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Updated: Jul 12, 2026 09:19 AM IST Julian Alvarez celebrates his extra-time goal for Argentina over Switzerland in the FIFA World Cup quarter-final. (AP Photo)Defending world champions Argentina progressed to a second successive FIFA World Cup semi-final on Saturday, overcoming Switzerland 3-1 with extra-time strikes from Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez at a packed Kansas City Stadium. After overcoming the odds to mount a stunning 3-2 comeback win over Egypt in the previous round, Argentina did not wait for miracles to forge themselves this time around. The defensive-minded Swiss had only conceded three goals in five games, and they had dominated the ball in the opening minutes at the Arrowhead Stadium.ARGENTINA vs SWITZERLAND: AS IT HAPPENED The opening strike came inside 10 minutes, with their talisman Lionel Messi turning creator once again. Turning in from the left, Messi’s corner was slotted into the goal by Alexis Mac Allister in the 10th minute, marking his first goal and Argentina’s quickest at the ongoing tournament. Appearing in his 32nd World Cup game, Messi broke the all-time record for the most assists in the tournament, marking his 10th and the second of the edition, surpassing Germany’s Fritz Walter (nine assists). It was the first time that the Swiss have trailed all tournament. The goal took some early pressure off La Albiceleste, who struggled to beat Cape Verde in extra time to start the knockout rounds, then needed three goals in 11 minutes to rally from a 2-0 deficit to beat Egypt earlier this week. Comeback and red-card drama The 14th-ranked Swiss came back with renewed rigour in the second-half and an opening was produced when winger Dan Ndoye converted his beautiful one-touch build-up with Ricardo Rodriguez through the legs of goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez in the 67th. However, a setback occurred only moments later when mid-fielder Breel Embolo had to leave in tears after copping a second yellow card for diving. Taking the help of a VAR decision, referee Joao Pinheiro overturned a yellow card handed to Leandro Paredes, with replays showing no contact between him and Embolo who dropped to the ground in an instant. Alvarez stunnerStory continues below this ad The 10-man Swiss held on through the next 30 minutes, pushing through extra time, before the world champions turned on an extra gear in the 112nd minute through Alvarez. The 26-year-old picked up a pass on the left edge of the box and made use of a vacant space to curl in the shot to the top right, powering another Argentine comeback from the brink. A whiff of a Swiss comeback was all but ruled out in the dying minutes when Martinez came on from the bench and tapped in a straightforward chance from the box. Three-time winners Argentina are trying to become the first team since Brazil in 1962 to successfully defend the World Cup title. An in-form English unit await them in the semi-final following their 2-1 victory over Norway earlier in the day. Powered by a brace from Real Madrid striker Jude Bellingham, England progressed to the last-four for the first time since 2018. That semifinal matchup is scheduled for Wednesday in Atlanta.

FIFA World Cup 2026, Argentina vs Switzerland Live Score Today: All eyes will be on Lionel Messi in today's game. (Photo: AP) Argentina vs Switzerland Live Score, FIFA World Cup 2026 Quarterfinal Match Updates: On one side of the field will be Argentina, the defending World Cup champions, boasting a roster that features the likes of Lautaro Martinez, Julián Alvarez and, of course, Lionel Messi, perhaps the greatest player of his generation.On the other side, Switzerland.Yes, the final quarterfinal match Saturday night could hardly seem a bigger mismatch. Argentina has the glitz and the glamour, to say nothing of the stars and the trophies, while the Swiss have never even reached the World Cup semifinals; in fact, they haven’t been to the quarterfinals since 1954, when they lost to Austria in a tournament they hosted.Story continues below this ad But anything can happen on the field as Argentina and the rest of the world learned when the three-time champions struggled to beat Cape Verde, and when La Albiceleste had to rally from a 2-0 deficit in the final 11 minutes to beat Egypt on Tuesday. And that has given hope to a Switzerland team that beat Colombia on penalty kicks to earn a date with the Argentines at Arrowhead Stadium. “We know Argentina has many fine qualities. Few talk about the Swiss qualities,” defensive midfielder and team captain Granit Xhaka said Friday. “Tomorrow we will talk on the pitch, and we will show what we can do, and everything else doesn’t matter.” The winner will play either Norway or England on Wednesday in Atlanta for a spot in the World Cup final. Scroll down to read live updates from the Argentina vs Switzerland game Live Updates Lionel Scaloni: How Argentina’s unlikely manager rebuilt Messi and a golden era Argentina's head coach Lionel Scaloni kisses Argentina's Lionel Messi. (FILE photo) The man that cannot control a traffic. It was Diego Maradona’s brutal assessment of Lionel Scaloni when he was appointed the full-time manager of Argentina in 2018. Argentina had a plethora of glittering names to choose from: the cult figure Marcelo Bielsa, the new-age revolutionary Mauricio Pochettino, the angel of dark arts in black suits, Diego Simeone. Yet, to resurrect from the post-Moscow World Cup catastrophe, they turned to a largely unknown and unglamorous man. His club journey was scattered in the mid-table clubs of Italy and Spain. He wore his national stripes only seven times. He briefly managed Sevilla and Argentina’s U-20 squad, before joining the backroom staff of Jorge Sampaoli during his catastrophic reign. The federation chose him, reportedly, because he came cheap, and because he was not egoistic; the simplicity of his upbringing in a farming household in Pujato, Santa Fe, showed. READ MORE FROM SANDIP G

Updated: Jul 12, 2026 02:27 AM IST Norway's Erling Haaland (9) poses after the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo)Norway are taking on England in a World Cup quarter-final at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium in a game that will see two of the world’s best strikers — Norway’s Erling Haaland and England’s Harry Kane — go head-to-head. Coming into the game, Haaland had scored seven goals at this year’s World Cup, only one behind France’s Kylian Mbappé and Argentina’s Lionel Messi in the Golden Boot race. One goal behind Haaland is Harry Kane (six goals and an assist before the game against Norway). “I think it’s Norway vs. England,” Norway coach Ståle Solbakken said on Friday, trying to temper down the hype of a Haaland vs Kane battle. But eventually he conceded: “But I don’t think it’s a secret that Kane is match-leader No. 1 for England and Haaland is match-leader No. 1 for us.”Haaland — who didn’t play for Norway in its loss to France in the group stage — has gotten his goals in bunches in this tournament. Against Iraq, his two goals came 14 minutes apart. Against Senegal, his two goals were 10 minutes apart. Against Brazil, his two goals were 11 minutes apart. Not just Haaland, there are nine Norwegian players who play their club football in England. Haaland was two years after Norway last played in a FIFA World Cup. Can he drag Norway to the semi-final in their first World Cup appearance in 28 years? Build-up drama for Norway vs England The build-up to the Norway vs England game had led to British Airways and Norwegian Air challenging each other on social media, and the militaries of both teams also getting into the act at some point with the Norwegian armed forces releasing a video of the now-viral Viking Row celebration being performed at military bases. It’s a battle that has attracted superstars like David Beckham and Brazil’s Ronaldo to the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami to witness what promises to be a mouth-watering contest. How both teams got to the quarters The teams got to Saturday’s match in dramatic fashions, with Norway holding off perennial power and five-time World Cup champion Brazil 2-1 and England going into Mexico City and stunning previously unbeaten — and unscored-upon — co-host Mexico 3-2.

While the Viking Row and Erling Haaland’s intimidating run have swept over the World Cup pop culture and fan celebrations, England vs Norway takes the former into ancient history – when they were colonised.Historian and journalist Joey Durso, who puts rivalries under the lens of History, recalled how the Viking Row is a part of England history that flips the roles.“Before England colonised anyone, England was colonised by Vikings,” Durso says in his Insta post, adding Norwegian football fans are re-enacting the rowing that did it. “Viking rowing is a brand new thing, players, fans do it. But the idea is ancient that Vikings pull in their sails and row ashore for battle. The most famous time it happened was in England,” he narrates. In 793 AD Viking longships came to Lindisfarne, an island off Northumbrian coast in northeast England. “It has a famous monastery that had been there for centuries. The island plays a role in ’28 years later’, the zombie film. The sacking was brutal, monks were cut down, some taken as slaves. This horrified Europe. Omens of fiery dragons over sea were everywhere,” Durso says. “One account said the monastery was splattered with blood of priests of God. There was fear that this would happen constantly everywhere. And nowhere on the coast of Europe would be safe from these vicious warriors. It was the first Viking age. You wouldn’t describe it as colonising. For they just raided, robbed stuff, left.” The plunder was followed a century later by actual colonising. “There was colonisation of England later through side door,” Durso narrates. “In 902 AD, Norsemen were thrown out of Ireland Dublun, rode across Irish sea and they landed in Wirral near Liverpool. It’s a territory, colony, a town. Wirral map still has Norse names – Thingwall, Irby, West Kirby. You have Thingwall, same Norse word as Iceland parliament.” Durso adds there’s DNA evidence that lots of families in Wirral have Scandinavian blood. There’s also Tranmere Rovers, a ground near Lake District, which means sandbank with cranes on it. “There’s Norse words – fell, beck, tarn – meaning parts of physical landscape. In Lake District, fell is a hill,” Durso said. “Viking raids, colonies – Norway’s huge impact on England. That’s what the row represents. The quarters are a rematch.”Story continues below this ad ‘Row is stupid’ – Norway fan A killjoy fan sat in the Norwegian throng but refused to row. Emil Anners Lappen, an unsmiling fan told Sky News, that he found the celebration”stupid”. The one-man protest called it annoying, a copy and factually wrong. “I wanted to show it was annoying and I have got my message across,” he said as he became a meme, talking to Sky. “Their song says they rowed across Atlantic. Vikings didn’t row, they sailed across Atlantic. Some Vikings row across rivers and all that. But you can’t row across an ocean,” he said pedantically. Lappen was also irritated that fans merely wanted the same effect as Icelandic Clap. “Changing the motion doesn’t mean it’s different from the Viking Clap,” he said questioning the originality, saying he will sit still and row nowhere. Wonderwall Noel’s Haaland love While England have lit up the World Cup with rousing renditions of Wonderwall by Oasis, Saturday night will be tough for Noel Gallagher, one half of the famous brothers. Born to Irish parents, he considers himself Irish, and he is also an ardent Manchester City fan. He has previously supported Haaland and Norway.Story continues below this ad He told Talksport that prior England teams filled with Man Utd players made him indifferent to the national team. He did say he would get behind John Stones, tall Man City man this time. “I love seeing John there. John’s my mate and he’s coming to the end of his time at City. Guehi looks solid as always (he’s injured), and Erling, I mean, we’re

Updated: Jul 10, 2026 07:28 PM IST Erling Haaland in action. (FILE photo)Norway’s star footballer, Erling Haaland, said he likes the Americans and they are also hilarious. The ongoing tournament is being held in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico. The last time the World Cup was held in the US was in 1994, when the country was the sole host. “I think it’s a good thing because I like the Americans. I think they are kind of hilarious as well. They are funny. So I like the way they are. It’s been, honestly, on every single thing with the World Cup here so far has been amazing. From the games, to the stadiums, to the training grounds to everything has been amazing. It’s been impressive,” said Haaland, speaking on Instagram.Unreal performance With absolute nonchalance, the superstar of Norway, pushing Brazil out of the World Cup and his country into the quarters, spoke to the media in New York, telling them he couldn’t believe his own wonderful run of 7 goals in 4 games at the FIFA World Cup. “First of all I’d like say, we’ve been growing *”!#@& now over time. We’re (Norway are) actually one of the better teams in Europe and in the world,” Haaland would say in the presser. Norway have never lost to Brazil ever, but defeating them in a World Cup Knockout was the next push. “Let’s be honest. To score 7 goals for Norway in World Cup is quite special. It’s unreal. I don’t have words. It’s difficult to put into words what I feel, what I’m doing. Because it’s unreal. I need to pinch myself in the arms because it’s big, you know?” he would say. Norway’s run was not anticipated. “No one expected it. It’s crazy. I never expected in million years we will go through in a World Cup. First time in 28 years. We will win against Ivory Coast. We meet Brazil. We went, ‘let’s just play, let’s enjoy this. No matter how it goes. There will be a big party in Norway. We’ll have a party even if we lose,, and then we won,” he would say.

It has been the story of this World Cup – different teams attempting their own spin in solving the France puzzle – each has failed at varying degrees. (AP Photo)France taking on Morocco was billed to be the clash of the quarterfinals. One that put a congregation of attacking talent that the French have pieced together, going up against the unending stamina of the Moroccans. Instead, Boston in its final game of the World Cup, witnessed yet another canter by the French to the finish line. It has been the story of this World Cup – different teams attempting their own spin in solving the French puzzle – each has failed at varying degrees. Senegal show glimpses The only sustained period of trouble that the French have faced at this World Cup has been the first half of their opener against Senegal. The defending African Cup of Nation champions came at a high level of organisation, were keen on physically imposing themselves on the French front four. They didn’t cede the possession battle to Didier Deschamps men, and were competing on a level footing. But then Michael Olise switched from the right wing to the centre of the pitch and the devastating two-way combination between him and Mbappe – one that has defined this tournament in its deadliness – took over in the second half. The combined distance of over 120 kms run by the French that day was by far the most they’ve had at this World Cup: a testament to how Senegal made the champion contenders sweat. Sweden crumble easily Perhaps the easiest game the French have had at this World Cup came from the Swedes, who were left in awe of the devastating nature of France’s attack. The number that defined their lack of any game plan to counter the French top 4 – 202 ball receptions in the final third of the Swedish half. Sweden gave up on keeping the ball, they gave up on defending it when it reached their quarter of the pitch. And eventually they gave up three unanswered goals. France unleashed their most potent game of this World Cup campaign and were met with virtually no resistance. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)Paraguay’s physicality Paraguay only kept 22% possession. They had no shots on target; made under 200 passes in 90 minutes of football. But they are the one team that French truly struggled to score against and failed to put up an open-play goal against. Most of it was down to rigid lines of midfield and defence that didn’t allow the French midfield to operate with the room they prefer. They were the first team at this World Cup to shut Olise down and deny the attacking midfielder the space to roam. What Paraguay did to add to their block was to rough the French up. In true South American ways, the Paraguyans nipped at Mbappe and Olise, constantly whipping together small fouls and never letting their attack gain any momentum. Playing on an equal footing was never an option, and so the South Americans tried their best to take the game into extra time and kept a dogged blockade that led to only five shots on target against them and it was a Mbappe penalty that finally broke their backs. A tough watch, but possibly the best response to the searing attacking quartet of the French. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Morocco’s runners Morocco’s industrious running was supposed to make this clash as the match of the quarterfinals. Instead, the French never had to worry. The Moroccans had to make key changes to their personnel that forced them to not play to their optimum. They missed out on a true offensive th

Sometimes, time is a player’s biggest enemy. Too much time, he broods, he doubts and misses. Hard-pressed for time, the instincts take over and the muscle memory kicks in.The tantrums of time don’t spare the most luminescent footballers in the world. In a day’s time, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe both failed to beat the goalkeeper from 12 yards.Yet, with guilt gnawing like mites, time running out, legs tiring, they produced goals from more improbable directions in open play.Mbappe’s goal that soothed the French nerves and broke Morocco’s belief was a stunning blend of timing and precision, ruthlessness and opportunism. France would win 2-0 to be in the semi-final. For his goal, Mbappe had just two seconds to decide. His back was facing the goal, but he manufactured a pocket of space for him to take a sharp U-turn, took a velcro-touch to take the ball away from the defenders, just lifted his right leg and threaded the ball through the narrow space between Issa Diop and Noussair Mazraoui. The ball still had a lot to traverse before it beat Yassine Bounou, the guardian of Morocco’s goalpost. The ball almost brushed Diop’s shirt, the bend just sufficed; it kept swinging away, before it swerved back into the goal. Half a yard less whip, Diop’s shoulder should have rescued Morocco; a yard less swing in the final third of its journey, it would have clunked the upright. Mbappe could have a hidden protractor inside his boot, or in his brain.Story continues below this ad But the instrument went AWOL momentarily when he took the penalty in the 22nd minute. He had too much time to think, and overthink. After Mazraoui hacked him down inside the box, the referee immediately pointed to the spot. Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou stops a penalty kick against Mbappe during the World Cup quarterfinal. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell) Ousmane Dembele rolled the ball towards Mbappe. He kissed the ball, placed the ball on the spot and hurried to his run-up. The referee was still consulting with his VAR friends. Mbappe fretted, he preened and walked towards teammate Kone and whispered something in his ears. If VAR has robbed theatre out of goal celebration, it has heightened the drama in dead-ball situations. It was the wait that was killing him. The referee confirmed it was a penalty. And Mbappe was ready to run off the block. Stop, the referee shrieked again. A couple of Moroccan men were infringing the line. Stop, he screamed again, he felt the ball had moved a bit. Three minutes and eleven seconds had lapsed from awarding the penalty to confirming it and then flicking the green light to taking it. Mbappe’s patience had worn off. He rushed towards the ball, then stopped and stuttered.Story continues below this ad The end product was a weak stab, the ankle withering at the exact point of contact, and the ball stuttering towards Bounou, who second-guessed the direction of Mbappe’s shot. He kicked the turf in angst. As with Messi, his conversion rate is not prolific by their stratospheric gold standards in other metrics ( a conversion rate of 81 percent for club and country; Messi’s is 78). This was only his second miss for his country in fifteen attempts. But the most prolific goal-scorers in the world, Messi and Mbappe tied on eight goals for the golden boot, spilling as routine a piece of action is baffling. Maybe the geniuses have one option too many that they end up cluttering their sense of clarity. Maybe, they get conscious of the attention on them or the sheer fear that you could miss as simple a thing as a penalty. Perhaps, it’s stuttery run-up style, popularised by none other than Pele, that’s the villain, where he paused to detect the goalkeeper’s imminent movement and slot the ball in the opposite direction rather than run straight and trust the impulses.Story continues below this ad Three minutes and eleven seconds are too much time to complicate your mind. In two seconds, a goal-scorer doesn’t have time to breathe, let alone breath. Moro

John had been taking advantage of his age, one investigator said. The police also claim they “didn’t treat him like other criminals”. On the face of it, he appeared to be the perfect guest: a 69-year-old silver-haired, English-speaking man from Tamil Nadu who was polite and suave, blending in perfectly at a luxury hotel in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur. So, when he walked out of the sprawling seven-storeyed hotel on the afternoon of June 25 with two duffle bags, he raised no suspicion. That is, until they realised he hadn’t paid. They aren’t the only ones. Last week, the Raipur Police arrested Vincent John, a man from Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu who claims to have scammed hundreds of hotels over the last 30 years with exactly the same modus operandi: checking into luxury hotels, enjoying their opulence for days, and quietly sneaking out — all without paying. Police records show that he has cases across West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Jharkhand, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, the Union Territory of Delhi and Chhattisgarh, and has been arrested several times: including once by the Delhi Police in 2016 and again in Navi Mumbai in 2020.Sometimes, he would sneak out with valuables from the hotel, such as the Rs 1.48 lakh laptop he had allegedly slipped into his bag before leaving the Raipur hotel. “John had become so casual about it that he boasts of stealing valuables from over 300 luxury hotels,” a Raipur police officer said. “He told us he spent time in Tihar jail and heard stories of Charles Sobhraj. He liked how cunning he was.” The guest who never paid Born in Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu, John studied in an English-medium school and never married. Investigators said John told them they began working as a tourist guide in Delhi in the 1980s, which helped him get free hotel stays as part of his perks. “He told us that once something went wrong and he was humiliated by the management of a luxury hotel. Since then, he nursed a grudge and began targeting these high-end places,” sub-inspector Piyush Baghel, the investigating officer in the case, told The Indian Express. He was booked and arrested by the Delhi Police for the first time in 1996. According to the police, he would check in as an English teacher, a tour guide or a yoga instructor. He would allegedly arrive with two bags — one carrying his belongings, the other stuffed with newspapers or pillows. “He would never allow the hotel staff to carry his luggage,” the officer said. “To evade suspicion, he often left one bag — the one with the newspapers — in the hotel so people wouldn’t think he was leaving. He would always smuggle out expensive liquor, cigarettes or valuables like laptops, selling them later.”Story continues below this ad While he initially used his Aadhaar card to check in, he later switched to photocopies after the document was confiscated by the Andhra Pradesh Police. According to investigators, John checked into a five-star hotel in Raipur on June 25 posing as an event organiser. “He is fluent in speaking English. He also sweet-talked one of the staffers into giving him a laptop. He told the staffer he had good contacts in the hotel industry and would get him a better job,” one officer said. At the hotel, he ordered some foreign-made cigarettes and an expensive bottle of liquor “even though he doesn’t drink or smoke”. “After staying for two days, John went to the reception and said he wanted to book another room for his son, who would be coming the next morning. On both days, John left the hotel for ‘some work’ and returned, which did not raise any alarm,” the officer said.Story continues below this ad Among the cases against him was his 2016 fraud at the Hotel Crowne Plaza in New Delhi’s Okhla. However, on the morning of June 27, John quietly slipped out of the hotel. CCTV footage in the lobby shows him walking out with two bags, one in his hand and the other slung over his shoulder. The bill cam

Hema Malini clarifies she was never the highest paid actress in Hindi cinema.Hema Malini hasn’t acted in a Hindi film for over a decade now. Her last release was Ramesh Sippy’s 2020 romantic comedy Shimla Mirchi, which was also shot six years before that, and didn’t find any buyers since 2014. Now, stressing that she doesn’t want to do more films, unless somebody offers her a “good role”, Hema has also put to rest a long-lasting rumour about her remuneration when she was at the peak of her career in the 1970s. Hema clarifies was never the highest paid actress In a recent interview, Hema rubbished the rumour that she was once the “highest paid actress” of Hindi cinema. “No, no, not at all. Who told you that? I used to get a very small amount. I never got so much,” Hema shot back. She clarified that while the filmmakers of that time “liked me a lot”, she never worked for the money.“The more you got famous, your price increased very gradually. I never got the exuberant prices that actresses get today. I didn’t even get a fraction of that. But the work we did even within that money was the actual earning than the actual money,” Hema said on Hindi Rush’s YouTube channel. Dharmendra and Hema Malini in Sholay.Followed in Dharmendra’s footsteps Hema agreed that she followed in the footsteps of her late husband and legendary actor Dharmendra by never increasing her fees voluntarily and always charging only what the producer could afford to pay. “If the producer wanted to give (a high price), he was most welcome. Otherwise we never demanded that we wouldn’t do the film if we weren’t paid this much. I never did that,” Hema maintained. Hema added that this approach also stemmed from her late mother, producer and costume designer Jaya Chakravarthy, who also acted as her manager in early days of her daughter’s career. “She was very liberal to all the producers. If they said they can’t pay for a shoot, she said, ‘No problem.’ Even when I did Meera, the producer didn’t have any money at all. We never asked for money then. We just took home whatever money the producer gave to us in an envelope, like a bhiksha,” she recalled, referring to Gulzar’s 1979 film based on the worshipper of Lord Krishna. Hema Malini in and as Meera.Hema on not doing any more films Hema also revealed why she stepped back from films in the past decade. “I’ve done too many already. I’ve worked in the golden period. We’re all lucky, the artists who have worked in the ’70s and ’80s, when we got such great songs and the opportunity to work with such great actors. You can’t compare that time with today. Today, it’s different,” argued the veteran actor. She also clarified that since a lot of good films are being made today, she doesn’t want to say today’s cinema is inferior to that of the 1970s and the 1980s as they’re both “hatke” (different) in their own right. “The golden period happens only once. It can’t come back again,” she added. “If they offer me some nice role, I’ll see. Maybe I’ll do it,” assured Hema.Story continues below this ad What’s keeping Hema busy Hema is mostly busy with her classical dance recitals, her duties as a Member of Parliament, and spending time with her family. “I make time to go to my constituency. I have to stay amid the public and get their work done. I’ve to get roads and flyovers made for them. It’s also a pleasure to do such things. I’m looking into the floods now. You wonder, ‘What will I do?’ But they’ll demand from me as an MP. I’m learning so many things and helping so many people. That’s a good thing too. Since I’m busy with all of this, working on a film looks difficult,” explained the actor-turned-politician. Hema began her career as a dancer in the early 1960s, before making her Hindi cinema debut with Mahesh Kaul’s Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968). After breaking through with Vijay Anand’s 1970 spy film Johnny Mera Naama, she went on to deliver memorable performances in Sippy’s Andaz (1971), Seeta Aur Geeta (1973), Sholay (1975); Gulzar