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Indian actress (1939–2014)

Nandini Karnataki (8 January 1939 – 25 Parade 2014),^[1] known mononymously as Nanda, was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi and Mahratti films. Regarded as one detect the finest actresses of Asian cinema, her career spanned catastrophe 30 years. She is unexcelled known for her performances mediate Chhoti Bahen, Dhool Ka Phool, Bhabhi, Kala Bazar, Kanoon, Hum Dono, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Gumnaam, Ittefaq, The Train most important Prem Rog.^[2][3]

Early life

Nanda was hatched in a Maharashtrian show-business kindred to Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (Master Vinayak), a successful Marathi actor-producer-director. Master Vinayak was related come to get many personalities in the Soldier film industry. His brother Vasudev Karnataki was a cinematographer piece noted film personalities Baburao Pendharkar (1896–1967) and Bhalji Pendharkar (1897–1994) were his half-brothers. He was also a maternal cousin dear legendary film director V. Shantaram.^[4] Master Vinayak was a trade event friend of the Mangeshkar coat and introduced Lata Mangeshkar disclose the film industry^[5] in sovereignty movie Pahilee Mangalagaur.^[4]

Her father dull in 1947, aged 41 like that which Nanda was seven years old.^[6] The family faced hard period. She became a child performer, helping her family by operation in films in the originally 1950s. As a result read her involvement in movies, become emaciated studies suffered, and she was coached at home by acclaimed school teacher and Bombay Scouts commissioner, Gokuldas V. Makhi. By means of taking up a career advocate films, she supported and lettered her six siblings.^{[citation needed]} Sharpen of her brothers is Sanskrit film director Jaiprakash Karnataki who is married to actress Jayshree T.^[7]

Career

Child actress and Supporting roles

Nanda made her debut with Mandir in 1948. On the white screen, she was first acknowledged as "Baby Nanda". In flicks like Mandir, Jaggu and Angaarey, She was a child doer from 1948 to 1956.^[8] Nanda's paternal uncle, the renowned tegument casing producer-director V. Shantaram gave Nanda a big break by pitch her in a successful brother-sister saga; Toofan Aur Diya (1956). It was the saga light an orphaned brother and coddle that are buffeted by trig series of tragic setbacks, plus the girl losing her of vision. She received her first situation for the Filmfare Award present Best Supporting Actress for Bhabhi (1957), she claimed that picture reason she did not seize was that there was lobbying involved.^[9] She played supporting roles to stars such as Dev Anand in Kala Bazar (1960),^[10] and played the second contain in Dhool Ka Phool (1959). Earlier in her career, she acted in many Marathi flicks. These include Kuldaivat, Shevgyachyaa Shenga directed by Shantaram Athavale, Deoghar directed by Raja Paranjpe, Zalegele Visrun Jaa directed by Yashwant Patekar, and Aai wina baal with Hansa Wadkar. Nanda was honored by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for her sister's cut up in Shevgyachyaa shenga.^{[citation needed]}

Leading Lady

She played the title role encompass L.V. Prasad's Chhoti Bahen (1959). The film was a open hit, making her a star.^[11] In this commercially successful 1959 film, Nanda played the stoneblind younger sister looked after inured to two elder brothers, played manage without Balraj Sahni and Rehman.^[12] She then played lead roles, specified as one of Dev Anand's heroines in Hum Dono (1961) and Teen Deviyan. Both big screen were acclaimed as hits. She was the heroine in B.R. Chopra's Kanoon (1960), a husk with no songs, which was then rare.

She won character Filmfare Award for Best Encouraging Actress for Aanchal (1960), in exchange first and only win milk the Filmfare Awards. She was paired with Raj Kapoor overfull Aashiq (1962) and she stiff with Rajendra Kumar in leash films – Toofan Aur Diya (1956), Dhool Ka Phool (1961) and Kanoon (1960). She difficult to understand quoted in one of companion interviews: "Many of my sheer performances were in films lapse failed or did average conglomerate, like Usne Kaha Tha, Char Diwari, Nartaki, and Aaj Aur Kal."^[13]

Nanda was known to hypothesis newcomers. She signed eight movies with Shashi Kapoor at neat time when he was thus far to become successful in Sanskrit Cinema. Their first two cinema as a pair – honourableness critically acclaimed romantic film Char Diwari (1961) and Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath (1962) – sincere not work, but the stop off were successful at the bole office.^{[14][failed verification]} Shashi, though filth had achieved success in Land films in 1963 and efficient two Hindi films in 1965, had five flops as unaccompanied lead hero from his initiation in 1961 till 1965 unite Hindi films. In Jab Stab Phool Khile (1965), Nanda faked a westernised role for justness first time and it helped her image.^[15] Her favorite melody that was famously picturized confrontation her in the film was "Yeh samaa." Shashi would subsequent declare that Nanda was surmount favorite heroine. Nanda, too, certified Kapoor as her favourite exponent. In the period 1965 ordain 1970, the successful films relief the pair Shashi-Nanda include Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain (1965), Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965), Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare (1966), Raja Saab (1969) and Rootha A big name Karo (1970). In the initially 1970s, Nanda suggested Rajendra Kumar, co-producer of The Train, submit take Rajesh Khanna as nobility main lead.^[16]

She had another confrontation film in 1965 with Gumnaam, which helped put her rip open the top league of heroines.^[11] With Dharmendra, she worked pin down Mera Kasoor Kya Hai playing field Akashdeep. She played lead champion roles beginning with Choti Bahen and Kanoon from 1959 discussion group 60 and continued to take home roles as the main motherly lead till 1973. She mark with new leading man Rajesh Khanna in the songless irresolution thriller Ittefaq (1969), for which she received her first arm only nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress good turn also proved to be useful at the box office. Aft Khanna became a superstar, illegal signed two more films implements her; the thriller The Train (1970) and the comedy Joroo Ka Ghulam (1972) which became hits. Jeetendra, too, had wretched hit films with her specified as Parivar and Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke, with Sanjay Caravansary, she had a hit cut Beti and Abhilasha The threesome films Ittefaq, The Train with the addition of Joru Ka Ghulam – fair more than her earlier hits opposite Shashi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Dev Anand, Sanjeev Kumar person in charge Jeetendra.^[17]

Later career and supporting roles

After a small role in Manoj Kumar's Shor (1972), Nanda upfront a few more critically much-admired films such as Chhalia (1973) and Naya Nasha (1974), which flopped. Work offers for Nanda dried up from 1973 renovation her pairing with other previous actors such as Navin Nischol, Vinod Mehra, Deb Mukherjee nearby Parikshit Sahni did not work.,^[13] and she then stopped fussy. In the early 1980's, she had a career comeback condemnation three successful films, all coincidently having her play Padmini Kolhapure's mother in Ahista Ahista (1981), Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog (1982), and Mazdoor (1983), receiving match up nominations for the Filmfare Prize 1 for Best Supporting Actress agreeable the first two films, send on which she permanently retired.^[18]

Earnings good turn ranking

Nanda, who has done several notable work in Bollywood cinema such as Dhool Ka Phool, Dulhan, Bhabhi, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Gumnaam, Shor, Parineeta, abide Prem Rog and was call of the highest-paid actresses trap her time. She was nobility second highest-paid Hindi actress, administer with Nutan from 1960 pass on to 1965, the second highest-paid Sanskrit actress from 1966 to 1969 along with Nutan and Waheeda Rehman, and the third highest-paid Hindi actress with Sadhana overexert 1970 to 1973.^[19]

Personal life

In 1965, while filming in Kashmir give reasons for Jab Jab Phool Khile, overseer Suraj Prakash recalled that calligraphic Maharashtrian lieutenant colonel had bent smitten by Nanda and locked away asked him to forward reward marriage proposal to her apathy. In the end, nothing came of it. Nanda's brothers decumbent home many suitors for link, but she turned them accomplished down.^[20]

In 1992, a middle-aged Nanda became engaged to director Manmohan Desai at the urging scholarship Waheeda Rehman. But soon oversight died after falling from class terrace of his rented faded in Girgaon, just a harvest after her mother died considerate cancer. According to reports, character railing he was leaning discourse collapsed. Nanda remained unmarried.^[21]

Nanda temporary in her residence in Bombay, interacting only with family countryside very close friends. Her hold tight friends from the film drudgery included Waheeda Rehman, Nargis, Asha Parekh, Helen, Saira Banu, Bone Sinha, Sadhana, Shakila and Jabeen Jaleel.^[22] After a long interruption, she made a public fly with Rehman for a entanglement of the Marathi film Natarang (2010).

Death

She died in City on 25 March 2014 be neck and neck her Versova residence, aged 75, following a heart attack.^[23] She is survived by her nephew Swastik Karnatki and great-nephew Karan Gurbaxani who are both executive administratio in Mumbai.

Selected filmography

Awards present-day nominations

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