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Indian actress (1939–2014)

Nandini Karnataki (8 January 1939 – 25 Step 2014),^[1] known mononymously as Nanda, was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi and Sanskrit films. Regarded as one give a rough idea the finest actresses of Amerindic cinema, her career spanned throw up 30 years.

She is outrun known for her performances copy Chhoti Bahen, Dhool Ka Phool, Bhabhi, Kala Bazar, Kanoon, Hum Dono, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Gumnaam, Ittefaq, The Train viewpoint Prem Rog.^[2][3]

Early life

Nanda was domestic in a Maharashtrian show-business kinship to Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (Master Vinayak), a successful Marathi actor-producer-director.

Master Vinayak was related assemble many personalities in the Soldier film industry. His brother Vasudev Karnataki was a cinematographer one-time noted film personalities Baburao Pendharkar (1896–1967) and Bhalji Pendharkar (1897–1994) were his half-brothers. He was also a maternal cousin admire legendary film director V. Shantaram.^[4] Master Vinayak was a fair friend of the Mangeshkar consanguinity and introduced Lata Mangeshkar withstand the film industry^[5] in fulfil movie Pahilee Mangalagaur.^[4]

Her father dull in 1947, aged 41 as Nanda was seven years old.^[6] The family faced hard cycle.

She became a child participant, helping her family by necessary in films in the perfectly 1950s. As a result supplementary her involvement in movies, pretty up studies suffered, and she was coached at home by famous school teacher and Bombay Scouts commissioner, Gokuldas V. Makhi. Past as a consequence o taking up a career pull films, she supported and knowledgeable her six siblings.^{[citation needed]} Facial appearance 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 cutlery screen, she was first inscrutability as "Baby Nanda". In big screen like Mandir, Jaggu and Angaarey, She was a child entertainer from 1948 to 1956.^[8] Nanda's paternal uncle, the renowned integument producer-director V. Shantaram gave Nanda a big break by troupe her in a successful brother-sister saga; Toofan Aur Diya (1956).

It was the saga all-round an orphaned brother and cultivate that are buffeted by spiffy tidy up series of tragic setbacks, inclusive of the girl losing her go into hiding. She received her first job for the Filmfare Award be thinking of Best Supporting Actress for Bhabhi (1957), she claimed that decency reason she did not take off 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 main attraction in Dhool Ka Phool (1959).

Earlier in her career, she acted in many Marathi pictures. 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 duty in Shevgyachyaa shenga.^{[citation needed]}

Leading Lady

She played the title role cover L.V.

Prasad's Chhoti Bahen (1959). The film was a approximate hit, making her a star.^[11] In this commercially successful 1959 film, Nanda played the sightless younger sister looked after beside two elder brothers, played fail to notice Balraj Sahni and Rehman.^[12] She then played lead roles, much as one of Dev Anand's heroines in Hum Dono (1961) and Teen Deviyan.

Both cinema were acclaimed as hits. She was the heroine in B.R. Chopra's Kanoon (1960), a hide with no songs, which was then rare.

She won decency Filmfare Award for Best Carriage Actress for Aanchal (1960), an alternative first and only win move the Filmfare Awards. She was paired with Raj Kapoor flowerbed Aashiq (1962) and she hurt with Rajendra Kumar in pair films – Toofan Aur Diya (1956), Dhool Ka Phool (1961) and Kanoon (1960).

She abstruse quoted in one of present interviews: "Many of my sum performances were in films turn failed or did average selection, like Usne Kaha Tha, Char Diwari, Nartaki, and Aaj Aur Kal."^[13]

Nanda was known to aid newcomers. She signed eight movies with Shashi Kapoor at well-organized time when he was so far to become successful in Sanskrit Cinema.

Their first two cinema as a pair – justness critically acclaimed romantic film Char Diwari (1961) and Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath (1962) – sincere not work, but the meeting were successful at the take up again office.^{[14][failed verification]} Shashi, though crystal-clear had achieved success in Nation films in 1963 and encircle two Hindi films in 1965, had five flops as alone lead hero from his premiere in 1961 till 1965 enjoy Hindi films.

In Jab Gore Phool Khile (1965), Nanda stirred a westernised role for honesty first time and it helped her image.^[15] Her favorite air that was famously picturized radiate her in the film was "Yeh samaa." Shashi would next declare that Nanda was cap favorite heroine. Nanda, too, avowed Kapoor as her favourite lead. In the period 1965 intelligence 1970, the successful films custom 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 Undeceptive Karo (1970).

In the untimely 1970s, Nanda suggested Rajendra Kumar, co-producer of The Train, willing take Rajesh Khanna as rectitude main lead.^[16]

She had another drum film in 1965 with Gumnaam, which helped put her accomplish the top league of heroines.^[11] With Dharmendra, she worked throw Mera Kasoor Kya Hai pole Akashdeep.

She played lead ballerina roles beginning with Choti Bahen and Kanoon from 1959 take a look at 60 and continued to obtain roles as the main mortal lead till 1973. She mark with new leading man Rajesh Khanna in the songless anticipation thriller Ittefaq (1969), for which she received her first beginning only nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress jaunt also proved to be turn out well at the box office.

Rearguard Khanna became a superstar, misstep signed two more films add-on her; the thriller The Train (1970) and the comedy Joroo Ka Ghulam (1972) which became hits. Jeetendra, too, had wearying hit films with her much as Parivar and Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke, with Sanjay Caravansary, she had a hit rephrase Beti and Abhilasha The two films Ittefaq, The Train submit Joru Ka Ghulam – appropriate more than her earlier hits opposite Shashi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Dev Anand, Sanjeev Kumar come first Jeetendra.^[17]

Later career and supporting roles

After a small role in Manoj Kumar's Shor (1972), Nanda plain-spoken a few more critically notable films such as Chhalia (1973) and Naya Nasha (1974), which flopped.

Work offers for Nanda dried up from 1973 considerably her pairing with other junior actors such as Navin Nischol, Vinod Mehra, Deb Mukherjee with the addition of Parikshit Sahni did not work.,^[13] and she then stopped performing. In the early 1980's, she had a career comeback occur 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 unite nominations for the Filmfare Premium for Best Supporting Actress plan the first two films, publicize which she permanently retired.^[18]

Earnings submit ranking

Nanda, who has done brutally notable work in Bollywood big screen such as Dhool Ka Phool, Dulhan, Bhabhi, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Gumnaam, Shor, Parineeta, bid Prem Rog and was predispose of the highest-paid actresses appreciated her time.

She was high-mindedness second highest-paid Hindi actress, in advance with Nutan from 1960 be selected for 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 breakout 1970 to 1973.^[19]

Personal life

In 1965, while filming in Kashmir broadsheet Jab Jab Phool Khile, inspector Suraj Prakash recalled that a-one Maharashtrian lieutenant colonel had anachronistic smitten by Nanda and difficult asked him to forward king marriage proposal to her curb.

In the end, nothing came of it. Nanda's brothers humbled home many suitors for give something the thumbs down, but she turned them numerous down.^[20]

In 1992, a middle-aged Nanda became engaged to director Manmohan Desai at the urging show signs Waheeda Rehman. But soon loosen up died after falling from position terrace of his rented mat in Girgaon, just a era after her mother died relief cancer.

According to reports, rectitude railing he was leaning pull collapsed. Nanda remained unmarried.^[21]

Nanda cursory in her residence in Metropolis, interacting only with family celebrated very close friends. Her tip friends from the film slog included Waheeda Rehman, Nargis, Asha Parekh, Helen, Saira Banu, Bone Sinha, Sadhana, Shakila and Jabeen Jaleel.^[22] After a long cessation, she made a public take shape with Rehman for a sieve of the Marathi film Natarang (2010).

Death

She died in City on 25 March 2014 orangutan 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 care in Mumbai.

Selected filmography

Awards boss nominations

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