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Stars at Home – Nadira’s Movie Set Flat (1956)

Nadira has her morning tea in bed. Note the richly designed red coverlet and the matching colours of the tea-set. "I love to do things in style!" says the star, and everything in the bedroom is lavish.

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The ebullient Nadira has her home in one of the smart set of apartments known as “Vasundhara,” standing in Warden Road, Bombay. She has given her flat shades of her own personality, for the colour scheme is a tasteful’ alternation of soft pastel shades and heavy colours—crimson, cobalt and green.

The contrast lends charm and an air of sophistication to the flat, while in no way depriving it of its homeliness.

Everything in Nadira’s home is in good taste—furniture, drapes, decorative pieces and books. The drawing-room is simple, but com­fortable and well-appointed. The walls are a pastel off-white. On them are placed several wrought-iron brackets, coloured black and bearing tiny earthen pots from which hang green tendrils and creepers. The thick carpet is deep crimson and covers most of the floor.

A corner of the drawing-room has been converted into a place for dining. The em­blem on the wall behind the dining-table is the Star of David. It has little glass cups which are filled with oil and lit on Jewish festival days.

On another wall, against which a low, broad divan is placed, hangs a large, gold- framed piece of parchment, on which are inscribed texts from the Jewish Scriptures. It is the “Minorah.”

Blue brocade curtains with floral motifs hang over the windows and doors of the drawing-room, which opens on to a balcony. In another corner of the room is a radio­gram and on its top is a quaint little doll dressed in blue to match the drapes.

Beside the divan is a glass-paned cabinet containing a large, assorted collection of china and crockery. Here are tea-sets, vases and tumblers of all kinds and designs.

From the drawing-room a corridor leads to the star’s bedroom.

Nadira likes to do things in style and here everything is plush, flamboyant and lavish. “I like my bedroom to look like a movie set,” she laughs. The drapes over the doors and window are alternately hangings of bright crimson and of white lace. A standard lamp with corn-coloured shade is placed at the side of the bed.            The coverlets are of scarlet and gold design. A dressing-table with three mirrors, a broad bookcase with white panels and a white-panelled wardrobe are other pieces of furniture. A deep crim­son carpet covers the floor.

At one end of the bookcase stands a large portrait of the star. At the other end is the picture of a friend. Between the two is an ivory-white statuette of the Buddha sitting in contemplation.

From the bed, the first thing which catches the eye is a large oil painting hung above the bookcase. It is a copy of a master­piece by a Flemish painter of the fifteenth century…  [missing]

Note:- Reproduced from old Filmfare Magazine for the sake of Nostalgia. Rest of the article is missing.

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