Tag Archives: Indian Actress

80s/90s Redux 1

Posted on 19/06/2017 by Anu M

Mostly Rekha’s specracktular headgear. I feel like in the 80s/90s she ordered up all the headgear she could lay her hands on, luckily this has been documented for posterity. About 50% of the headgear seems to be Russian Czarina meets … Continue reading →

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The 1930s Post

Posted on 11/01/2015 by Anu M

She wore an exquisite pink sari and the delicate gold thread embroidery on it added to the charm of both.  The vermilion mark and the tiny decorative dots of colour on her forehead and the collyrium-touched eyes added much grace … Continue reading →

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Kanan Devi

Posted on 14/05/2014 by Anu M

My tumblr avatar is usually that of the actress Kanan Devi, a star of the 1930s and 1940s. Though the silents had a number of famous actresses, it is with the talkies and the 1930s that you find stars and … Continue reading →

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Orange is the New Black-1

Posted on 17/02/2014 by Anu M

Shabana Azmi (X)

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The Chinese Brushwork Post

Posted on 20/05/2013 by Anu M

From Ye Qianyu‘s Indian Dancing Gestures – painted in the 1979s (X, X, X)   Zhang Daqian‘s Indian Actress (1950).

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