Devyani Chaubal
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Devyani Chaubal was born in 1942. Died in Bombay on 13th July 1995. She was born in a rich family, her father being a prosperous Barrister. Devyani was a film gossip journalist, and among the first in Indian film journalism to have a poison pen and insinuate a lot in her columns. Till her, Indian film journalism had been nice and proper with no hints of scandal. She wrote in a then renown film magazine called Star and Style. She had a lot of credibility and her "gossip" ( delivered in a column called Frankly Speaking) was always researched and had credible sources. The column was also carried in Eve's Weekly. She was once threatened to be beaten up by a "he man" star whose second marriage was made public by her. [1]
She had the respect of a lot of producers and is credited for starting the career of Rajesh Khanna.