If the script sounds interesting then I accept the role."<br><br>"What do you mean by an interesting script? Is it the dialogue? Or the character?"<br><br>"It's not just dialogue. It's the character in the script - the types of situations he finds himself in - if it gives me enough scope to act - well, I take it."<br><br>"How can you insist that you go by the script when half our films are made without any script at all and even when there is a script it's changed time and again?<br><br>"Well if not the script the basic story idea then. Of course they do have a tendency to change the story and script and you cannot foresee that when you sign a contract. You cannot say, 'I refuse to sign unless you promise not to change the story'. Hindi films don't work that way. So if you find that the end product is not quite what you expected it to be you just have to lump it."<br><br>"Has your new found philosophy - the self-styled Bhagwan Rajneesh, helped you at all in your profession?"<br><br>"Yes of course, undoubtedly. Now my conscience and me are not two different things. What is, is; and I have accepted that. Now I am free. I do not have to be tied down to anything. It means that I have accepted things. I don't need to fight anymore. If you fight you have to impose your will and that causes tensions. The disorder is within you. When you find order within yourself there is order elsewhere too.<br><br>"But does that not imply a submission on your, part? How can things which are chaotic fall into place just because you accept things as they are and decide not to fight?"<br><br>"Have you read Krishnamurti? Read him. Have you heard Rajneesh? Hear him."<br><br>And "click" the room was filled with the voice of the "Bhagwan".<br><br>"It's not a philosophy. It's the truth," enthused Vinod later. "He makes you unlearn all that you have learnt" (which I could well believe) "and that in itself is quite a fantastic experience."<br><br><br></p><div class="itg-mosimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1976November%2Fthe%2520actor-3_041715114829.jpg" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>Khannu - glibly profound</div></p><p>"Do Anjane" is Dulal Guha's new, bold film. "It's quite different from anything done before," we were told. A woman (an Indian woman at that) decides that her career is more important than marriage, walks out, and makes a great success of her career. When she meets her husband again, he agrees to take her back on condition that she gives up her career. She refuses and the film ends on their parting.<br><br>Dulal Guha wanted Sharmila to do the film but she wanted the film to end in a reconciliation - "I'm conscious of my image with my fans," she said so out went Sharmila and in came Rekha.<br></p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Apr 11, 2015</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div></div>

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<div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1976November%2Fthe%2520actor-1_041715114831.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div>Bindu - shampoo behind success<p>"I'm fed up of answering the same questions over and over again," cribbed Bindu, a frown between her big brown eyes. And then there was silence in the room. I wondered why, because no big leader had died on that day (or had he?) and so after the stipulated two minutes I said, "Is your hair real?" And she was relieved because she had something to talk about. "Yes of course," she said, "and I have to take great care of it - regular oil massages, shampoos," and she smiled showing her parted teeth.<br><br>"Do your teeth have to be covered up or something?" And Bindu was very happy because the conversation was sailing along so well." Yes they do have to be covered up, but I wear a plastic cap which doesn't bother me at all and covers them up perfectly."<br><br>After which there was silence again. I didn't wait for two minutes but went straight to the heart of the matter. "You are accused of ditching your villains - when Prem Chopra was riding high, you readily accepted roles with him. When Ranjit came along, down went poor Prem. And now it's down with Ranjit and up with Amjad. What do you have to say to that?" For the first time, there was an expression on Bindu's face. Three Cheers. Her eyes positively blazed. "I don't ditch anyone. I can't help it if the producers sign me on with Amjad. And I have good relations with all my co-stars."<br><br>Earlier, on the sets of<i>Bandi</i>, (a modern re-make of<i> The Prisoner of Zenda</i>) Bindu was at her "emotional best" as director Alo Sircar put it. Though where a good-hearted prostitute (Bindu) fits into<i>The Prisoner of Zenda </i>one cannot<i>quite</i>figure out. The film is being made simultaneously in Bengali and Hindi and Bindu did impress with her beautifully done "hysterical laugh" - albeit with the help of a few glycerine tears'.<br><br><br></p><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1976November%2Fthe%2520actor-2_041715114830.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div>Tapore - reconciling matters</div></p><p>Vinod Khanna said, "Let's not make it a formal interview, let's have a dialogue instead." Then he said, "No let's make it a question-answer session." So started the dialogue with Vinod Khanna.<br><br>"Why do you act in the sort of films that you do? After<i>Achaanak </i>one expected a lot more from you".<br><br>"I go solely on the script. If the script sounds interesting then I accept the role."<br><br>"What do you mean by an interesting script? Is it the dialogue? Or the character?"<br><br>"It's not just dialogue. It's the character in the script - the types of situations he finds himself in - if it gives me enough scope to act - well, I take it."<br><br>"How can you insist that you go by the script when half our films are made without any script at all and even when there is a script it's changed time and again?<br><br>"Well if not the script the basic story idea then. Of course they do have a tendency to change the story and script and you cannot foresee that when you sign a contract. You cannot say, 'I refuse to sign unless you promise not to change the story'. Hindi films don't work that way. So if you find that the end product is not quite what you expected it to be you just have to lump it."<br><br>"Has your new found philosophy - the self-styled Bhagwan Rajneesh, helped you at all in your profession?"<br><br>"Yes of course, undoubtedly. Now my conscience and me are not two different things. What is, is; and I have accepted that. Now I am free. I do not have to be tied down to anything. It means that I have accepted things. I don't need to fight anymore. If you fight you have to impose your will and that causes tensions. The disorder is within you. When you find order within yourself there is order elsewhere too.<br><br>"But does that not imply a submission on your, part? How can things which are chaotic fall into place just because you accept things as they are and decide not to fight?"<br><br>"Have you read Krishnamurti? Read him. Have you heard Rajneesh? Hear him."<br><br>And "click" the room was filled with the voice of the "Bhagwan".<br><br>"It's not a philosophy. It's the truth," enthused Vinod later. "He makes you unlearn all that you have learnt" (which I could well believe) "and that in itself is quite a fantastic experience."<br><br><br></p><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1976November%2Fthe%2520actor-3_041715114829.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div>Khannu - glibly profound</div></p><p>"Do Anjane" is Dulal Guha's new, bold film. "It's quite different from anything done before," we were told. A woman (an Indian woman at that) decides that her career is more important than marriage, walks out, and makes a great success of her career. When she meets her husband again, he agrees to take her back on condition that she gives up her career. She refuses and the film ends on their parting.<br><br>Dulal Guha wanted Sharmila to do the film but she wanted the film to end in a reconciliation - "I'm conscious of my image with my fans," she said so out went Sharmila and in came Rekha.<br></p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Apr 11, 2015</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div></div>

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A woman (an Indian woman at that) decides that her career is more important than marriage, walks out, and makes a great success of her career. When she meets her husband again, he agrees to take her back on condition that she gives up her career. She refuses and the film ends on their parting.

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