India, July 25 -- Noticed how Bollywood's leading men are getting the full docu-series treatment lately? The Romantics went back to the chiffon-wrapped dreamscape of Yash Chopra's cinema. The Roshans traced the legacy of a family that shaped both melody and muscle in Hindi films. And Angry Young Men, a series about Salim-Javed, debuted to over 2.3 million views on Prime Video in its first week, becoming the platform's top non-fiction show.

Now, guess how many views the show about Padma Vibhushan Vyjayanthimala Bali garnered? None, because it doesn't exist. You know what else doesn't exist? A deep dive into Rekha's decades of reinvention, a tribute to Waheeda Rehman's or Asha Parekh's craft, a rewind of Silk Smitha's magnetism, a chronicl...