| 1 | '''Nalini Jaywant (b. 1926)''' |
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| 4 | Actress born in Bombay; cousin of Shobhana |
| 5 | Samarth. Début aged 13. In Mehboob’s |
| 6 | Bahen she sang the Wajahat Mirza duet, Nahin |
| 7 | khate hain bhaiyya mere paan, with Sheikh |
| 8 | Mukhtar, central to the film’s incest theme. A |
| 9 | Filmfare cameramen’s poll voted her the most |
| 10 | photogenic Indian actress ever. In her bestknown |
| 11 | work she usually functioned as the one |
| 12 | who embraces life in counterpoint to the |
| 13 | otherwise ‘ realistic’ melodrama of R.S. |
| 14 | Choudhury, Mehboob and Mahesh Kaul |
| 15 | (e.g. Naujawan). Later she developed a |
| 16 | curiously autonomous, guilt-free performative |
| 17 | style (e.g. the Navketan thriller Kala Pani). |
| 18 | Her association with realism was extended by |
| 19 | Ramesh Saigal, Bimal Roy and most notably |
| 20 | Zia Sarhadi’s Awaaz, while films with |
| 21 | Kardar (Jadu), Mahesh Kaul (Naujawan, esp. |
| 22 | the number Thandi hawaien) and Subodh |
| 23 | Mukherjee developed the alternate musical |
| 24 | persona exemplified by the 50s Filmistan |
| 25 | musicals with Dev Anand (e.g. Munimji). |
| 26 | Often partnered Ashok Kumar in 1950-2 after |
| 27 | their success in Filmistan’s Samadhi and |
| 28 | Sangram at Bombay Talkies. |
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| 31 | '''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1941: Radhika; Nirdosh; |
| 32 | Bahen; 1942: Aankh Micholi; 1943: Adab Arz; |
| 33 | 1946: Phir Bhi Apna Hai; 1948: Anokha Pyar; |
| 34 | Gunjan; Varasdar; 1949: Chakori; 1950: |
| 35 | Aankhen; Hindustan Hamara; Muqaddar; |
| 36 | Samadhi; Sangram; 1951: Ek Nazar; Jadu; |
| 37 | Nand Kishore; Naujawan; 1952: Do Raha; |
| 38 | Kafila; Naubahar; Saloni; Jalpari; Rahi; 1953: |
| 39 | Shikast; 1954: Baap Beti; Kavi; Lakeeren; |
| 40 | Mehbooba; Naaz; Nastik; 1955: Chingari; Jai |
| 41 | Mahadev; Lagan; Munimji; Railway |
| 42 | Platform; Raj Kanya; 1956: Aan Baan; |
| 43 | Awaaz; Durgesh Nandini; Fifty-Fifty; Hum |
| 44 | Sub Chor Hain; Insaaf; Twenty-Sixth January; |
| 45 | Sudarshan Chakra; 1957: Kitna Badal Gaya |
| 46 | Insaan; Miss Bombay; Mr X; Neel Mani; |
| 47 | Sheroo; 1958: Kala Pani; Milan; 1959: Maa |
| 48 | Ke Aansoo; 1960: Mukti; 1961: Amar Rahe Yeh |
| 49 | Pyar; Senapati; 1962: Girls’ Hostel; Zindagi |
| 50 | Aur Hum; 1965: Bombay Race Course; 1980: |
| 51 | Bandish; 1983: Nastik. |
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