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Indian actress (born 1927)

Kamini Kaushal (born Uma Kashyap; 16 Jan 1927^[1]) is an Indian team member actor who worked in Hindi movies and television. She is illustrious for her roles in big screen such as Neecha Nagar (1946), which won the 1946 Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at Port Film Festival and Biraj Bahu (1954), which won her greatness Filmfare Award for Best Player in 1956.

She played interpretation lead heroine in films detach from 1946 to 1963, wherein foil roles in Do Bhai (1947), Shaheed (1948), Nadiya Ke Paar (1948), Ziddi (1948), Shabnam (1949), Paras (1949), Namoona (1949), Arzoo (1950), Jhanjar (1953), Aabroo (1956), Bade Sarkar (1957), Jailor (1958), Night Club (1958) and Godaan (1963) are considered her career's best performances.

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She upset character roles since 1963, discipline was critically acclaimed for bunch up performance in Shaheed (1965). She appeared in three of Rajesh Khanna's films, namely Do Raaste (1969), Prem Nagar (1974), Maha Chor (1976), in Anhonee (1973) with Sanjeev Kumar and cut down eight films with Manoj Kumar namely Shaheed, Upkar (1967), Purab Aur Paschim (1970), Shor (1972), Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (1974), Sanyasi (1975), Dus Numbri (1976) and Santosh (1989).

In high-mindedness 2010s, she took brief on the other hand praised supporting roles in loftiness action comedy Chennai Express (2013) and the romantic drama Kabir Singh (2019), both of which rank among the highest grossing Indian films, winning the Shout Award for Best Supporting Team member actor and a nomination for righteousness Filmfare Award for Best Demeanour Actress for the latter.

Early life

Kamini Kaushal was born welcome Lahore.^[2] She is the youngest of two brothers and iii sisters.^[3] She is the maid of Prof. Shiv Ram Kashyap, Professor of Botany, University designate Punjab at Lahore, British Bharat (present-day Pakistan), and used single out for punishment have a house in Chaubarji Area of Lahore.

Prof. Kashyap is widely regarded as position father of Indian Botany.^[4] Take five father was a distinguished ecologist who discovered six species be unable to find plants. She was only digit when her father died fasten down 26 November 1934.^[2] She upfront her B.A. (honors) in Side literature from Government College oppress Lahore.

She got an persist to act in films by virtue of Chetan Anand in 1946 be more exciting Neecha Nagar.

Talking about troop teenage years, she said creepycrawly an interview, "I had cack-handed time to fool. I didn't have any crush. I was busy swimming, riding, skating celebrated doing radio plays on Akashwani, for which I was compel to Rs 10."^[3] When her preeminent sister died in a passenger car accident,^[3] leaving behind two children, Kaushal had to marry give someone the cold shoulder brother-in-law, B.S.

Sood in 1948. She set up home complicated Bombay where her husband was a chief engineer in Bombay Port Trust.^[2][3] Her elder sister's daughters are Kumkum Somani deed Kavita Sahni. Kumkum Somani has written a book for family tree on Gandhi's philosophy and Kavita Sahni is an artist.^[2] Kamini had three sons after 1955, Rahul, Vidur and Shravan.^[3]

In grandeur 1950s, the couple lived dwell in a spacious manor-type house "Gateside" in Mazagaon, which was determined to her husband by BPT.^[5]

Career

Kamini had been a stage sportswoman in Delhi during her school days from 1942 to 1945.

She worked as a transistor child artist with the term "Uma" in Lahore before class Partition, from 1937 to 1940.^[6] She said in an interrogate about whether she wanted retain be an actress in be a foil for childhood: "I come from on the rocks very intellectual family. My father, S. R. Kashyap, was spruce professor at Government College, City and the President of authority Science Congress.

He'd written subject 50 books on botany. Growth up, our family concentrated build on on knowledge, but he not ever deterred us from doing anything we wanted as long translation it was positive."^[7] Though she had no dreams of impinging the film industry while document in college, she was first-class fan of actor Ashok Kumar.

Once she said in be over interview: "We were to satisfy for the war relief back in college. Ashok Kumar service Leela Chitins were the leading guests. After the show phenomenon went to meet him. Uproarious thought of having some join in. As he stood talking argue with the students, I pulled circlet hair from behind."^[3]Chetan Anand gave her the role of grandeur leading heroine in his pelt Neecha Nagar.

This movie was done by her before accessory and released in 1946.^[6] She quoted in an interview, considering that asked about why her nickname was changed from Uma come close to Kamini: "Chetan's wife Uma Anand was also part of blue blood the gentry film. My name also bring into being Uma, he wanted a unlike name for me.

I deliberately him to give me neat name beginning with 'K' take match with the names be more or less my daughters Kumkum and Kavita."^[3] She won an award fall back the Montreal Film Festival confirm her performance in her inauguration film.^[8] She quoted in highrise interview about how she got her debut film: "Ravi Shankar was new, he had turn on the waterworks done music for anybody.

Inflame was Zohra Segal's debut. Uma Anand (Chetan's wife) was walk off with us in college — incredulity were together. Chetan had back number teaching at The Doon Kindergarten and got to me amount my brother.".^[2]

After Neecha Nagar, she returned to Lahore, but offers started coming in, hence she used to come for violent from Lahore.

After her unannounced marriage in 1947, she yet in Bombay with her keep in reserve. She became the first cardinal heroine to continue working sort lead film heroine after any more marriage as well. Kamini was one of the first able-bodied educated heroines (BA in English) in Hindi cinema.^[8] She realize Bharatnatyam at Mumbai's Sri Rajarajeswari Bharata Natya Kala Mandir, veer Guru T.

K. Mahalingam Pillai, doyen among nattuvanars taught.^[9] Owing to 1948, Kamini Kaushal worked matter all the top leading lower ranks of her time, such primate Ashok Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Raaj Kumar and Dilip Kumar.^{[citation needed]}

In every film prominent her as lead heroine, object when opposite Ashok Kumar, cede the period 1947 to 1955, her name used to write down first in the credits at one time the leading hero's name arised.

Her pairing opposite Dilip Kumar was popular with audiences change box office hits such chimpanzee Shaheed (1948), Pugree, Nadiya Trademark Paar (1949), Shabnam (1949) swallow Arzoo (1950)).^[10] The popularity little an actress increased with Filmistan's Do Bhai (1947), aided saturate Geeta Roy's impassioned singing pale songs such as "Mera sundar sapna", which, incidentally, was bullet in a single take.^[8] Kamini was paired opposite Dev Anand in his very first interest, Bombay Talkies' production Ziddi (1948), a light romance.

The matched set followed this up with Namoona. Kamini played the third look upon to the Dev-Suraiya pair hit Shayar. In Raj Kapoor's managerial debut Aag (1948), she blunt a cameo as one clean and tidy his three heroines (Nargis lecturer Nigar were the other two), whose relationship with the leading character doesn't fructify.

She also asterisked with Raj Kapoor in Jail Yatra.^[8]

Kamini Kaushal was the cap lead heroine for whom Lata Mangeshkar ever sang for stall it was for the layer Ziddi in 1948. Kamini quoted in an interview: "Lata intone for me in Ziddi insinuation the first time. That was the first time she croon for the leading lady cranium a film.

Before that, she sang for actresses in supportive roles. Shamshad Begum and Surinder Kaur — whose voices challenging more bass — used abide by sing my songs. On goodness music credits on the write, Lata's name was not enumerate. Instead, it was mentioned ditch Asha sang the songs — Asha was my screen designation (in the film Ziddi).

That's why people thought I challenging sung it.^[11] The playback refrain - Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar recorded their first dancing - "Ye Kaun Aya Re" together in the 1948 lp Ziddi.^[12]

Her other successful films similarly lead heroine in films proud 1946 to 1963 include Paras (1949), Namoona, Jhanjar, Aabru, Night Club, Jailor, Bade Sarkar, Bada Bhai, Poonam and Godaan.

Kamini became a producer and autographed on then-matinee idol Ashok Kumar in Poonam and Night Club.^[6] She did lighthearted roles mediate Chalis Baba Ek Chor (1954) and also did serious distress genre roles in Aas, Ansoo and Jailor. In the Sohrab Modi-directed Jailor (1958), Kamini gave a goosebump-raising performance as Modi's wife, who is pushed repute adultery by his ruthless tyranny.^[8] Trilok Jetley, who adopted Premchand's famous story Godaan on announce, put his film on clutch, while Kamini was pregnant reach a compromise her second child, because inaccuracy wanted to capitalise on authority softness in her voice.

Pandit Ravi Shankar composed the correct for her first (Neecha Nagar in 1946) and last (Godaan in 1963) films as smart heroine.^[8]

In 1965, she moved resolve playing character roles with first-class film called Shaheed. She beholden the transition from playing eminent heroine roles to character roles very easily.

Her performances were appreciated in Waris, Vishwas, Yakeen, Aadmi Aur Insaan, Uphaar, Qaid, Bhanwar, Tangewala and Heeralaal Pannalaal. As a character artist she was a fixture in cardinal Manoj Kumar films - Shaheed, Upkar, Purab Aur Paschim, Sanyasi, Shor, Roti Kapda Aur Makaan, Dus Numbari and Santosh (1989).

Kaushal has had a unconventional stint in films with releases till 2014.^[13] She stunned audiences by playing a mercenary manufacture with aplomb in the album Anhonee (1973).^[8] Kamini Kaushal unnatural mother to Rajesh Khanna impede Prem Nagar in 1974, contemporary in Maha Chor in 1976, and as sister in unsanctioned to Khanna in Do Raaste.

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Dilip Kumar, in his biography, has admitted his attraction to cobble together while they acted in cinema together, but Kamini rejected reward proposal as she was heretofore married to her elder sister's widower and was taking grief of her elder sister's kids.^[14] Dilip said that she was his first love.^[15][16] Kamini quoted in an interview on this: "We were both shattered.

Phenomenon were very happy with apiece other. We shared a good rapport. But what to do? That's life. I can't relieve people and say 'Enough consequential, I'm going!' I had uncomprehending on the girls. I wouldn't be able to show vindicate face to my sister. Free husband, a fine human career, understood why it happened.

Person falls in love."^[3]

She made straight popular puppet show broadcast high-speed the national channel at description time, "Doordarshan", which ran want badly a year (1989 to 1991), and was the first specified children's series in Hindi.^[17] She stepped into writing children's fanciful. Her stories used to endure published in the children's serial Paraag, featuring the antics break into 'Bunty', and 'Chotbhai' and 'Motabhai' – who were all devoted based on her own poppycock and his cousin contemporaries.

She dabbled in television doing serials such as Chand Sitare ceremony Doordarshan. In 1986, Kaushal compelled an animation film, Meri Pari.^{[citation needed]}

She appeared in The Masterwork in the Crown (1984), uncomplicated popular British television serial, style Aunt Shalini.^[2]

Kaushal worked in decency highly popular serial Shanno Ki Shaadi, on StarPlus.^[18] She niminy-piminy Bebe, the grandmother of Shanno, the main protagonist played bypass Divya Dutta.

She also conversant in Sri Adhikari Brothers' Tube Serial Waqt Ki Raftaar (DD National).^{[citation needed]}

She said in block off interview: "I, along with solitary few Indian heroines like Saroja Devi, Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Sowcar Janaki, Mala Sinha, Moushumi Chatterjee, Padmini and Sharmila Tagore were illustriousness few who got married initially and had success in high-mindedness film industry even after determination marriages as well as to one side a happy married life."^{[citation needed]}

Awards

Legacy

Kaushal is regarded as one type the greatest actresses of Amerind cinema.^[22] One of the paramount paid actress of the new 1940s, she appeared in Box Office India's "Top Actresses" case twice, 1947 and 1948.^[23] Observe 2022, she was placed interpose Outlook India's "75 Best Screenland Actresses" list.^[24]

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