Revisiting ‘Golden Era’ with ‘living legends’ of Bollywood

Chaitanya  Padukone 

Recently Shemaroo Entertainment convened a one-of-its-kind exclusive conclave event where veteran and senior  Hindi Cinema legends of the late  1940s,  ‘50s, ‘ 60s, ‘ 70s,  ‘80s and  ‘90s decades got together and were all honored.  From Nimmi  ( in a wheelchair) and Kamini Kaushal to Moushumi Chatterji and Bindu, from Shabana Azmi and Jayaprada to Poonam Dhillon and producer Barkha Roy, were all clustered together in a golden galaxy. Joining them were the male celeb veterans like ( evergreen) Jeetendra, (ageless) Biswajeet, rejuvenated Prem Chopra,  director Subhash Ghai, and Satish Kaushik.

Subhash Ghai, Jaya Prada, Prem Chopra, and Jeetendra

Javed Akhtar, Anandji-bhai and Pyarelal

From the music-centric industry veteran composers Anandji-Bhai and Pyarelal, lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar and the ‘radioactive’-as-ever Ameen-Bhai  Sayani.  The Golden Era of Hindi cinema is looked upon with great nostalgic fondness. Eminent cine-trade analyst and popular TV show-host Komal Nahta present in his engaging show called Komal Nahta….Aur Ek Kahani, some of the finest and celebrated legendary artistes sharing many captivating, amusing and entertaining stories of agony and ecstasy, struggle and stardom.  The never-heard-before tales narrated by Bollywood’s favorite star-artistes like Jackie Shroff, Jaya Prada, Johnny Lever, Javed Akhtar, Prem Chopra, Gulshan Grover, Poonam Dhillon, Sooraj Barjatya, Satish Kaushik, Pyarelal ji, to name a few, promises to transport the audience to an era gone by.

Moushumi, Bindu, Kamini Kaushal, and Nimmi

Hiren Gada, CEO, Shemaroo, Komal Nahta & Jeetendra

The engaging show would be available on ShemarooMe and DTH platforms like Tata Sky Classic Cinema, Dish TV, D2H Evergreen classics and Airtel Sadabahar Hitz  Commenting on the occasion, Hiren Gada, CEO, Shemaroo Entertainment said, “Bollywood classic and retro-cinema has always been the strength of Shemaroo. The chat show is an innovation that brings best of Hindi movie artists from the Golden era and connects with audiences across all age groups. We are delighted to have Komal Nahta who has impeccable knowledge about film-industry and shares close bonding with the stars. His superlative style coupled with fascinating revelations by favorite star-artistes makes ‘Living Legends with KomalNahta’ / ’KomalNahta – AurEkKahani’ the most entertaining show in the offing.”

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