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Huge fire, lakhs of rupees of damages, in a store owned by Madan and Company.
Times of India, April 7, 1925
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Rishi Kapoor admits that bought an award and names names!
"I think that Amitabh was sulking because I had won the best actor award for Bobby, given by the leading film magazine of the era. I am sure he felt the award was rightfully his for Zanjeer, which released the same year. I am ashamed to say it, but I actually ‘bought’ that award. I was so naïve. There was this PRO, Taraknath Gandhi, who said to me, ‘Sir, tees hazaar de do, toh aap ko main award dila doonga.’ I am not the manipulative sort but I admit that I gave him the money without thinking. My secretary, Ghanshyam, also said, ‘Sir, dete hain, mil jayega award, isme kya hai.’ Amitabh probably learnt from someone that I had paid for the award. I can only say it was 1974, I was twenty-two years old, and incredibly naïve and bratty. I was flush with money and was not wise or mature enough to understand what I was doing. Only later did I realize my folly."
From his autobiography
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Clearly not the one with Raj Kapoor. But before there were at least two. The Filmfare issue of Feb 27, 1970 says this:
Nargis described as the "new bright star" after an elder Nargis of silent films. Nargis, the first lady of the Indian screen, was to follow much later.
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