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08-06-2010, 07:56 AM
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 Suddenly in the mid-1950s her films, even major ones like Meh**** Khan's Amar (1954), fared so badly commercially that she was labelled 'Box Office Poison'. (Wikipedia) 
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08-06-2010, 07:56 AM
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 She turned her career around in 1958, with a string of hit films: Howrah Bridge opposite Ashok Kumar featured Madhubala in the unusual role of an Anglo-Indian Cabaret singer, embroiled in Calcutta's Chinatown underworld. She made a big impact with a daring (for the time) Westernized image, with her cascading locks, deep cut blouses, fitted Capri pants and tailored Chinese dresses. Madhubala's sensuous torch song from the film, 'Aye Meherebaan', dubbed by Asha Bhosle, was a popular hit with audiences, and is widely quoted and celebrated to this day. (Wikipedia)
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08-06-2010, 07:56 AM
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 Howrah Bridge was followed by Phagun opposite Bharat Bhushan, Kalapani opposite Dev Anand, the perennial hit Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi opposite her husband-to-be, Kishore Kumar and Barsaat Ki Raat (1960), opposite Bharat Bhushan again. (Wikipedia)
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08-06-2010, 07:57 AM
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 In 1960, she consolidated these successes and her super-star status when she went on to appear in the epic mega-budget historical, Mughal-e-Azam. This film is widley perceived to be the crowning glory of her career and perhaps the decade of filmmaking in India. It was Mughal-e-Azam that marked what many consider to be her greatest and definitive characterization as the doomed courtesan Anarkali. Director K. Asif, unaware of the extent of Madhubala's illness, required long and grueling shooting schedules that made heavy physical demands on her. (Wikipedia)
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08-06-2010, 07:57 AM
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 From 1951 through to 1959 Madhubala invested her best efforts into Mughal-e-Azam. Post 1956 and her separation from Dilip Kumar, the film's remaining ******** romantic scenes were filmed under much tension and strain between Madhubala and her now estranged co-star. This emotionally and physically taxing experience is widely perceived as a major factor in her subsequent decline in health and premature death. (Wikipedia)
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