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Salman khan Madhuri & Raveena were EXTRA ORDINARILY GORGEOUS in their prime.
Didn't know Tabu Nagarjuna affair was that old. Matlab she dated only three guys since she started her career: Sanjay Kapoor, Nagarjuna, a fling with Sajid Nadiadwala, Nagarjuna again.
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Having Govinda and Karisma on the cover would ensure that this magazine sold like hot cakes in the 1990s. But, add to that a blind item on a “top actor” who’s a victim of AIDS, and you can bet that this issue must’ve been sold out.
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“Sex, scandal..” screams the cover, “and Juhi Chawla” says the small print. Yawn! But what’s interesting is the second item. An interview with Somy Ali, where she apparently said, “Salman Hit Me Because He Cares.” OK!
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This 1993 issue of Movie magazine, raised eyebrows then because of Pooja Bhatt’s cover photo in body paint. It would raise eyebrows now for the article which says - Govinda’s open challenge “Let’s See How Long Shah Rukh and Ajay Will Last!”
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The biggest question about Bollywood’s ‘original superstar’ after his skyrocketing success in the early 70s was - “Is Rajesh Khanna Married?”. Getting an exclusive Rajesh Khanna interview must have been next to impossible in 1971, so why not ask the million dollar question and still cash in?
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Stardust usually carries more than a couple of eye-grabbing headlines on its cover. However, in 1980 when they claimed to have the “whole truth” about Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia’s divorce, the magazine didn’t need anything else.
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Getting Dharmendra talking about Hema Malini was surely a scoop in 1978. Also, this cover photo must’ve made this Superissue a hot seller. Mind you, this was a couple of years before the two stars officially got married.
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Cine Blitz seems to have got it all covered when Dilip Kumar created a stir in 1982 by marrying a lady named Asma. The legendary actor had reportedly left his first wife, Saira Banu, for Asma and it was the biggest scandal to have hit Bollywood in quite a while. This magazine seems to have got exclusives with both Dilip (“I will never divorce Asma!”) and Saira (“I will not accept her!”) on the controversy, besides a third angle - and interview with Asma’s ex-husband!
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In 1974, six years before Rishi Kapoor married Neetu Singh, this magazine carried a cover piece asking if Neetu should marry underworld don Haji Mastan. WHY?
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Playboy bunny and then aspiring Bollywood actress, Katy Mirza, was a popular cover girl for film glossies in the 70s. But what’s interesting on this cover of Super’s Diwali issue is - “The Women Gulzar Used”. That would make for quite a controversial listicle today.
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It’s Katy Mirza again, but what’s important is that this issue of Film Mirrorhas an article that states, “Rekha Tested and Tasted 4 Men”. And they call the present generation of publishers click-baiters.
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Apart from Jaya Prada making up with Sridevi and Naseeruddin Shah’s daughter being “discovered” what makes this cover interesting is that rare photograph of Anupam Kher and Kiran Thakur Singh before their wedding. A first interview with the Khers together, would’ve had huge interest because this was right after the release of Saaransh, which launched Anupam in Bollywood in 1984.
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Surprising how this 1978 issue of Stardust got it so wrong. “Tomorrow Belongs To Them” promised the magazine, but only Mithun Chakraborty and Naseeruddin Shah managed to make a real dent from that collage of faces.
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Stardust introduced us to Nadira Babbar in 1981 with an exclusive that said, “Meet Mystery Wife Mrs Raj Babbar”. Mind you, Nadira was an accomplished theatre actor and gold medallist at the National School of Drama.
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A candid cover photo of Hema Malini with her daughters and a scoop about “Amitabh’s Betrayal and Sunil Dutt’s Heroism” should have sufficed to sell this issue of Star & Style. What caught my eye was - the Satish Shah gatefold. Why would you have a Satish Shah centre spread? Must check on Satish Shah’s popularity ratings in 1986.
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Jeetendra and his wife Shobha feature on this cover of Cine Blitz’s 1986 issue. “Confronted by Shobha, Jeetu Confesses: No More Women!”, says the headline. The 80s was indeed a far more simpler time.
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Yes, there was a time when Amrita Singh could claim that she should be number one. Also interesting is the fact that this could probably be Salman’s first appearance on a film glossy’s cover. Remember, Salman’s debut was in Biwi Ho To Aisi, which released in August 1988 and this issue of Star & Style came a few months eariler.
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A few months after the release of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, this magazine decided that it’s time to announce Aamir Khan as “the hottest teenage sensation”.
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Movie magazine declared Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff as “hot”, while Aamir, Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor made it to the “not” category (LOL!).
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Though not a film glossy, the popular Illustrated Weekly of India carried Bollywood cover stories from time to time. This 1989 issue declares that Amitabh Bachchan is finished after the superstar’s Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi, directed by Manmohan Desai, tanked at the box-office. Almost three decades later, the actor continues to hold the audience with films like Pink.
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