70,80,90s Gossip Sanjeev K left my sis shattered - Page 72

Originally posted by: Skepblun

Totally! Both Rishi Kapoor and Rakesh Roshan are living their unfulfilled dreams through their sons. You can't miss the sheer pride Rakesh Roshan has in being known world over as Hrithik's dad. Rakesh still has misgivings about his failures and media ignoring him despite success of Khudgarz, Khoon Bhari Maang.

I feel Shatrughan Sinha also takes massive pride in Sonakshi's success. He's got a special glow at award ceremonies. Now even he lets his wife come out at public events or do ads with the daughter.

These people particularly seem to like it how the guy who overshadowed them - his own child couldn't succeed whereas their kids are doing so damn well.

Rajesh Khanna's last wish was that Aarav grow up to be a huge superstar.

These guys seem so emotional and clingy to idea of recognition...

Monica Bedi found a short lease of life via reality show Bigg Boss, a haven for freaks of all ilk.

That's what I feel about the show. 😆

Do you remember Anu aggarwal the Ashiqui girl..found a recent interview of hers..

'Life was blank'
I don't remember what happened in 1999 actually. I have developed a complete block on what actually happened. I don't have a memory. I'm sure it's there somewhere, resting in some latent part of my brain. I was driving a car... and I crashed it. I had each and every limb, bone and joint broken in my body. I don't know whether there was someone else in the car, but I believe there was. I have to go by hearsay, which is not something I particularly want to believe. Beyond that everything is a blank.

'My life started the day I woke up from the coma'
I was comatose for 29 days. My life started from the day I woke up half paralysed, which is when I didn't even know what the meaning of paralysis was. I existed outside my body. I had many, so called, spiritually amazing experiences throughout that time. And I saw the other side, where death is finality and mortality, normal... where the death angel rules.

'I cat walked around the hospital half paralysed'
It began with a doctor at the Breach Candy hospital, who was looking after me in the ICU. He saw the condition I was in. He said nine out of ten people who came to that hospital like that, didn't make it through.

After three years, these same doctors saw me trying to catwalk around Breach Candy hospital when my face was entirely paralysed and twisted to one side. All the doctors would just stare at me in wonderment over how I was trying to walk even when my feet were not moving.

'I didn't know Anu Aggarwal, I am not Anu Aggarwal'
I didn't know the meaning of words and languages when I woke up... I didn't know English; though it came to me faster than Hindi did. I had lost everything. It was like landing up on another planet altogether. I had no knowledge of history, geography or culture. I remembered nothing; there was complete loss of memory. I didn't know Anu Aggarwal. I'm not Anu Aggarwal. What does she look like?

'Boyfriends, drugs and rock and roll'
My book is biographical. I wouldn't say it's a biographical essay. It's basically this life of mine, which began in 1999. So it could have certain memories from my childhood, a certain time of me as a film star, boyfriends, drugs and rock and roll'. It has glimpses. It's really just a story.
The other life is, I wouldn't say imagined, but it is Anu's character. She tells me what is happening in her life. She's another character in the book. It's got prose, poetry, pictures, paintings, diaries and lots more.

'I'm not here, I don't exist'
I disappeared from Bollywood much before the accident. Then I decided to say no to all publications, interviews and everything that came with it. I'm not here! I do not exist. That was in 1993.

http://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/interviews/mystery-surrounding-aashiqui-star-anu-agarwal-revealed

Once Amitabh's movies started doing not so well,I think the industry went through a terrible phase till Khans came in the picture(literally).mithun,govinda and jeetendra' south movies really brought the worst phase of Bollywood.QSQT was like a breath of fresh air IMO

Originally posted by: MiniRulz

Once Amitabh's movies started doing not so well,I think the industry went through a terrible phase till Khans came in the picture(literally).mithun,govinda and jeetendra' south movies really brought the worst phase of Bollywood.QSQT was like a breath of fresh air IMO

Box office-wise industry did not go into bad phase. Content-wise yes it was bad phase. Sometimes I wonder if even content was indeed that bad? Sunny's Arjun, Betaab, Tridev are all good films. Anil Kapoor had equal measure of good and bad films (no Khan could've done Eeshwar type performance so early in their career!). Arthouse cinema was at its best in those days.

I think movies was not the problem as much as overdose of genre was. It had become too much. And some masala films (especially those with Mithun) had become too cheap.

QSQT was found refreshing mainly because people were fed up of overdose of action. Still Tezaab was the biggest hit of that year. MPK rang warning bell for others in true sense.

A Parinda was an accomplished film but dark, violent theme got it ignored (from public). People began to prefer more light hearted stuff. I guess all films weren't bad, only the genre had begun to put off people (otherwise a Ghayal is anyday more accomplished cinema than a Khan masala film of today's times).

I guess it was like how romantic films are still doing kind of well but the genre has put off people.

Seeing lot of trash nowadays I feel 80s films weren't *that* bad after all and perhaps other actors are deprived of their contribution to cinema. (If 5 good films can be used to hype an actor as a genius in today's times, then why ignore good films done by people in that era and paint it all as a dark phase?)

For Sunny, Sanju, Anil type stars, I feel their case was like Hrithik's. They came in when Amitabh & other old-timers were still ruling. Even if they'd give hits they wouldn't be acknowledged dominant (kept at no. 2 or 4 after top ranks were assigned to Bachchan, Khanna, Dharmendra). By the time their peak came, even they started looking a bit older - they were neither old generation, nor new, got caught in-between. As the tendency is to announce old-timers finished and bring in some new order, so they also got brushed aside or nobody talked of them (like nowadays no one talks of Hrithik) and media started hailing newcomers as next superstars (as they talk of Ranbir, Imran, Ranveer now).

Anil went down after Beta but Sunny did keep giving tough fight to Khans at BO (& popularity-wise) till 1997 (and finally 2001).

I feel it's an actor's luck in which era he/she comes. Just as Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar types don't get called defining stars (despite hits) because they got sandwiched in Dev-Dilip-Raj era and Rajesh Khanna era!

Originally posted by: -Maddy-

Haha... Sweet revenge...

Regarding the next gen, I think these star kids like Aarav, Aryan etc will find it hard to match the success their dads had... With superstars dads, theres this constant comparison they will face... the constant pressure from the media... the constant scrutiny... It will be hard for them to be the next RK or the next HR...

Originally posted by: Skepblun

The likes of Sunny, Anil were on a high with back to back hits and felt they'd be declared #1 after Amitabh's decline. They were baffled when media started hailing the Khans as new superstars. They were stuck in their brand of machismo and laughed at short, cherub-faced, weak-voiced Khans. Khans were called "pappu bachchas" initially even by old-time Bollywood fans. Nobody thought tide would turn in their favour in such a manner.

Actually I guess all established stars do this. Rajesh Khanna was scoffed at by Dev-Dilip-Raj trinity and their coterie. Amitabh was rubbished by everyone and accused of making Bollywood crass.

Khans also send off signals to newbies about their supremacy. Few years ago, Aamir Khan had said, "The Khans will rule for another 20 years." And we see how SRK, declares (even if in 'jest'), "Badshah toh badshah hi rehta hai".

No one wants to relinquish power easily and seniority always breeds superiority complex.

@ksh

I agree but my response was more about empty vessels comment. Sunny Deol was never an empty vessel! I just reasoned out why he made statements against the Khans which he did.

Originally posted by: -ksh-

Wait and watch for Vivek Oberoi's and Shirish Kunder's kids to avenge the world on their father's behalf.

@Maddy

Agree about Khan-Devgan-Kumar kids. By their time media will be even more monstrous and comparison will be too much. We already see how people scrutinise pics of these kids even today, judging how they look. I think the more successful one's parent is, the harder it is to live up to expectations and carve your own identity.

@ksh

LOL! 😆 Vivek Oberoi was to avenge the world on behalf of Suresh Oberoi! The latter was so proud after his son's success with Company and Saathiya that he even got him on Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai when he was hosting it. But Suresh babu's munna screwed his own career. All dreams shattered!

Originally posted by: Kal El

Wait you are making a chart like Rits did?