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BECOMING THE FIRST MRS GANDHI

Zeenat Aman knew very little about Kasturba Gandhi before she decided to play the Mahatma’s wife. Dearest Bapu, Love Kasturba, a play structured around letters between Kasturba and Mohandas, opened in Mumbai on February 21, as part of the Great Indian Theatre Festival, marking the return of the ’70s star to the stage after 16 years.

“What appealed to me was that this was

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