Audrey Kathleen Ruston was born on May 4, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium. Her childhood, however, was not the stuff of fairy tales. During World War II, she lived through the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, often hungry and afraid. “I remember, as a child, seeing women and children with shaved heads being herded away, and… Continue reading Elegance is the only beauty that never fades!
Artists
From screen to stage, from gesture to gaze, through voice, presence and performance — they turn stories into living memories!
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away!
In the small town of Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935, a boy was born in a humble two-room house, his arrival as twin to a stillborn brother. His name was Elvis Aaron Presley — a name that, in time, would echo across the world like a golden chord struck in the heart of rock… Continue reading Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away!
A good performance should look effortless, as though the character simply exists!
Dilip Kumar was born Mohammed Yusuf Khan on December 11, 1922, in Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar — the “Street of Storytellers.” It was a fitting birthplace for a boy who would one day become one of the greatest storytellers of Indian cinema. When he was a child, his family moved to Bombay. There, Yusuf grew… Continue reading A good performance should look effortless, as though the character simply exists!
Be Water, My Friend!
With those four words, Bruce Lee distilled a philosophy that transcended martial arts and seeped into the very fabric of human potential. Born Lee Jun-fan on November 27, 1940 in San Francisco — the Year and Hour of the Dragon — his life began with an omen of greatness. His father, a Chinese opera singer,… Continue reading Be Water, My Friend!
Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish!
Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889, in the rough streets of London, a child of music-hall performers. Poverty was his earliest stage, hunger his first audience. His father, Charles Chaplin Sr., was largely absent, and his mother, Hannah Chaplin, struggled with mental health issues. Chaplin and his half-brother, Sydney, spent much of… Continue reading Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish!
Pyar kiya toh darna kya!
On 14 February 1933, in Delhi, a girl named Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi was born into a modest Pathan family. Life was not kind to her father’s fortunes, yet destiny had placed a radiance in her eyes that the world could not ignore. She would later be called Madhubala — “the honey-belle,” a name that… Continue reading Pyar kiya toh darna kya!
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality!
In the bustling port city of Liverpool, early 1960s, four young men—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and later Ringo Starr—found themselves bound by a shared hunger for music and a shared dream: to make the world sing. They began as boys with battered guitars and borrowed amps, playing in clubs like The Cavern and… Continue reading A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality!