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Leela Naidu (1940 – 28 July 2009) was an Indian actress who starred in a small number of Hindi and English films, including Yeh Raste Hain Pyar Ke (1963), based on the real-life Nanavati case, and The Householder, Merchant Ivory Productions' first film.
Naidu entered the limelight in 1954 when she was crowned Miss India. "Leela Naidu was aware, but not vain, about her beauty. She imbibed the nuances of European aesthetics from her mother and...
Jul 28, 2009 · Naidu was one of a group of beautiful Indian women who, from the Forties to the early Sixties, helped create an idea of a beautiful, elegant and accomplished new nation.
Jul 20, 2009 · Leela Naidu was crowned Femina Miss India in 1954 and same year, she was featured in Vogue magazine's list of the world's ten most beautiful women. Her debut film was Anuradha, opposite Balraj Sahni directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and the movie was released in 1960.
Jun 29, 2024 · In the era of 50s and 60s Bollywood, Leela Naidu was considered a top name in the film industry. At the tender of 14, she won the title of Miss India, in 1954. The achievement brought her a lot of recognition in the entertainment industry.
Jun 24, 2010 · The book gives you an insight into the person that Leela Naidu was, as she saw herself, not as the world viewed her. She has a tongue-in-cheek approach to her rather eventful life, and, for the most part, she’s forgiving.
Jul 3, 2010 · The much-travelled and serendipitously connected Naidu takes us into a wondrous world in which a naked count shares space companionably with Mahatma Gandhi; where Jean Renoir and Ruth Prawer...
