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<ul><li><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><amp-img  src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1981March/eye-catchers-1_112613013804.jpg" alt = "" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img></div>Candy: Mysterious aura</div>As an aspiring film actress struggling through the Poona Film Institute, she was a small fish in a small pond. Then along came a fairy godfather, dressed like a Cabinet minister, waving his magic wand, and, presto, she was transformed overnight into a big fish in a big pond. Her seductive figure and sultry looks coupled with her allegedly romantic links with the minister, proved ideal fodder for the media in the immediate post-Emergency era. After a while, the aura of musk-scented mystery  that  surrounded her paled and she was forgotten. Four years and two general elections later <b>Vijaykumari,</b> alias <b>Candy</b>, the sexy South Indian belle, is ready to plunge once again into the political whirlpool. For the last few weeks, she has been occupying a permanent suite at a live-star hotel in the capital and has been seen in the company of senior bureaucrats and political bigwigs. Candy, they obviously feel, is just dandy.<br><br></li></ul><ul><li><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><amp-img  src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1981March/eye-catchers-2_112613013804.jpg" alt = "" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img></div>Nutan: Doing the 'in' thing</div>Taking problems to the law courts seems to be the "in" thing in Bombay's film world now. Last year it was <b>Raaj Kumar,</b> who sued a producer for non-payment of his dues. This time it's the actress<b> Nutan Behl,</b> whose solicitor last month served a notice of law suit on <i>Stardust</i>, which, in its February 1981 issue, had published an interview with the star in its "Court Martial" columns. Nutan's solicitor, in the notice, claimed that the interview was fabricated and that <b>Abha Kapoor,</b> the Stardust reporter who is supposed to have interviewed Nutan, has never met her. <i>Stardust,</i> after a few days of deliberation, served a counter-notice on the actress in which they have stated that their reporter did in fact meet Nutan at her residence at Thane and that the notice published by her solicitors is "false and deliberately misleading". Both parties were unavailable for comment, but at the rate the stirs and their magazines are beginning to fall out, it is just possible that all interviews will have to be fabricated in future.<br><br></li></ul><ul><li><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><amp-img  src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1981March/eye-catchers-3_112613013804.jpg" alt = "" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img></div>Parmar: Sit down protest</div>It was like a major riot breaking out in the Vatican. Hardly had the Lok Sabha opened for the budget session of Parliament, than it was abruptly adjourned. The reason: a brief bout of fisticuffs between the honourable members. The fracas started when the bespectacled <b>Hiralal Parmar</b>, 52, a ruling party member from Gujarat, stalked to the well of the House during zero hour and squatted on the floor frantically waving a sheaf of papers. <div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><amp-img  src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1981March/eye-catchers-4_112613013804.jpg" alt = "" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img></div>Jaipal Singh: Free-for-all</div> His hysterical voice was drowned in the babel of voices that arose soon after. Words gave place to blows when <b>Jagpal Singh</b> and <b>Rajnath Sonkar</b> of the Lok Dal and <b>Jaipal Singh</b> of the Janata(S) rushed towards Parmar and a free-for-all developed. Disgusted, the Speaker,<b> Balram Jakhar</b>, adjourned the proceedings. It was a symbolic start to what promises to be an interesting session.<br><br></li></ul><ul><li><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><amp-img  src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1981March/eye-catchers-5_112613013804.jpg" alt = "" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img></div>(From left) Anand, Dhanrajgir, and Dutt: Hopefuls old and young</div><b>Dev Anand</b> is at it again. Having successfully introduced, clung to and finally been betrayed by two actresses in a row, the ageing lothario is once more on the look out for fresh young flesh for his films. Now that he has lost both <b>Zeenat Aman</b> and <b>Tina Munim</b> to the big bad world, Anand is once again auditioning a string of nubile beauties for his next movie,<i> Swami Dada.</i> Reports suggest that the break with Tina came when Anand, after the phenomenal bomb of<i> Lootmaar,</i> decided that Tina did not run to current box-office form, and relegated her to secondary status in his triple-heroine plot, with <b>Reena Roy</b> playing number one. Tina, predictably, stalked out, and Anand is now faced with the problem of finding both a successor for her and a fill-in for the third major female lead, an "American" who falls for the Swami. Having already run through a line-up of hopefuls, including <b>Sabita Dhanrajgir </b>and<b> Ayesha Dutt, </b>Anand is now off to the United States.</li></ul><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">Nov 26, 2013 13:36 IST</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

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<ul><li><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1981March/eye-catchers-1_112613013804.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div>Candy: Mysterious aura</div>As an aspiring film actress struggling through the Poona Film Institute, she was a small fish in a small pond. Then along came a fairy godfather, dressed like a Cabinet minister, waving his magic wand, and, presto, she was transformed overnight into a big fish in a big pond. Her seductive figure and sultry looks coupled with her allegedly romantic links with the minister, proved ideal fodder for the media in the immediate post-Emergency era. After a while, the aura of musk-scented mystery  that  surrounded her paled and she was forgotten. Four years and two general elections later <b>Vijaykumari,</b> alias <b>Candy</b>, the sexy South Indian belle, is ready to plunge once again into the political whirlpool. For the last few weeks, she has been occupying a permanent suite at a live-star hotel in the capital and has been seen in the company of senior bureaucrats and political bigwigs. Candy, they obviously feel, is just dandy.<br><br></li></ul><ul><li><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1981March/eye-catchers-2_112613013804.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div>Nutan: Doing the 'in' thing</div>Taking problems to the law courts seems to be the "in" thing in Bombay's film world now. Last year it was <b>Raaj Kumar,</b> who sued a producer for non-payment of his dues. This time it's the actress<b> Nutan Behl,</b> whose solicitor last month served a notice of law suit on <i>Stardust</i>, which, in its February 1981 issue, had published an interview with the star in its "Court Martial" columns. Nutan's solicitor, in the notice, claimed that the interview was fabricated and that <b>Abha Kapoor,</b> the Stardust reporter who is supposed to have interviewed Nutan, has never met her. <i>Stardust,</i> after a few days of deliberation, served a counter-notice on the actress in which they have stated that their reporter did in fact meet Nutan at her residence at Thane and that the notice published by her solicitors is "false and deliberately misleading". Both parties were unavailable for comment, but at the rate the stirs and their magazines are beginning to fall out, it is just possible that all interviews will have to be fabricated in future.<br><br></li></ul><ul><li><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1981March/eye-catchers-3_112613013804.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div>Parmar: Sit down protest</div>It was like a major riot breaking out in the Vatican. Hardly had the Lok Sabha opened for the budget session of Parliament, than it was abruptly adjourned. The reason: a brief bout of fisticuffs between the honourable members. The fracas started when the bespectacled <b>Hiralal Parmar</b>, 52, a ruling party member from Gujarat, stalked to the well of the House during zero hour and squatted on the floor frantically waving a sheaf of papers. <div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1981March/eye-catchers-4_112613013804.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div>Jaipal Singh: Free-for-all</div> His hysterical voice was drowned in the babel of voices that arose soon after. Words gave place to blows when <b>Jagpal Singh</b> and <b>Rajnath Sonkar</b> of the Lok Dal and <b>Jaipal Singh</b> of the Janata(S) rushed towards Parmar and a free-for-all developed. Disgusted, the Speaker,<b> Balram Jakhar</b>, adjourned the proceedings. It was a symbolic start to what promises to be an interesting session.<br><br></li></ul><ul><li><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/1981March/eye-catchers-5_112613013804.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div>(From left) Anand, Dhanrajgir, and Dutt: Hopefuls old and young</div><b>Dev Anand</b> is at it again. Having successfully introduced, clung to and finally been betrayed by two actresses in a row, the ageing lothario is once more on the look out for fresh young flesh for his films. Now that he has lost both <b>Zeenat Aman</b> and <b>Tina Munim</b> to the big bad world, Anand is once again auditioning a string of nubile beauties for his next movie,<i> Swami Dada.</i> Reports suggest that the break with Tina came when Anand, after the phenomenal bomb of<i> Lootmaar,</i> decided that Tina did not run to current box-office form, and relegated her to secondary status in his triple-heroine plot, with <b>Reena Roy</b> playing number one. Tina, predictably, stalked out, and Anand is now faced with the problem of finding both a successor for her and a fill-in for the third major female lead, an "American" who falls for the Swami. Having already run through a line-up of hopefuls, including <b>Sabita Dhanrajgir </b>and<b> Ayesha Dutt, </b>Anand is now off to the United States.</li></ul><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">Nov 26, 2013 13:36 IST</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

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Dev Anand once more on the look out for fresh young beauty for his films

Dev Anand is at it again. Having successfully introduced. clung to and finally been betrayed by two actresses in a row, the ageing lothario is once more on the look out for fresh young flesh for his films.

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