REMEMBERING MEENA KUMARI
REMEMBERING MEENA KUMARI CANDID CONFESSIONS WITH PUJA TALWAR Remembering Meena Kumari – A Film Star Whose Life Was Anything But Starry By Puja Talwar July 31, 2019 3 min read ‘Ajeeb dastaan hai yeh, kahan shuru kahan khatam, yeh manzilein hain kaun si, na wo samajh sake na hum’, a heartbroken woman sang this song, celebrating the marriage of her lover to another. The black and white song, that picturized on Meena Kumari, Raj Kumar and Nadira – remains an all time classic, still hummed by the heartbroken or those trying to solve the mysteries of life. My earliest memory of Meena Kumari was of her as the lady who was always shedding copious tears, her life so sad that you cried along with her, seeing her helplessness and questioning why did lady luck always bypass her. The one time I, as a child, saw her smile on screen, it had surprised me no end and my childlike heart was relieved for her sake. Such was the impact of this actress on screen, that she made reel appear real. So much...