A tale of fading stars
Remember Kumar Gaurav? He who made many teenage hearts flutter in the early 1980s with his chocolate boy looks with his debut "Love Story" opposite Vijyeta Pandit? And Bhagyashree who had the kind of looks and conduct every man would love to have in his spouse? Her bearing through "Maine Pyar Kiya" opposite Salman Khan in the late 1980s left many craving for more. She was seen in some forgettable films and tele-serials too. Then we had Rahul Roy who made it big with "Aashiqui" in the 1990s and then was seen in insignificant films. You admired him; but wondered where all these stars that twinkled so brightly in their debut films, had vanished?
To provide a peep into those hazy regions, wait till this coming Sunday. Producer-Director Komal Tolani is presenting a documentary titled "Sunset Bollywood" to be aired at 9 p.m. on the National Geographic Channel. The 54-minute documentary traces the lives of these stars, how they began their career in Bollywood, how they became the most sought afters stars and how everything was taken away from them and so on. It also contains candid interviews taken by the director where they speak about the mistakes they committed, how they managed to live after their stardom was snatched from them and a lot more. "The documentary is not judgemental. Rather it subtly appreciates these one-time stars about their honesty and candour. Otherwise most fading stars claim that they are still stars, which none of them did in their interviews," says the Channel's Senior Vice President, Programming, Joy Bhattacharjya.
The documentary will be telecast under National Geographic Channel's new 12-part series called `Nat Geo Reveals'. It "would reveal the inside information about places and subjects ranging from Bollywood to the fire service, the FBI to the U.S. Secret Service, religion to nature's fury to casinos and a lot more," Bhattacharjya adds.
R.S.
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