Leela Mishra

Leela Mishra

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Leela Mishra Profile

  • Name:
  • Leela Mishra
  • Died:
  • January 17, 1988
  • Spouse:
  • Ram Prasad Misra

Leela Mishra Biography

Leela Mishra was a noted character artist of Bollywood who portrayed grandmother/aunty roles in numerous movies. She is best known for the role of Mausi in Indian legendary movie, Sholay – the scene in which Amitabh Bachchan narrates the character of his friend, Dharmendra. She has been associated with many movies of Rajshri Productions, the most memorable ones being Geet Gaata Chal (1975), Nadiya Ke Paar (1982) and Abodh (1984). Leela Mishra portrayed the brassy chachi film after film, the role for which she is remembered most. Shatranj ke khiladi, Sunayana, Khushboo, Saudagar, Amar Prem, Mere apne, Sadma, Aamne Samne, Kinara, Pyaasa, Lajwanti, Lal pathar, Ram Aur Shyam, Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein, College girl, Mehbooba, Bairaag, Raat aur din, Leader and Sawan Ko Aane Do are other noted appearances.

 

She was born in 1908. She was married to character artist of silent films, Ram Prasad Misra at a younger age of only 12 and the couple had two daughters. It was a cine artist Mama Shinde who persuaded Leela to join film industry. In those days, female artists were very less and when she was hired for rupees 500 a month, she agreed and joined entertainment industry. Though she couldn’t become success in early attempts, the movie – Honhaar was her real breakthrough. Though she was offered lead heroine role, she was not willing to do intimate scenes from the hero and later she was offered a mother’s role in the movie which she accepted. She was only 18 then. The role clicked and very soon she became a successful character artist of Hindi film industry.

 

She played brief roles in Lajwanti, Awara, Anmol Ghadi etc and with 1970s post Sholay’s big success, she regularly appeared in Chachi’s roles in numerous Hindi movies. In a career spanning to over 5 decades, she played more than 200 character roles and most of them still remain memorable ones.

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Updated: June 19, 2014

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