Nanda (8 January 1939 – 25 March 2014) :
Published on May 14, 2013
Nanda
(January 8, 1939, - March 25,2014) was born on to a Marathi-speaking
family in Bombay. Her dad was actor Master Vinayak, and mom's name was
Meenaxi. She has two brothers and a sister, who married into the
Sindhi-speaking Gurbaxani family.
She starred with Shashi Kapoor in a lot of films while he was a newcomer, but they were not successful. But they later had a super hit with Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965). In this film Nanda played a westernised role for the first time and it helped her image.Her favorite song that was famously picturized on her in the film was "Yeh Samaa." Shashi Kapoor later declared that Nanda was his favorite heroine. Also, Nanda too, declared Shashi Kapoor as her favourite hero. She also has some more films with Shashi Kapoor to her credit. They are Mehandi Lagi Mere Haath, Raja Saab and Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare. She also had a second hit film in 1965 with Gumnaam, which helped put her in the top league of heroines.With Manoj Kumar, she further worked in Mera Kasoor Kya Hai. She would continue to play heroine roles throughout the 1960s and signed with new leading men, such as Rajesh Khanna in the songless suspense thriller Ittefaq (1969) for which she received a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. After Khanna became a star, he signed two more films with her, the thriller The Train (1970) and a comedy Joroo Ka Ghulam (1972). Jeetendra too did some films with her like Parivar with Sanjay Khan.
After a small role in Manoj Kumar's Shor (1972),Nanda did few more films such as Chhalia (1973), Naya Nasha (1974), then stopped appearing in films. In 1982, she came back in three films, all coincidentally playing heroine Padmini Kolhapure's mother in Ahista Ahista (1981 film), Mazdoor and Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog. Then she permanently retired from acting.
She has been close friends with actress Waheeda Rehman, ever since they co-starred in Kaala Bazaar. In 1965, when she was filming Jab Jab Phool Khile, director Suraj Prakash recalled that a very handsome Maharashtrian Lieutenant Colonel had been smitten by Nanda and had asked him to forward his marriage proposal to her mother, but in the end, nothing came of it. Nanda's brothers also brought home many suitors for her, but she turned them down. In 1992, a middle-aged Nanda became engaged to director Manmohan Desai at the urging of her best friend actress Waheeda Rehman. Today, Nanda lives in her residence in Mumbai interacting only with family and close friends, such as Saira Banu. After a long time she made a public appearance with Waheeda Rehman for screening of Marathi film Natarang.
She starred with Shashi Kapoor in a lot of films while he was a newcomer, but they were not successful. But they later had a super hit with Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965). In this film Nanda played a westernised role for the first time and it helped her image.Her favorite song that was famously picturized on her in the film was "Yeh Samaa." Shashi Kapoor later declared that Nanda was his favorite heroine. Also, Nanda too, declared Shashi Kapoor as her favourite hero. She also has some more films with Shashi Kapoor to her credit. They are Mehandi Lagi Mere Haath, Raja Saab and Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare. She also had a second hit film in 1965 with Gumnaam, which helped put her in the top league of heroines.With Manoj Kumar, she further worked in Mera Kasoor Kya Hai. She would continue to play heroine roles throughout the 1960s and signed with new leading men, such as Rajesh Khanna in the songless suspense thriller Ittefaq (1969) for which she received a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. After Khanna became a star, he signed two more films with her, the thriller The Train (1970) and a comedy Joroo Ka Ghulam (1972). Jeetendra too did some films with her like Parivar with Sanjay Khan.
After a small role in Manoj Kumar's Shor (1972),Nanda did few more films such as Chhalia (1973), Naya Nasha (1974), then stopped appearing in films. In 1982, she came back in three films, all coincidentally playing heroine Padmini Kolhapure's mother in Ahista Ahista (1981 film), Mazdoor and Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog. Then she permanently retired from acting.
She has been close friends with actress Waheeda Rehman, ever since they co-starred in Kaala Bazaar. In 1965, when she was filming Jab Jab Phool Khile, director Suraj Prakash recalled that a very handsome Maharashtrian Lieutenant Colonel had been smitten by Nanda and had asked him to forward his marriage proposal to her mother, but in the end, nothing came of it. Nanda's brothers also brought home many suitors for her, but she turned them down. In 1992, a middle-aged Nanda became engaged to director Manmohan Desai at the urging of her best friend actress Waheeda Rehman. Today, Nanda lives in her residence in Mumbai interacting only with family and close friends, such as Saira Banu. After a long time she made a public appearance with Waheeda Rehman for screening of Marathi film Natarang.
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