Editor’s Say
Dear Readers Roll the drums… it’s celebration time. The iconic Stardust magazine celebrates 50 Glorious Years. Pioneered by Mr Nari Hira in 1971, Stardust magazine shocked, scandalised and thrilled the readers from the time of its inception. It was everything a film magazine of those times was not supposed to be…flippant, irreverent and fun! Its glossy pages had fabulous photographs of the stars and exclusive interviews. Stardust was bold and daring, and spilt the beans on juicy ‘BTS’ scandals, affairs and gossip of the film industry. It made boring trade sheet reporting passe, so no wonder, it became the biggest and the best film magazine of its time and shot past the competitors. 2021, and Stardust remains the number one magazine. As the Editor of this iconic magazine, I’d like to thank each and every one of our readers for being with us throughout our eventful journey. We promise you Stardust will always be the first magazine to get you all the exclusives of the film industry. In this exciting issue of January 2021, Anupam Kher looks back with nostalgia at Stardust and his eventful journey. In our cover story we delve into why the great Shah Rukh Khan was missing in action from films for two years. Besides this, we flip through the pages of time to the super candid late Rishi Kapoor’s Blast from the past interview. …And of course, there’s loads of fun stuff too – from interviews, gossip, star fashion and so much more… But this is not all, this entire year we are going to celebrate in a big way. So stay with us as you always did and enjoy!
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