Nanda

Nanda

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Nanda Profile

  • Name:
  • Nanda
  • Born:
  • January 8, 1939
  • Died:
  • March 25, 2014

Nanda Biography

Nanda was a successful actress of Bollywood during 60’s and she has acted in Marathi movies also. V. Shantaram is her paternal uncle and he gave her the first break in Hindi movies through Toofan aur diya. Then she did a few movies in supporting actress role. A few of such successful movies include Kaala bazzar, Dhool ka phool and Bhabhi. For Bhabhi she won her first Filmfare in supporting actress category.

 

As a leading actress, her first movie was Choti Bahen followed by Dev Anand’s double role movie Hum dono. Both movies were hit at box office with lovely songs. She did a significant role in Kanoon and she won her second best actress supporting role for the movie ‘Achal’. These movies placed her in the top list of Bollywood heroines. She was most successful with Shashi Kapoor during 60’s. Most popular movie of Shashi Kapoor-Nanda combination was ‘Jab jab phool khile’ followed by hit movies Neend hamari Kwab tumhara, Mohabbat ise ko kehta hai, Raja Saab and Roota na karo. Jab jab phool khile was later remade in 1996 as Raja Hindusthani starring Aamir Khan and Karishma Kapoor. The songs ‘Pardesiyom se na’ and ‘Yeh sama’ were quite popular that time. People appreciated her role as a modern girl very much.

 

In 1965, suspense thriller Gumnaam was released. She was paired with Manoj Kumar and this movie is still considered as the best suspense thriller ever made in Bolywood. The title song ‘Gumnaam hai koi’ and a few other songs were quite popular that time. She has also done Shor and Mera kasoor kya hai opposite Manoj Kumar.

 

After Shashi kapoor, she was most successful with Rajesh Khanna. The movie ‘The train’ with the song ‘Gulabi aakhen’ was a hit followed by one night story - Itefaq and comedy movie Joru ka gulam. She had a few success movies with Jitendra, Rajendra Kumar and Sanjay Khan. During early 70’s, her movies began to fail at box office and she took a break from the industry. Later she returned in 80’s doing supporting actress roles in Prem rog and a few other movies.

 

Nanda had a short term relationship with Manmohan Desai, famous director. But before their marriage he committed suicide and she remains unmarried till now.  

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