Topic started by Shriram (@ 210-210-59-28.lan.sify.net) on Sat May 8 05:36:39 EDT 2004.
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Friends,
I confess to being zero in awareness of South films and know of only big names like Shivaji Ganeshan and Rajmikanth. Am amazed at some of the interesting discssions.

Sometime ago, I had managed to catch part of a movie starring Shivaji Ganeshan and Padmini (I only remember that it had a great song on a boat). What struck me were the great chemistry between the stars and the ethereal beauty of Padmini. How was it that her looks deterioated so fast ? Why was she reduced to doing near soft-porn stuff for Raj Kapoor ? No offence meant - but she certainly did not have that old beauty in her laer films. Does she also have a history of drinking like Meena Kumari in Hindi ?

My Tamil friend also told me that Shivaji and Padmini were the Raj Kapoor-Margis of Tamil films. Is that true off-screen as well ? I know I am reduced to gossipping but as just curious.

- Shriram

Responses:

• From: raju (@ host62-6-119-27.webport.bt.net) on: Sun May 9 18:30:07 EDT 2004
  
  Padmini first acted in a film in 1948 !!! lets be fair here. she acted with rajkapoor in the late 60's i think. 20 years later. she mustve been in her 30's or 40's. lets not forget in those days the camera lights were so powerful it killed your skin. no diffuse lights, eon lights like now. i think considering these facts she did well with looks. we cant help ageing...but it magnifies with actresses. i saw zeenat aman on a programme in australia 2 months ago. u cant compare old and zeenat of now. its fate.
  
  

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