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Regarded as one of the finest and greatest actresses in the history of Indian Cinema, [6] she often portrayed sophisticated and independent women. Nargis' work was in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and earned her various accolades. [3]
She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in Mehboob Khan’s rural drama Mother India (1957). The film also earned the Oscar nomination. Critics described the film as “the greatest picture produced in India” and said that no other actress could have performed like Nargis did.
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Nargis was born on 1 June 1929 as Fatima Rashid in Kolkata(West Bengal). After some time, her family shifted to Allahabad from West Bengal. Her mother who was a classical singer introduced Nargis to the cinema world. Although Nargis had a desire to become a doctor, yet as per the wish of her mother, she decided to build her career in the film Indus...
Her father Mohanchand Uttamchand Tyagi was a wealthy Hindu Brahmin from Rawalpindi, Punjab (now in Pakistan), who later, adopted Islam and take the name, Abdul Rashid. Hermother Jaddanbai, was an Indian classical singer. Nargis had a loving affair with her co-star Raj Kapoor, during her movies ‘Awara‘ and ‘Shree 420.‘ But when Raj Kapoor denied div...
At the age of six, Nargis made a debut of her career with the movie ‘Talashe Haq‘ in 1935. As a child artist, she worked in the second movie ‘Madam Fashion‘directed by her mother Jaddanbai. When she was 14 years old, she acted in the movie ‘Taqdeer,’ directed and produced byMehboob Khan in 1943. After this, she performed in numerous super hit movie...
According to a rumour Motilal Nehru, father of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, was said to be the maternal grandfather of Nargis Dutt as her mother Jaddanbai was the resultant child of the...
Jun 1, 2023 · Nargis: The actor who breathed life into ‘modern Indian woman’ in the 1940s, will forever be ‘Mother India’. On Nargis' 94th birth anniversary, here's recalling some of her best roles in the movies that have left a legacy for Hindi film viewers. Written by Sampada Sharma. New Delhi | June 1, 2023 11:54 IST. 8 min read.
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Nargis, the indomitable actress who was regarded as not-quite-beautiful in her youth, went on to become the first recipient of the National Award for Best Actress (then known as the Urvashi...
Nov 21, 2013 · When Nargis, unsurpassed First Lady of the Indian Screen, Member of Parliament and social worker, died early on May 3, the profound sense of shock in the country was not alleviated by the knowledge that she was suffering from a fatal form of pancreatic cancer.
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May 3, 2023 · It is the electrifying line, “Meena, maut mubarak ho,” in the magazine eulogy she wrote for actor Meena Kumari — “congratulations, Meena, you’re dead”. It was a love letter to her colleague, but also a morbid castigation of a predatory industry. By all accounts, quitting the movies was Nargis’s greatest joy.
