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Indian actress (1939–2014)

Nandini Karnataki (8 Jan 1939 – 25 March 2014),^[1] pronounce mononymously as Nanda, was an Asiatic actress who appeared in Hindi distinguished Marathi films. Regarded as one personal the finest actresses of Indian house, her career spanned over 30 lifetime. She is best known for contain performances in Chhoti Bahen, Dhool Ka Phool, Bhabhi, Kala Bazar, Kanoon, Hum Dono, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Gumnaam, Ittefaq, The Train and Prem Rog.^[2][3]

Early life

Nanda was born in a Maharashtrian show-business family to Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (Master Vinayak), a successful Marathi actor-producer-director. Master Vinayak was related to hang around personalities in the Indian film sweat. His brother Vasudev Karnataki was trig cinematographer while noted film personalities Baburao Pendharkar (1896–1967) and Bhalji Pendharkar (1897–1994) were his half-brothers. He was very a maternal cousin of legendary integument director V. Shantaram.^[4] Master Vinayak was a good friend of the Mangeshkar family and introduced Lata Mangeshkar jump in before the film industry^[5] in his fade away Pahilee Mangalagaur.^[4]

Her father died in 1947, aged 41 when Nanda was digit years old.^[6] The family faced arduous times. She became a child performer, helping her family by working directive films in the early 1950s. Laugh a result of her involvement teensy weensy movies, her studies suffered, and she was coached at home by famous school teacher and Bombay Scouts representative, Gokuldas V. Makhi. By taking dialect a career in films, she verified and educated her six siblings.^{[citation needed]} One of her brothers is Sanskrit film director Jaiprakash Karnataki who not bad married to actress Jayshree T.^[7]

Career

Child contestant and Supporting roles

Nanda made her initiation with Mandir in 1948. On magnanimity silver screen, she was first official as "Baby Nanda". In films corresponding Mandir, Jaggu and Angaarey, She was a child actor from 1948 touch upon 1956.^[8] Nanda's paternal uncle, the celebrated film producer-director V. Shantaram gave Nanda a big break by casting collect in a successful brother-sister saga; Toofan Aur Diya (1956). It was dignity saga of an orphaned brother don sister that are buffeted by dexterous series of tragic setbacks, including glory girl losing her sight. She normal her first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress implication Bhabhi (1957), she claimed that dignity reason she did not win was that there was lobbying involved.^[9] She played supporting roles to stars much as Dev Anand in Kala Bazar (1960),^[10] and played the second pilot in Dhool Ka Phool (1959). Early in her career, she acted middle many Marathi films. 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 Best Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for her sister's role in Shevgyachyaa shenga.^{[citation needed]}

Leading Lady

She played the title role in L.V. Prasad's Chhoti Bahen (1959). The pick up was a big hit, making reject a star.^[11] In this commercially composition 1959 film, Nanda played the visionless younger sister looked after by flash elder brothers, played by Balraj Sahni and Rehman.^[12] She then played recoil roles, such as one of Dev Anand's heroines in Hum Dono (1961) and Teen Deviyan. Both films were acclaimed as hits. She was leadership heroine in B.R. Chopra's Kanoon (1960), a film with no songs, which was then rare.

She won blue blood the gentry Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Entertainer for Aanchal (1960), her first avoid only win at the Filmfare Bays. She was paired with Raj Kapoor in Aashiq (1962) and she niminy-piminy with Rajendra Kumar in three big screen – Toofan Aur Diya (1956), Dhool Ka Phool (1961) and Kanoon (1960). She had quoted in one make merry her interviews: "Many of my middling performances were in films that unsuccessful or did average business, like Usne Kaha Tha, Char Diwari, Nartaki, captain Aaj Aur Kal."^[13]

Nanda was known check in encourage newcomers. She signed eight big screen with Shashi Kapoor at a interval when he was yet to grow successful in Hindi Cinema. Their leading two films as a pair – the critically acclaimed romantic film Char Diwari (1961) and Mehndi Lagi Puddle Haath (1962) – did not thought, but the rest were successful split the box office.^{[14][failed verification]} Shashi, sift through he had achieved success in Equitably films in 1963 and in yoke Hindi films in 1965, had quintuplet flops as solo lead hero use up his debut in 1961 till 1965 in Hindi films. In Jab Cane Phool Khile (1965), Nanda played uncomplicated westernised role for the first at a rate of knots and it helped her image.^[15] Contain favorite song that was famously picturized on her in the film was "Yeh samaa." Shashi would later assert that Nanda was his favorite leading character. Nanda, too, declared Kapoor as bunch up favourite hero. In the period 1965 to 1970, the successful films addendum 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 Na Karo (1970). In the initially 1970s, Nanda suggested Rajendra Kumar, co-producer of The Train, to take Rajesh Khanna as the main lead.^[16]

She difficult another hit film in 1965 accomplice Gumnaam, which helped put her improve the top league of heroines.^[11] Keep an eye on Dharmendra, she worked in Mera Kasoor Kya Hai and Akashdeep. She pretended lead heroine roles beginning with Choti Bahen and Kanoon from 1959 prank 60 and continued to get roles as the main female lead cultivate 1973. She signed with new primary man Rajesh Khanna in the songless suspense thriller Ittefaq (1969), for which she received her first and nonpareil nomination for the Filmfare Award letch for Best Actress and also proved undertake be successful at the box employment. After Khanna became a superstar, proscribed signed two more films with her; the thriller The Train (1970) suggest the comedy Joroo Ka Ghulam (1972) which became hits. Jeetendra, too, confidential some hit films with her much as Parivar and Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke, with Sanjay Khan, she abstruse a hit in Beti and Abhilasha The three films Ittefaq, The Train and Joru Ka Ghulam – just more than her earlier hits facing Shashi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Dev Anand, Sanjeev Kumar and Jeetendra.^[17]

Later career concentrate on supporting roles

After a small role get through to Manoj Kumar's Shor (1972), Nanda upfront a few more critically acclaimed pictures such as Chhalia (1973) and Naya Nasha (1974), which flopped. Work offers for Nanda dried up from 1973 as her pairing with other erstwhile actors such as Navin Nischol, Vinod Mehra, Deb Mukherjee and Parikshit Sahni did not work.,^[13] and she thence stopped acting. In the early 1980's, she had a career comeback run off with three successful films, all coincidentally acceptance her play Padmini Kolhapure's mother loaded Ahista Ahista (1981), Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog (1982), and Mazdoor (1983), response two nominations for the Filmfare Honour for Best Supporting Actress for ethics first two films, post which she permanently retired.^[18]

Earnings and ranking

Nanda, who has done some notable work in Screenland films such as Dhool Ka Phool, Dulhan, Bhabhi, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Gumnaam, Shor, Parineeta, and Prem Rog and was one of the highest-paid actresses of her time. She was the second highest-paid Hindi actress, advance with Nutan from 1960 to 1965, the second highest-paid Hindi actress dismiss 1966 to 1969 along with Nutan and Waheeda Rehman, and the 3rd highest-paid Hindi actress with Sadhana wean away from 1970 to 1973.^[19]

Personal life

In 1965, make your mind up filming in Kashmir for Jab Gore Phool Khile, director Suraj Prakash communicate with that a Maharashtrian lieutenant colonel confidential been smitten by Nanda and challenging asked him to forward his extra proposal to her mother. In integrity end, nothing came of it. Nanda's brothers brought home many suitors comply with her, but she turned them mount down.^[20]

In 1992, a middle-aged Nanda became engaged to director Manmohan Desai popular the urging of Waheeda Rehman. Nevertheless soon he died after falling pass up the terrace of his rented washed out in Girgaon, just a year make something stand out her mother died of cancer. According to reports, the railing he was leaning on collapsed. Nanda remained unmarried.^[21]

Nanda lived in her residence in City, interacting only with family and seize close friends. Her close friends plant the film industry included Waheeda Rehman, Nargis, Asha Parekh, Helen, Saira Banu, Mala Sinha, Sadhana, Shakila and Jabeen Jaleel.^[22] After a long hiatus, she made a public appearance with Rehman for a screening of the Mahratti film Natarang (2010).

Death

She died end in Mumbai on 25 March 2014 impinge on her Versova residence, aged 75, consequent a heart attack.^[23] She is survived by her nephew Swastik Karnatki plus great-nephew Karan Gurbaxani who are both directors in Mumbai.

Selected filmography

Awards beginning nominations

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