Talk:Madhubala

Recently someone filled the article with the distilled essense of decades of irresponsible film gossip. None of it is referenced and I suspect most of it is unverifiable. I don't have time to sort it out now -- someone PLEASE rescue this article! Zora 18:41, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Still disputed

I just wrote another article and I can't stay up to rewrite this one -- it is STILL a mess. It is full of scurrilous gossip and personal opinions. Zora 11:29, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

This is one of the worst articles yet!

Is this what an encyclopedic entry supposed to be? This one comes straight from some trashy film magazine oozing with oodles of gossip and biased opinion!

The editors of Wikipedia better take note of this!!!

Personal opinion

I reverted Neutralwriter's rewrite of the first para, in which he declared that she was the best Bollywood actress ever. That is mere personal opinion. Suppose some people like Nargis better? Or Hema Malini? Or Meena Kumari?

We can't make value judgements. I know it's hard not to do so; other editors keep correcting me on this all the time. But we do have to limit ourselves to stating things that can be referenced ("the film was very popular and grossed Rs. XXXX") or quoted. If a well-known critic says that Madhubala was the best, then we can quote that. Zora 20:33, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Order of Sections

In an effort to improve this article, I'm going to move the order of the sections to be roughly chronological. It makes no sense to talk about her marriage AFTER discussing her death. MlleDiderot 19:12, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

It's still a mess chronologically; now her illness appears before it's diagnosed. I tried to clean up some of the obvious grammatical problems, but it needs a lot of help from someone who knows her career. Agathman 20:41, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Urdu spelling

Is مدھُبال correct? That says Madhubaal.

I think مدّھوبلا would work better. Irtiqaa 07:25, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Correct one I think is مدھو بالا. This one pronounce like the original name and most common. --Webkami 10:12, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

New MADHUBALA page

Dear Zohra and others. I have attempted to clean up the madhubala page. I am an avid fan of hers and but tried to stick to facts and omit opinions or gossip. I have read widely on MAdhubala and have added my reference points at the end. I hope you like the page better I wish I could also add a more flattering image of her. I hope you support the changes. Regards Navsikand 20:22, 18 October 2007 (UTC) Nav —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.81.196.169 (talk) 20:30, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

We Need A New Madhubala Page

In her filmography, it says she starred in a 1971 movie, even though she died in '69.

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