The early innocent days of the internet, when stars actually replied. I wrote to Yash Chopra asking about the lady on screen for the song 'aage bhee jaane na too' and he promptly emailed the reply. Shammi Kapoor had a great personal site. And here Sharmila Tagore answers a question about a book she was reading, in the train.
Note: Anirudha Bhattacharjee points out that he was in that group and the email may be fake.
Now You Know!