Nanda

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Nanda Karnataki (1939-28), also known as Nanda, appeared in Hindi and Marathi films.

She has worked with Chhoti Bahen, Dhool, Bhabhi, Kala Bazar, Bazar, Bhabhi, Kanoon, Hum Dono, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Gumnaam, Ittefaq, The Train and Prem Rog. Her career spans more than 30 years and she is best known for her appearances in Chhoti Bahen, Dhool, Bahabhoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool Ka Phoooooooooooooool, Bhabhooool, Bhabhoool,

Early life

Nanda was born in a Maharashtrian show-business family to Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (Master Vinayak), a prolific Marathi actor-producer and entrepreneur. Master Vinayak was linked to several famous faces in the Indian film industry. Vasudev Karnataki was a cinematographer, but he and Bhalji Pendharkar (1896–1994) were his half-brothers, and they were noted film stars. He was also a maternal cousin of legendary film director V. Shantaram. Master Vinayak introduced Lata Mangeshkar's film debut in his film Pahilee Mangalagaur, making him a good friend of the Mangeshkar family.

When Nanda was seven years old, her father died in 1947, aged 41. The family was going through difficult times. In the early 1950s, she became a child actress, assisting her family by serving in films. In 1948, she made her Mandir debut. On the silver screen, she was first identified as "Baby Nanda." She appeared in films such as Mandir, Jaggu, Angaarey, and Jagriti that she appeared in films as a child actor from 1948 to 1956. As a result of her film participation, her studies, and that Gokuldas V. Makhi, a respected school teacher and Bombay Scouts commissioner, was coached at home by respected school teacher and Bombay Scouts commissioner Gokuldas V. Makhi. She supported and educated her six siblings through filmmaking by taking up filmmaking. Jaiprakash Karnataki, a Marathi film producer who is married to actress Jayshree T., is one of her brothers.

Personal life

Director Suraj Prakash recalled that a Maharashtrian lieutenant colonel was smitten by Nanda and had asked her to forward his marriage proposal to her mother in 1965. Nothing came of it at the end. Many suitors were sent home by Nanda's parents, but she turned them all down.

At the behest of Rehman, a middle-aged Nanda became attached to director Manmohan Desai in 1992. However, he died after falling from the terrace of his rented apartment in Girgaon, just a year after her mother died of cancer. According to rumors, he was leaning on collapsing. Anda was unmarried.

Nanda lived in Mumbai, India, where she spent her time with family and close friends. Waheeda Rehman, Nargis, Asha Parekh, Helen, Saira Banu, Mala Sinha, Sadhana, Shakila, and Jabeen Jaleel were among her close friends from the film industry. She made a public appearance with Waheeda Rehman at a screening of the Marathi film Natarang (2010).

She died in Mumbai on March 25, 2014 at her Versova home, aged 75, following a heart attack.

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Career

In 1948, Nanda made her Mandir debut. On the silver screen, she was first identified as "Baby Nanda." She appeared in films including Mandir, Jaggu, and Angaarey. Nanda's paternal uncle, the well-known film producer-director V. Shantaram, gave Nanda a big break by including her in a swanky brother-sister romance; Toofan Aur Diya (1956). It was the saga of an orphanage brother and sister who were shaken by a string of tragic events, including the girl losing her sight. She received her first Filmfare Award nomination for Bhabhi (1957), and she claims she didn't win because lobbying was involved. She appeared in supporting roles for actors such as Dev Anand in Kala Bazar and played second in Dhool Ka Phool. She appeared in several Marathi films early in her career. They include Kuldaivat, Shevgya Shenga, Deoghar directed by Shantaram Athavale, Deoghar directed by Raja Paranjpe, Zalegele visrun jaa directed by Yashwant Patekar, and Aai wina baal with Hansa Wadkar. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru lauded Nanda for her sister's participation in Shevgyaya shenga.

In L.V., she appeared in L.V., where she played the title role. Chhoti Bahen (1959), a practising poet from Prasad's Chhoti Bahen (1959). The film was a huge success, making her a celebrity. In this commercially lucrative 1959 film, Nanda played the blind younger sister of two elder brothers who was looked after by two elder brothers, played by Balraj Sahni and Rehman. In Hum Dono (1961) and Teen Deviyan, she appeared as one of Dev Anand's heroines. Both films were well-received as hits. She was the B.R. heroine. Kanoon (1960), Chopra's Kanoon (1960), a film without songs that was then rare.

For Aanchal (1960), she received the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. She was paired with Raj Kapoor in Aashiq (1962) and worked with Rajendra Kumar in three films – Toofan Aur Diya (1956), Dhool (1961) and Kanoon (1960). "Many of my best performances were in films that failed or did average industry, like Usne Kaha Tha, Char Diwari, Nartaki, Nartaki, and Aaj Aur Kal," she had said in one of her interviews: "Many of my finest performances were in films that fell or did average industry, like Usne Kaha Tha, Nutaki, Nartaki, and Aaj Aur Kal."

The Nanda name was known to attract newcomers. At a time when she was yet to be a star in Hindi cinema, she signed eight films with Shashi Kapoor. They did not work in their first two films as a pair, the critically acclaimed romantic film Char Diwari (1961) and Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath (1962), but the majority were largely successful at the box office. Shashi, though he won English films in 1963 and two Hindi films in 1965, had five flops as solo lead hero from 1961 to 1965 in Hindi films. For the first time in Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965), Nanda played a westernized role, and it improved her image. "Yeh samaa" was her favorite song on the film and was frequently depicted on her. Shashi would later announce that Nanda was his new heroine. Kapoor has been named as her favorite hero by Nanda, as well as Nanda. Mohabbat Isko Hain (1965), Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965), Neend Hamarab (1969), and Rootha Na Karo (1970) were among the many famous films of the pair Shashi-Nanda in the period 1965 to 1970. In the early 1970s, Nanda suggested that Rajendra Kumar, co-producer of The Train, replace Rajesh Khanna as the main lead.

In 1965, she appeared in Gumnaam, which helped her to land in the top league of heroines. She worked in Mera Kasoor Kya Hai and Akashdeep with Dharmendra. She appeared in lead heroine roles from 1959 to 60, before advancing to become the main female lead until 1973. She teamed up with Rajesh Khanna in the filmless suspense thriller Ittefaq (1969), for which she was nominated as Best Actress and which gained a Filmfare award as Best Actress and which gained a lot of attention at the box office. Khanna made two more films with her; the thriller The Train (1970) and the comedy Joroo Ka Ghulam (1972), both of which became hits; Jeetendra, as well as Sanjay Khan's Parivar and Dharti Kahe Pukar Kehulam, had several hit films with her including Parivar and Dharti Kahe Ghulam, along with Sanjay Khan, earning more than her earlier hits opposite Shashi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Dev Anand, Sanjeev Kumar, and Jeetendra.

After playing a small part in Manoj Kumar's Shor (1972), Nanda produced a few more acclaimed films, including Chhalia (1973) and Naya Nasha (1974), which both failed. Nanda's acting career slowed since 1973, when her chemistry with younger actors like Navin Nischol, Vinod Mehra, Deb Mukherjee, and Parikshit Sahni stopped, and she eventually stopped acting. She made three film debuts in 1982, including Padmini Kolhapure's mother in Ahista Mazdoor and Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog. Then she resigned from active service.

Nanda, a film actress who has produced films including Dhool, Dulhan, Bhabhi, Jab Phool Khile, Gumnaam, Shor, Parineeta, and Prem Rog, was one of the highest paid actresses of her time, with films including Dhool, Dulhan, Dulhan, Dulhan, Bhabhi, Bhabhi, Bhabhi, She was the second highest-paid Hindi actress from 1960 to 1969, alongside Nutan and Waheeda, and the third highest paid Hindi actress with Sadhana from 1970 to 1973.

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