Rani Mukerji as Bulbul in Calcutta Mail! She is spunky and clever and will not take "Nahi" for an answer. Rani plays a middle-class author who is living in a tenement building and pretending to be poor so she can write an 'authentic' novel. She stumbles across Anil Kapoor's strong, silent hero and then refuses to leave him alone and involves him in her crazy schemes. (This movie would have been so much better if Rani had gotten more screen time.)
Urmila as Sarika in Ek Hasina Thi! She starts off meek and mild, but when Saif Ali Khan plays her for a fool - wow! She comes back with some massive vengence. Vah vah!
Madhubala as Anarkali in Mughal-e-Azam does her share of weeping, but her steely reserve is more than a match for Prithviraj Kapoor's King Akbar.
Hema Malini's swashbuckling gypsy girl Geeta in Seeta Aur Geeta steals the show from her more dour twin! Geeta will not be letting anyone get away with treating her friends and relatives badly. Don't even think about it, Manorama!
Saira Banu as Preeti in Purab aur Pachhim! She's blond, smokes cigarettes, never wears saris, and still manages to win over the nationalistic hero! Saira Banu always plays wonderful roles, though. I have such a girl-crush on her 1960s and 70s avatar.
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It's certainly worth a watch on DVD, so you can fast forward through the dull bits. :D