Bindu

Bindu (born 17 April 1951) is an actress in Indian cinema who was popular in the 1970s, receiving several award nominations. She has acted in over 160 movies in a career that spanned four decades, and is most remembered for her role as Shabnam in Kati Patang (1970).

Bindu was born to film producer Nanubhai Desai and his wife Jyotsna at a small village called Hanuman Bhagda in the district of Valsad in the Western Indian state of Gujarat. Bindu's road to success was not an easy one. Her father died when she was 3. Being the eldest daughter, the burden of earning money fell on her shoulders.

Bindu made her debut in Anpadh (1962), playing a young college graduate. She would have been about 11 at the time, which places her birth date in dispute.

Bindu had early successes with Ittefaq and Do Raaste in 1969. From here she went on to write her success story with Shakti Samanta's Kati Patang (1970), where she had a sizzling cabaret dance, "Mera Naam Shabnam" to her credit; a number which is even today remembered as one of the highlights of the film.

Bindu's mesmerising performances in 1974 as a seductress in Imtihan, and as a nymphomaniac in Hawas, left audiences asking for more. With a string of hits behind her, she successfully managed to break out of the myth that married actresses usually do not go to become sex symbols, especially in the Hindi film industry. She is the third point in the 'holy trinity' of item number queens. Along with Helen and Aruna Irani, Bindu defined the Bollywood 'cabaret' dance number and the role of the 'Vamp'.

Bindu was much more than just a sex symbol. Her acting ability was seen in films like Hrishikesh Mukherjee's films Arjun Pandit and Abhimaan, where she won raves for playing a very sympathetic character. She proved to be just as convincing as the crippled woman in Chaitali and as the deglamorised role of wife to Ashok Kumar, in Arjun Pandit. She played the villain's moll in Zanjeer and became famous as Mona Darling.

An impending pregnancy, followed by an unfortunate miscarriage[according to whom?], brought about a lull in her career and on the advice of her doctors she had to end her stint as the glamorous 'vamp' – dancing and all. However, she did not stay away for long and returned to the silver screen with character roles – Hero, Biwi Ho To Aisi and Kishen Kanhaiya and with many other such movies she managed to re-establish herself as the unmerciful and cruel mother-in-law, or the cynical aunt.

In the later stages of her career, she made fewer on-screen appearances, like the ones in Shola Aur Shabnam, which highlighted her comic side, and followed with other light and funny performances in Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, Main Hoon Na, and Om Shanti Om.

Bindu married her childhood sweetheart and next door neighbour Champaklal Zaveri. She has no children. She currently resides in Koregaon Park, Pune. She's a member of Derby and often spotted at the race course at Pune.

Awards and Nominations :

• Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Ittefaq (1969)
• Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Do Raaste (1970)
• Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Dastaan (1972)
• Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Abhimaan (1973)
• Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Hawas (1974)
• Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Imtihan (1974)
• Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Arjun Pandit (1976)

Bindu's Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :


 

1. Aurat -1967 :
2. Doli  - 1969 :
3. Do Raaste - 1969 :
4. Ittefaq - 1969 :
5. Kati Patang  - 1970 :
6. Amar Prem - 1971 :
7. Dushman - 1971 : as Special Appearance
8. Mere Jeevan Saathi - 1972 :
9. Prem Nagar - 1974 :
10. Chalta Purza - 1977 :
11. Amar Deep - 1979 : as Asha
12. Naseeb - 1981 : as Special Appearance
13. Alag Alag - 1985 :
14. Om Shanti Om - 2007 : 

 

Dulari

Dulari (real name Ambika Gautam) (18 April 1928 – 18 January 2013) was an Indian film actress, who worked as character actor in Hindi cinema, appearing in 135 films, most notably Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai (1961), Mujhe Jeene Do (1963), Teesri Kasam (1967), Deewar (1975).

Forced to look for work after her father's illness, Dulari made her film debut with Hamari Baat (1943), produced by Bombay Talkies, and went to appear as a character actor in over 135 films in the following six decades. Her last screen appearance was in Ziddi (1997) directed by Guddu Dhanoa.

She married sound recordist J. B. Jagtap in 1952, and took a break from acting for nine years.

She died in an old age home in Pune, Maharashtra at the age of 86. She had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and was bedridden for over two years. Through the last years of her life Cine & TV Artistes Association (CINTAA) had started providing her financial assistance after veteran actress Waheeda Rehman brought up her case. She was survived by her daughter Charulata Jagtap and grandsons who have settled in Australia.

Dulari's Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

1. 1969 - Aradhana - as a doctor
2. 1971 - Maryada - as Lalita's mom
3. 1971 - Aan Milo Sajana

Farida Jalal

Farida Jalal (born 1949) is a veteran Indian actress, who has acted in over two-hundred Bollywood films. Known primarily for her work in Hindi cinema, she has also worked in Telugu, Tamil and English-language films.

Jalal began her career as a child artist in the 1963 melodrama Yeh Raaste Hain Pyar Ke, and her first role as an adult came in Taqdeer (1967). She went on to play leading and supporting roles in numerous motion pictures across the 1970s and 80s. She is widely remembered for her roles in Paras (1971), Henna (1991) and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), all of which garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She became a household name after portraying motherly roles and strong female characters in the 1990s and the early 2000s. She has also won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for her role in Mammo (1994). She won the Best Actress Award at 2012 Harlem International Film Festival for her role in A Gran Plan (2012).

She has successfully transitioned to numerous shows on Indian television alongside her work in films. Some of her notable works include the sitcom Shararat and Ammaji Ki Galli. Currently, she is seen in the soap opera Satrangi Sasural on channel Zee TV.

Farida Jalal, who was born in New Delhi, started her career in the 1960s, when she won the United Film Producers Talent Hunt sponsored by Filmfare. She along with Rajesh Khanna were chosen as finalists and were presented on stage as winners at the Filmfare Awards function. She got her first film offer for Taqdeer from Tarachand Barjatya who happened to be in the audience In an interview in 2014, she said, when asked her about initial part of her career, "I started my acting career when I was just out of my school St Joseph's Convent in Panchgani, in a film called Taqdeer. I took part in a talent contest and even won. Kaka (Rajesh Khanna) and I were the finalists. How was I to know that I'd soon be doing a film Aradhana with him?".

She usually played the sister or rejected fiancée of the male lead but almost never the female lead. One of her most critically acclaimed roles is in Bobby where she played the part of the mentally challenged would-be fiancée of Rishi Kapoor. During the 1980s, her roles progressed from sister and girlfriend to aunt, mother, or nani. She is also remembered for her part in Aradhana, in which she plays Rajesh Khanna's girlfriend, and sings the song "Bagon me bahar hai, kaliyon pe nikhar hai".

When asked as to how she started getting typecast as hero's sister, she quoted in an interview"It all started with Gopi where I was offered the greatest Mr Dilip Kumar's sister's role. Forget about refusing, I jumped at the offer. Even if I had the chance to just go and observe him on the set I'd have done it. I love the man. I remember during those days each and every actor was copying Dilip Saab whether it was Dharmendra, Jeetendra or Manoj Kumar. I was much in-demand as Dilip Saab's sister. Every hero wanted the same. Every actor wanted me to play his sister.Sometimes the sister was the film's heroine. The official heroine would just sing her songs whereas I had all the dramatic scenes. I got my recognition and the awards. In a film called Paras I was Sanjeev Kumar's sister. But I had a lot more to do than Raakhee-di who played the heroine. I got my first award for it. Then I got my second award for Majboor, a film written by Salimbhai and Javedbhai where Bachchan Saab played my brother. It was so heartening. Why would I want to be heroine when I was getting the stronger parts as the sister?"

She acted for over 40 years, only taking a break during 1983 and 1990, when she settled in Bangalore.

During the 1990s, Jalal had a part in many major hits in India, among them Raja Hindustani, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil To Pagal Hai, Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, for which she won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1995. Farida Jalal played the lead in film Mammo. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. Jalal won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance .She acted in many television serials, such as in the hit sitcom, Dekh Bahi Dekh.

She was grandly acclaimed for her role in the 1994 film Mammo, for which she received the Filmfare Best Performance Award. Earlier she was also nominated for 'Best Supporting Actress Award' for Amitabh Bachchan-Parveen Babi-Pran starrer 'Majboor' where she played Amitabh's handicapped sister.

Farida Jalal though could not get a major break as heroine against any big star except Rajesh Khanna in Aaradhana, but she played the lead role in Jeevan Rekha in which her husband Tabrez was the hero. Pran and Ajit were also in the film. A song of the film 'Yaar mere, meri baahon me aaja' by Mohammed Rafi from this film had become popular, and is still popular.

Jalal starred in Shararat (Thoda Jadu, Thodi Nazaakat), in which she played a leading role. The comedy is currently air on the Disney Channel.

In 2005, she co-hosted the 50th Filmfare Awards alongside Saif Ali Khan and Sonali Bendre, in Mumbai. In 2008, she made a special appearance in the Punjabi film Yaariyan. Recently, she appeared in the soap opera Balika Vadhu.

Jalal was married to actor Tabrez Barmavar, who hails from Bhatkal and died in September 2003; they have a son named Yaseen. She met her husband on the sets of Jeevan Rekha and fell in love in the course of the film and got married in November 1978. As she wasn’t getting too many film offers after marriage, they moved to Bangalore where her husband had a soap factory business. Her son Yaseen is not interested in acting but direction and has been putting together a project that should be ready by 2016.

Awards :

1972: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for: Paras (1971)

1972: Bengal Film Journalists Association Award for Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) for: Paras (1971)

1992: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for: Henna (1991)

1995: Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for: Mammo (1994)

1996: Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards - Best Actress (Hindi), Mammo (1994)

1996: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

2012: Harlem International Film Festival—Best Actress for A Gran Plan(2012)

Farida Jalal's Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

1. 1969 : Aradhana - as  Renu
2. 1971 : Amar Prem - as Mrs. Nandkishore Sharma
3. 1973 : Raja Rani - as  Anita
4. 1975 : Aakraman - as Asha
5. 1976 : Bandalbaaz - as Malti
6. 1977 : Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein - as Chhutki 

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Anita Guha

Anita Guha (Bengali; 1932 – 20 June 2007) was an Indian Bengali actress who usually played mythological characters in films. She became known for playing the title role in Jai Santoshi Maa (1975). Previously, she had played Sita in other mythological films Sampoorna Ramayana (1961), Shree Ram Bharat Milap (1965) and, Tulsi Vivah (1971). Besides this, she also played notable roles in films like Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959), Purnima (1965), Pyar Ki Rahen (1959), Gateway of India (1957), Dekh Kabira Roya (1957) and Sanjog (1961).

She came to Mumbai in the 1950s as a beauty pageant contestant, when she was 15 years old. She became an actress there and made her film debut in Tangewali (1955). She moved onto hit films like "Dekh Kabira Roya" (1957), Sharada (1957), and Goonj Uthi Shehnai, for which she earned her only Filmfare nomination of her career as Best Supporting Actress. In 1961, she appeared as Sita, in Babubhai Mistry's Sampoorna Ramayana, which made her a household name.

But it was her title role in Jai Santoshi Maa (1975) that brought her the most fame. She had never even heard of goddess Santoshi until she was offered the role, as this was a little-known goddess. It was only a guest appearance, and her scenes were shot 10–12 days. She fasted during the shooting. The low-budget pic was a surprise hit, and broke box office records while becoming a cultural phenomenon. The goddess Santoshi now became a famous goddess, and women all over India worshipped her. People treated the movie theatres showing Jai Santoshi Maa as a temple, bringing offerings of food, leaving slippers at the door. Guha claimed that people came to her asking her to bless them, as they perceived her to be a real goddess. However, she never became a devotee of the goddess herself, claiming that she was a devotee of the goddess Kali.

Other mythological films she acted in include "Kavi Kalidas" (1959), "Jai Dwarkadesh" (1977) and "Krishna Krishna" (1986). She wasn't happy that she became typecast as a mythological actress, because acting offers eventually stopped coming her way. Her earlier credits include period films such as "Sangeet Samrat Tansen" (1962), "Kan Kan Mein Bhagwan" (1963), "Veer Bhimsen" (1964). She played Rajesh Khanna's adoptive mother in the huge hit Aradhana (1969).

She was married to actor Manik Dutt; they had no children. After her husband's death, she lived alone in Mumbai where she died of cardiac failure on 20 June 2007. Anita Guha is the maternal aunt of actor Prema Narayan. Prema is the daughter of her sister Anuradha Guha

Anita Dutt's Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

1. 1969 - Aradhana :   as Mrs. Prasad Saxena
2. 1972 - Anuraag :  as Rajesh's Mother

Meena.T

Meena T is an actress and dancer, she appeared in Anari, Shor and Mahasati Savitri in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She is the sister of actress Jayshree T. and aunt of Shreyas Talpade.

Meena.T's Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

Raaz - 1967  

Shubha

Shubha is an Indian film actress who acted prominently in Malayalam films. She was a lead actress during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Hindi films.

She is born to Telugu film actor and director Vedantam Raghavaiah and Suryaprabha who was also an actress at Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. She has 5 sisters and a brother. Her aunt Pushpavalli was also a Telugu actress who was married to Gemini Ganeshan. Shubha's cousin Rekha is an actress in Hindi movies.

Shubha's Hindi Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

Aan Milo Sajna (1970)
 

Shashikala

Shashikala Om Prakash Saigal (née Jawalkar; Marathi: शशिकला : born 4 August 1932), better known by her first name, is an Indian film and television actress, who has played supporting roles in over 100 Bollywood films.

Shashikala was one of six children born in Solapur, Maharashtra to a well-to-do Marathi-speaking Jawalkar family. By age 5, she had already been dancing, singing, and acting on stage in many towns in Solapur district. When Shashikala was in her pre-teens, through ill luck, her father became bankrupt, and he brought his family to Bombay (now Mumbai) where they thought that Shashikala, the best-looking and most-talented among his children, could find work in movies. For some time, the family lived with friends and barely survived, while Shashikala wandered from one studio to another looking for work. She earned in bits and pieces till she met Noor Jehan, the reigning screen queen.

Noor Jehan's husband, Shaukat Hussain Rizvi, was making a movie Zeenat then, and included Shashikala in a qawwali scene. She received 25 rupees for her role. She struggled on and got small roles in movies made by P. N. Arora, Amiya Chakravarti, and a few other producers. She got roles in V. Shantaram's Teen Batti Char Raasta (1953) and a few other movies. While in her early twenties, Shashikala met and married Om Prakash Saigal, who belonged to the Kundan Lal Saigal family, and had two daughters.

Acclaimed supporting roles

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In 1959 she appeared in Bimal Roy's Sujata. In Tarachand Barjatya's Arati (1962), starring Meena Kumari, Ashok Kumar, and Pradeep Kumar, Shashikala portrayed a negative role, eventually winning a Filmfare Award. Soon after, offers began to pour in to her for supporting roles. She appeared in Junglee, Anupama, Phool Aur Patthar, Ayi Milan Ki Bela, Gumrah, Waqt, and Khubsoorat. While her female lead costars usually played roles of good-natured, modest, or pious women, Shashikala usually played either flighty and feisty bubbly women or vamps who plotted the downfall of others. Later in her acting career, she would typically play the role of a sister or mother-in-law. She performed in supporting roles in more than 100 films.

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In the past ten years, she has performed in a few television serials, including Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai for Sony, Apnaapan for Zee TV, Dil Deke Dekho for Star Plus and Son Pari for Star Plus. She had roles in Mother ‘98, Pardesi Babu, Baadshah, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi and Chori Chori.

Shashikala has received eight nominations for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award and won the award twice:

1962: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, for a role in Aarti

1963: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, for a role in Gumrah

She received several awards for Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) at the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards - for Aarti in 1963, for Gumrah in 1964, for Rahgir in 1970.

Shashikala Jawalkar received the Padma Shri award (the fourth highest civilian award) in the year 2007 for her contribution to Indian Cinema. When she received the award, she said, "I have been recognized for this award very late, and indeed, I should have got this award long back." She received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the V. Shantaram Awards in 2009.

Shashikala's Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

1. Souten (1983) .... Renu Prannath Pasha
2. Phir Wohi Raat (1980) .... Aunty
3. Chhoti Bahu (1971) .... Paro.

Manisha

  Manisha's Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

1)  Bawarchi - 1972
2)  Joroo Ka Ghulam - 1972
3)  Namak Haram - 1973