Nargis Dutt

Nargis Dutt

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Nargis Dutt Profile

  • Name:
  • Nargis Dutt
  • Born:
  • June 1, 1929
  • Died:
  • May 3, 1981
  • Father:
  • Mohan Babu
  • Mother:
  • Jaddanbai
  • Spouse:
  • Guru Dutt

Nargis Dutt Biography

Nargis Dutt is often regarded as the most versatile actress of Indian silver screen. In 2000, she was selected as the best Bollywood actress India has ever witnessed. Her role in Oscar nominated movie ‘Mother India’ is regarded as the ever best screen performance of an actress till now. She belongs to a film family. Her husband Sunil Dutt was a great actor of yesterdays and her son Sanjay Dutt is also very famous in modern cinema. In a career spanned up to 20 years she delivered many commercial hits as well as critically well acclaimed roles that have become a part of Bollywood history.

 

Born as Fatima Rashed, she changed her screen name to Nargis. Her screen debut was through Talash-E-Haq in 1935 as a child actress. Her debut movie as heroine was Tamanna in 1942. She was paired most with Raj Kumar with whom she had a romantic relationship with. It’s said that lady in R.K. banner icon established by Raj kapoor is none other than Nargis. But due to some reasons the relationship broke up and till her death, she didn’t keep any relationship with him. It can be said that major hits of her career where with Raj Kapoor and RK Banner. They together have acted many super duper hit movies like Awara, Shree 420, Aag, Chori chori  and Barsaat.

 

Sunil Dutt acted as the son of Nargis in Mother India and he saved her from a fire accident at film sets. After this incident they fell in love and got married very soon after the release of the film. She quit film industry though have done a few more movies. She won Filmfare for Mother India. When National awards were introduced she became the first actress to win the award for her performance in Raat aur din. Raat aur din was her movie after a short break in film career. This movie earned her a Filmfare nomination too. She was the first actress to win Padma Shri, a civilian honour given by Indian government.

 

Nargis was diagnosed with pancreas cancer and she died, just a few days before the premiere of her son Sanjay Dutt’s debut movie ‘Rocky’. She left film industry before technology and awards were introduced. She left film world very soon after her marriage too. Thus we lost an opportunity to see many of her powerful performances. Yet we remember her most for Mother India and her association with Raj Kapoor and R K Banner. 

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Updated: April 11, 2018

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