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Bharat Bhushan' wife

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Vikram

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Jul 16, 2008, 2:33:59 AM7/16/08
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Bharat Bhushan evesn after anjoying status of star struggled lot in
his old age and was found travelling in a local train also.

He was married to Ratna Bhushan??(Not sure)

Can any one having information on his wife and where she is right now?
V.Bhatt

Pavan Jha

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Jul 16, 2008, 4:29:17 AM7/16/08
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Bharat Bhushan got (re) married to Ratna Bhushan in late 50s or early
60s (around Barsaat Ki Raat) after (possibly the death of ) her first
wife Sarla Bhushan..

Amitabh Bachchan in a recent blog entry did mentioned about seeing
Bharat Bhushan on the road..

http://blogs.bigadda.com/ab/2008/07/07/day-75/

"As I drove by Santa Cruz one morning for work I saw Bharat Bhushan,
the great romantic heart throb of the 50’s, hero of some of the most
successful musicals of the times, standing in a queue at a bus stop !
An ordinary citizen. Part of the crowd. Alone, unnoticed. No one
recognizing him. No one knowing who he was.

I wanted to stop and ask him into the car to drop him to his
destination, but I could not muster enough courage. I feared I would
embarrass him. And I drove on. But that visual has remained with me
and will remain with me forever. It could happen to anyone. To any one
of us."

Artnut

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Jul 16, 2008, 5:07:05 AM7/16/08
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AFAIK, one saw her in the TV series "Paying Guest" way back in early
80's. Please confirm.

Arty

Pavan Jha

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Jul 16, 2008, 2:38:31 PM7/16/08
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Arty,

If you mean Ratna Bhushan, her most famous appearance was in
"Trishna", a serial on DD based on Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice..
You can also find her in Barsaat ki Raat..infact the film opens with
her (Garjat Barsat Saawan Aaayo Re)

kcp

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Jul 16, 2008, 10:52:16 PM7/16/08
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BB was a married man when Madhubala proposed him ( simultaneously to
Kishore ) in 1959


Wondering who was she

Vikram

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Jul 17, 2008, 1:36:38 AM7/17/08
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> > wife Sarla Bhushan..- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Ratna Bhushan is alive or not?

She also acted in film like saranga also(If my memory tells correct)

Can any one help me to find here where abouts.

V.Bhatt

Artnut

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Jul 17, 2008, 6:39:52 AM7/17/08
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Trishna was quite popular those even though I do not remember much of it.
I think there was a character by the name of Tarun Dhanrajgir in it.

Arty

vijay...@my-deja.com

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Jul 17, 2008, 10:44:22 AM7/17/08
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> Arty- Hide quoted text -

>
> - Show quoted text -

Was based on Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice.
Tarun D played the equivalent of Darcy, IIRC.

Ratna Bhushan was Mrs. Bennett.

Vijay

Ketan

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Jul 17, 2008, 11:50:59 AM7/17/08
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In article <47c7cc8c-4ecb-461b...@34g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
kcp says...

>
>BB was a married man when Madhubala proposed him ( simultaneously to
>Kishore ) in 1959

Isn't it the other way around? In a biography on Madhubala, it is mentioned that
there were 3 proposals for Madhubala--Bharat Bhushan, Pradeep Kumar and Kishore
Kumar. Madhubala was confused and went to Nargis for advice. Nargis told her
that Pradeep Kumar was two-timing her with Mala Sinha, Kishore Kumar was fun but
might be slightly crazy, and that Bharat Bhushan whose wife had recently passed
away was a good person--a family man. Hence she(Madhubala) should marry BB. Once
the Pradeep Kumar angle was confirmed, it was down to two, and I guess she
preferred slightly crazy to dull and safe.


Ketan

kcp

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Jul 18, 2008, 2:45:32 AM7/18/08
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On Jul 17, 7:50 pm, Ketan <Ketan_mem...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>Nargis told her
> that Pradeep Kumar was two-timing her with Mala Sinha,


You are right. It was BB who was a widower and Pradeep Kumar, was
married. My apologies.

> Kishore Kumar was fun but
> might be slightly crazy, and that Bharat Bhushan whose wife had recently passed
> away was a good person--a family man. Hence she(Madhubala) should marry BB. Once
> the Pradeep Kumar angle was confirmed, it was down to two, and I guess she
> preferred slightly crazy to dull and safe.

There are conflicting stories, in that book itself ( while it is said
that Kishore proposed, it is also said that Madhubala said to her
father that She loved Kishore. Also her sister said that she married
out of frustration of DK-love affair failure. Ashok Kumar confirmed
that Girls fell for Kishore, etc etc. )

Also Mr Mohandeep is not a guy who writes facts.

Fact is what Kishore said himself in an interview ( which I have )
that it was only Leena, to whom he proposed. Rest all of them had
proposed him. I believe that.

kcp

Vikram

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Aug 11, 2008, 11:56:14 PM8/11/08
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As per the information updated by Mr Harish Raghuvanshi of Surat ,Mrs
Ratna Bhushan is staying at Malad(Mumbai).

Can any one from this area help to find out her address?

Regards,
V.Bhatt

cmki...@gmail.com

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Jan 27, 2014, 3:55:22 AM1/27/14
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Ratna Bhushan acted in Marathi films like PUTRA VHAVA AISA 1961, GAVCHI IZZAT and JAVAI MAZA BHALA (lead role) 1962.

deepakku...@gmail.com

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Nov 8, 2014, 10:57:56 PM11/8/14
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He married into a prominent family in Meerut, Zamindar Raibahadur Budha Prakash's daughter Sharadha. They had two daughters, Anuradha and Aparijitha. Anuradha had polio-associated complications. Sharadha died of labour complications after delivering their second child in the early 60s, soon after the film Barsaat ki raat. In 1967, he married actress Ratna, his co-star in the movie Barsaat Ki Raat.

ssmaha...@gmail.com

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Dec 21, 2014, 12:58:20 PM12/21/14
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Ratna Bhushan was a marathi actress before she switched over to Hindi films.

sjnad...@gmail.com

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Jul 20, 2015, 4:15:58 PM7/20/15
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I accidentally found that Ratna was a Marathi actress. She is in the movie "nandayala jaate".

zedka...@gmail.com

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Jun 18, 2016, 8:28:00 AM6/18/16
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Isn't it strange a wealthy superstar sees
Bharat bhushan at bus stop but doesn't
Give him lift so that he should not get
Embarrassed. But he could have easily
Invited him later and offered financial
Help. If ten industry guys would have
Pooled together they could have easily
Helped bharay bhushan. Not only him
But others too

zedka...@gmail.com

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Jun 18, 2016, 8:29:57 AM6/18/16
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zedka...@gmail.com

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zedka...@gmail.com

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shas...@gmail.com

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Jul 22, 2016, 6:17:39 AM7/22/16
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Zedka, Yes while writng in this colomn it looks really nice... But difficult to do in action for Big B!... Why this fate happened to those from 1950 and 60 actors? Most of them did not know how to handle success. Many fell to lure of glitter and booze. Lost money due to family commitments, dependents on them and later ditched them...
Life is like this... present generations are aware of the situation better. still there are who are seen on the roads of Delhi, Mumbai and villages...Even Kadar Khan cound not avoid the tragic fate what to talk of others!

jitendraa...@gmail.com

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Aug 26, 2016, 11:46:13 AM8/26/16
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why super stars/ stars become poor is not a question. B>B> or other wealthy stars should at least jointly make a corpus to help such persons.

ashokbh...@gmail.com

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May 24, 2017, 2:52:54 AM5/24/17
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On Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 12:03:59 PM UTC+5:30, Vikram wrote:

sharmi...@gmail.com

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Jun 27, 2018, 12:07:52 AM6/27/18
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I had met Ratna Bhushan in 2001.She lived in Kondhwa Pune.

Manish

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Jul 8, 2018, 4:35:47 PM7/8/18
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amitabh bachchan must be mistaken. i actually trust wikipedia and find it to be very reliable. it says bharat bhushan passed away in 1992. amitabh's post is probably from 2008. that's a 15+ year difference. i bet he just mistakened the stranger for bharat bhushan. i don't think amitabh is obligated to give away his money. maybe bharat bhushan had misfortune and lost his money - but he was lucky enough to be a big star and hopefully acquire wealth during his hey dey.

ranjansur...@gmail.com

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Mar 17, 2020, 3:31:28 PM3/17/20
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On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 12:07:52 AM UTC-4, sharmi...@gmail.com wrote:
> I had met Ratna Bhushan in 2001.She lived in Kondhwa Pune.

I would like to know more about Ratna Ji. I saw some of her Marathi movies and Hindi too. I always thought of this beautiful actress and wonder what she is doing now.

Ashok Bhandari

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Oct 16, 2020, 6:12:52 AM10/16/20
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On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 9:37:52 AM UTC+5:30, sharmi...@gmail.com wrote:
> I had met Ratna Bhushan in 2001.She lived in Kondhwa Pune.


Madam , pl let me know character she(Ratna) played in film Karz of 1980,Padosan of 1968,Anamika, dharti kahe pukarke and Inkaar
with regds
ashok kumar bhandari
ashokbh...@gmail.com
what's no.9828865353

Sudhir with Mr Bhaloo

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Nov 20, 2020, 8:22:38 AM11/20/20
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I too have reservation about Amitabh's write-up. Bharat Bhushan (BB) produced atleast
2 super successful films: BASANT BAHAR and BARSAAT KI RAAT (Titles list his
bother as the producer (probably for Income tax reasons. Similarly, Jeetendra
had his brother front for him as a producer) BB's last film as a producer: NAI UMAR
KI NAI FASAL - a flop, could not have caused big hole in his wealth.

Amitabh might have seen BB's Body Double // Look-alike. BB did not have a twin
brother.

SUDHIR /// Nov 20 2020

Fantine Reid

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Dec 31, 2021, 2:16:48 AM12/31/21
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Amitabh Bachchan said he saw Bharat Bhushan 'one day'. The date was never specified. It could have been more than a decade ago. As for BB losing his wealth, it's true. He mostly got only character roles after the 60s and took to gambling to earn more money, which failed.
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