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Bali died in 1965 due to small pox. [5] Early life. Geeta Bali was born as Harikirtan Kaur in Amritsar in the Punjab Province of British India in 1930. [1][2] She had an elder sister Haridarshan Kaur, whose daughter is former film actress Yogeeta Bali. [6] . Bali was trained in classical dance, horse riding and Gatka. [7] Career.
We go down the memory lane and give you some lesser known facts about Geeta Bali, a name that only remains alive in our minds, and the filmographies of classic Bollywood films. 1. Geeta Bali contributed a lot in making her husband Shammi Kapoor, a superstar.
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Apr 27, 2023 · The actor was earlier married to Geeta Bali who passed away at the age of 35 due to smallpox. Shammi then married Neila Devi. Late actor Shammi Kapoor’s wife Neila Devi during her recent interaction with Time of India, got candid about her late husband’s personal life and his drinking habits.
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Before all the glitz and glamour of the newly rich film industry in the then city of Bombay, Geeta Bali was an ordinary girl born to an ordinary Sikh family from Sargodha, Punjab, a region that falls in present-day Pakistan. Geeta Bali was born to Kartar Singh Bali and his wife, whose name remains unknown even now. Kartar Singh worked as a religiou...
Already deep in abject poverty, Harikirtan Kaur and her family’s condition only got worse when her father caught smallpox, a deadly disease in the 30s. The infection spread fast and even affected his eyesight, which meant that the almost-uneducated girl had to begin contributing to the family income at an early age. Luckily for her and her immense ...
The story of Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali has been a popular legend within the film industry and this tale of quick and fast love was just as filmy as the two who were embroiled in it. Coincidentally, Kapoor and Bali met on Kidar Sharma’s film set in Ranikhet, the same director who had given Bali her big break. It was 1955, and Kapoor at the time w...
The turn of fate can play cruel tricks however, and in 1965 when Geeta Bali was on set for another one of her films, she caught the same disease that had rendered her father blind and herself in need of a job. Smallpox at the time was deadly and Geeta Bali, despite her larger-than-life persona was no exception. The fever racked her body and even as...
Feb 24, 2009 · It’s hard to believe that the vivacious and beautiful Geeta Bali has been gone for more than 44 years now. She passed away on January 21, 1965 at the age of 35, from smallpox. Filmfare had a lovely tribute to her (with photos they had taken shortly before her death) a few weeks after that.
Jan 21, 2020 · Late Bollywood actress Geeta Bali can be aptly described with many adjectives in favour of her acting, dance and life struggles. Born as Harkirtan Kaur in the city of Sargodha in Pakistan in 1930, Geeta Bali passed away on January 21, 1965.
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Geeta Bali was born on 30 November 1930 in Amritsar, Punjab, British India. She was an actress and producer, known for Albela (1951), Baaz (1953) and Bawre Nain (1950). She was married to Shammi Kapoor. She died on 21 January 1965 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
