Meena Kumari | Chalte Chalte | Pakeezah

Sigh. Meena Kumari - the cynosure of our eyes - performed the song Chalte Chalte as Sahibjaan in the film Pakeezah (1971), swathed in a flaming orange Anarkali. It was apparent that despite her buoyant fashion, her inner strife as a tawaif was irrefutable – she was destined to be the Other woman. Her Mughal-esque costumes and jewellery, deep-kohled eyes, nimbly married beauty with pathos. While dancing to Thare Rahiyo, in an unforgettable emerald green Anarkali, her dress was inseparable from the inevitable futility of love.