Other than that, I always loved watching Mr Bachchan on screen. It used to be such a homely atmosphere they were such good people. Salma: I worked with Mithun Chakraborty, Anil Kapoor, Feroz Khan, Rajesh Khanna and they were all fantastic. Sasheh: Who were the best heroes you worked with? Since Yash Raj Films is like home to me, as long as you are working with them, I am not worried at all. I feel women’s security has become a very major problem. Sasheh: But he also auditioned for Shanu! (laughs) Do you feel scared to let me go alone anywhere, be it with friends or to the film sets? Being a pathan, he shot up like that, but he is still a child. He is just 15 but he is very tall, mashaallah. I remember you saying, Just because you belong to a film family, it doesn’t mean that I would get you a film. After it, Shanu Sharma, the casting director came to me and said ‘We are interested in you and want to take you for a Yash Raj Film, but let’s see where to place you.’ Thanks for letting me go and struggle to get a film. Sasheh: You were always there to support me. I have only only one mashi (maternal aunt) now, Mrs Shanta Bhawan she is Prithviraj Kapoor’s sister. Somehow, it’s always a case that people are usually closest to their maternal towards their maternal side. I am related to them from my mother’s side. Salma: I share a very good rapport with them.
Sasheh: What rapport do you share with the Kapoors now? I want to thank today’s filmmakers, such as Vishal Bhardwaj, for raising the standard and bringing audiences to accept films that are based on reality. The kind of films are being made today wouldn’t have stayed in theatres for more than a week in our times. Do you think a film like Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola would have been made, say 20 years ago? No way. Earlier, they used to take days to complete one scene, but now people can’t afford to waste so much time. People are concentrating more on the economics of filmmaking. Salma: Now it (making movies) has become a business. Sasheh: Do you think earlier, films were considered art but now they’ve become more like a business? Salma: The basic grammar is the same but now we are facilitated with advanced technology, and things are much more organised too. Sasheh: Do you think that filmmaking has also undergone a sea change? There have been a lot of changes over the years. But when it comes to entertainment, it was as good as it is now the craze for entertainment was there back in the day too. Salma: It was as good, maybe even better than what it is now. Sasheh: How was Bollywood at the time when you were at your peak? Your talent grows and only gets better with time. Music, on the other hand, has no such limitations. I had insisted you also to be a singer first because your acting career depends on your looks. I have two very beautiful and understanding children, Sasheh Agah and Ali Khan, and I am very happy to have them.
You live your life best when you have no regrets. Salma: I am happy about whatever I have done in the past. Sasheh: After your debut, it was smooth sailing and you grew up to become an established singer-actor. If you can swim in a swimsuit at home, then why not in films? Times have changed and things have become much more commercial. Salma: I don’t expect you to go swimming in a churidar or a sari. Sasheh: I had to do some bold scenes in the film.
So, music was always the first priority in my life. I was trained in classical music and I worked very hard on my skills. And the film went on to become a big hit. I told them that I would act only if you let me sing all the songs in the film. Salma: I had little interest in acting but they offered me a role as well. Sasheh: But didn’t you want to sing and not act? Raviji, the great music director gave me a break with a big banner like BR Films (in the film Nikaah, 1982). Salma: For me, music meant the whole world. Sasheh: When you left home, did you think you’d work with a big banner and that everything would fall in place? So it was quite a tough decision to take at that point. I left home because they would never let me work in a film. Sasheh Agha: Now that I am debuting as an actor, this must remind you of the time when you did your first movie. As Sasheh Agha prepares for her big screen debut with Aurangzeb, we get the 19-year-old to interview her mother, yesteryear star, Salma Agha, who entered Bollywood as a teenager too. One wowed audiences with her twin talents, singing and acting, all through the ’80s, while the other is just making her foray in Bollywood.
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