Madhubala: the
filmi Marilyn Monroe,
beautiful, tragic…
Vulnerable, but
adept at comedy too;
shared traits, and shared fates.
Madhubala: the
filmi Marilyn Monroe,
beautiful, tragic…
Vulnerable, but
adept at comedy too;
shared traits, and shared fates.
oooh I used to have this photo of Madhubala on the first page of my teenage scrap book: isn’t she just lovely?
And have just watched two Marilyn Monroe classics this weekend: How to Marry a Millionaire and Some Like It Hot; Unbeatable! Only Marilyn would sound allright with a name like “Sugar” :)
None of Madhubala’s films give me quite enough of her as do her still photos, somehow. I saw ‘How to Marry a Millionaire’ too just recently, and again, Marilyn Monroe seemed a little ordinary as compared to the mystique in her stills. I love Madhubala’s mischievous smile.
Arrrgh! Marilyn Monroe is so overrated! Arrrgh!
oh well, i disagree with both banno as to madhubala and filmindia as to marilyn. one man’s poison etc. etc.
Gemma, is this one of your creations? Or is Memsaab back? ;-)
I just saw Chalti ka Naam Gaadi all over again yesterday, and couldn’t help but be bowled over by how utterly vivacious and vivid Madhubala is. And you’re so right; she was utterly lovely, but also very accomplished as an actress… compare her in movies like Mr & Mrs 55, Kaala Paani (and Chalti ka Naam Gaadi or Half Ticket) where she’s a total madcap, and on the other hand something like Mughal-e-Azam. Mmmm.
Gemma, I’m not sure if someone who’s been abandoned should be dwelling on such depressing fates as Marilyn’s and Madhubala’s. ;-)
How could I forget Madhubala in ‘Mughal-e-Azam’? Am watching it on TV right now, and it’s because she’s so completely Anarkali. You forget that she’s Madhubala. For the record, I think she’s a superb actress too, just that she seems so under-utilized in most of her films.
is there a dvd about marilyn Monroe?
im afraid i have to be brutal here. how could madhubala possibly be compared to marilyn monroe? not in a million years. one just has to look at those photos of both to see madhubala is absolutely exquisitely gorgeous & then look at marilyn who looks like a bleached blonde slapper, so common. at least madhubala didnt have to take her clothes off to get noticed. she did that with her beautiful face & her abundant talent.
Madhubala is really awsome !!! i love to watch her movies
i never watch her movies but stuff about her is intresting!
I think the only striking similarity is that both of them are super gorgeous in their own way and died at the age of 36. Of course I think that Madhubala is prettier than Marilyn but I like MM in the Seven Year Itch.
I adore both and somewhat agree with this assessment. Marilyn died way too young, though, and due to causes less understandable than Madhubala (the latter had an illness, whereas Marilyn’s ‘bimari’ was mental). Tragic all the same.
im sorry to keep going on about this now but i wonder how famous marilyn would have been or how many people had gone to see her films is she wasnt half naked in them? without the bottle of bleach & the shedding of clothes she would have faded into the wallpaper.
Eva i think it doesn’t matter anymore she died young and i think lots of people would gone see her if she had gone to Alaska and do her films there!!
Nooooooo Gemmaaaa.. I want more haikus!!!!!! And I was thinking to suggest it to Memsaab when she got back, that she needs to help you have your own blogspot. Memsaab should be reviewing films here daily; while you post haikus on your own site everyday…. How about that? :-D
eva2468:
I think a lot of us would still go & see Marilyn, if you wouldn’t, it doesn’t mean others would feel the same.
No one who can bump into walls as convincingly and comically as her in How to Marry.., or “spell” with such naturality as in Money business would ever fade into the wallpaper, bleach or no bleach.
signed,
Madhubala fan
i think Marilyn Monroe is sweet and and at leat she have a job and a great one to not like some of us outsiders have to work like includomg alaska where iam from