Tabassum, who performed an enormous position in documenting the life and instances of Hindi movie stars after they most popular to safeguard their enigma from the actual world, handed away in Mumbai on Friday evening after a quick sickness. The 78-year-old began her profession as a baby artiste and went on to host the enduring speak present Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan on Doordarshan for 20 years.
Born to freedom fighters and journalists Ayodhyanath Sachdev and Asgari Begum in 1944, she was named Kiranbala by her mom. Tabassum was her display screen title given to her by her father when she began her movie profession in 1947 with Famous Studios’ Nargis. She lived as much as the title and unfold smiles and happiness wherever she went. Soon she turned the go-to youngster artiste and was popularly referred to as Baby Nargis and Baby Meena Kumari for taking part in the childhood roles of the main actors in fashionable movies corresponding to Deedar and Baiju Bawra. A recent of Asha Parekh, the 2 labored as youngster artistes in Bimal Roy’s Baap Beti.
One of the highest-paid artistes of the time, Tabassum’s immaculate Urdu diction and her capacity to make individuals smile have been seen from a really younger age. The tune “Bachpan Ke Din Bhula Na Dena”, picturised on her in Dilip Kumar-Nargis starrer Deedar turned an enormous hit. She by no means actually let the viewers overlook the tune and retained the childhood effervescence until the very finish.
Pushed by famous radio persona Ameen Sayani, Tabassum began a present of jokes on Radio Ceylon however her actual declare to fame was Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan, which began in 1972 when Doordarshan began producing exhibits in Mumbai as nicely. It remains to be remembered for the sunshine smile and simple allure of Tabassum that made the cagiest stars open up. She by no means heckled them nor allowed them to determine the course of interviews. Like a well-meaning, well-dressed neighbourhood aunt, she would turn into a real consultant of a curious viewers eager on breaking the celluloid barrier for a couple of minutes.
From Durga Khote to Deepti Naval, from Kamal Amrohi to Amitabh Bachchan, she may make troublesome actors open up on topics that they might in any other case chorus from speaking about in public. Years earlier than Simi Grewal and Karan Johar intruded into the non-public lives of movie personalities, Tabassum requested a guarded Amrohi how was Meena Kumari as a spouse, with a dimpled smile.
No surprise, Tabassum was the inspiration when Karan Johar wished to begin a chat present. Like Karan, Tabassum was additionally an trade insider however she didn’t restrict her interviews to celebrities and was among the many first ones to introduce the individuals who work behind to scenes. Her interview with Reshma Pathan who was the physique double of Hema Malini and Rekha introduced the highlight on stunt girls.
Like many youngster stars of her era, Tabassum couldn’t get prime roles when she returned to turnstiles after a break within the mid-Sixties. Cast reverse struggling actors like Subhash Ghai and Salim Khan who went on to make their names as a director and movie author respectively, she was decreased to movie trivia. Often, she can be requested to play sister to the main man or pal of the main girl.
Married to Vijay Govil, the elder brother of Arun Govil, she launched Arun to the movie world. She went on to provide and direct Tum Par Hum Qurban the place she launched her son Hoshang however it went unnoticed.
Tabassum returned to her past love, wrote many joke books, and edited the favored Hindi girls’s journal Grihalaxmi for greater than 15 years. Her present Tabassum Talkies on YouTube continues to be a window to the golden period of Hindi cinema.
Her demise is a reminder that tv programming may very well be easy, informative, and entertaining on the identical time.
Source: www.thehindu.com