Many Moon Moons Ago, She Was...

A look at some of the Paros -- Jamuna (Bengali, 1935), Savitri (Telugu, 1953), Suchitra Sen (Hindi, 1955) ... and now Aishwarya Rai (Hindi, 2002).

Deepa Gahlot

Updated on: 5 February 2022 10:24 pm

Many Moon Moons Ago, She Was...

Jamuna(Devdas/Bengali/1935)
Looks: Plain
Dress: Simple
Attitude: Conventional
Feminist quotient: 6 on a scale of 1-10
Idea of love: Unconditional

Savitri (Devadasu/Telugu/1953)
Looks: Comely
Dress: Ethnic chic
Attitude: Unintentionally sexy
Feminist quotient: 5 on a scale of 1-10
Idea of love: Unconditional

Devadasu

parandhi

O Devdas...O Parvati

Suchitra Sen (Devdas/Hindi/1955)
Looks: Classical Beauty
Dress: Cotton Bengali sarees
Attitude: Dignified
Feminist quotient: 5 on scale of 1-10
Idea of love: Unconditional

pallu