Gulzar saab and Rekha

Lovely anecdote from Gulzar saab: When he was working with Rekha on a movie she turned up very late to the sets. She came at 1 PM. The original director was ill and Gulzar saab played his role for a while. He thought, maybe she assumed that he would not be serious and hence did not turn up. Later when she arrived he asked her why she was late. She said "Can we have lunch first?". During lunch he probed her again and she reluctantly said "This is the first time I am working with you. On the way to the set I saw Aandhi playing in that theatre. Socha ki aapki kaam ki baare mein jaan loon pehele". He said she is one of the most honest people he's met.

Thamarai interviews

Thamarai, the Tamil lyricist, is a very interesting personality.
Her lyrics are chaste tamil and very very soothing and meaningful.
My intro to her was through VTV and I know that she is another of the couragest ones who has fought through emotional lows and ended up being a trophy!

http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/life-isnt-a-song/article2322128.ece
http://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/interview-thamarai/

Another point to note here, I searched for her interviews and the best ones obviously were - by The Hindu folks :-)

I have to repeat my admiration for those folks!