6 | | Hindi actress, dancer and singer, originally Harikirtan Kaur. Born in Amritsar, Punjab. Started in film aged 12 in a [[Shorey]] short (The Cobbler) followed by her feature début in Majnu’s Badnami. Lively dancer, mainly in films by [[Kidar Sharma]] ([[Suhaag Raat]] was her first major film), [[Guru Dutt]] ([[Baazi]], Baaz, [[Jaal]], Sailaab) and [[Master Bhagwan]] (the hit musical Albela). Also featured in whodunits by [[Ravindra Dave]] and [[Shakti Samanta]]. Only occasionally successful in dramatic roles, e.g. her famous portrayal of a blind girl in Sohrab [[Modi]]’s [[Jailor]]. In [[Sharma]]’s [[Banwre Nain]] she used an eloquent gestural style to play the country girl betrayed by the hero, matched only by her contemporary, Nimmi. Co-starred with [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Dev Anand]] and later with the man she would marry, [[Shammi Kapoor]]. |
| 6 | Hindi actress, dancer and singer, originally Harikirtan Kaur. Born in Amritsar, Punjab. Started in film aged 12 in a [[Shorey]] short (The Cobbler) followed by her feature début in Majnu’s Badnami. Lively dancer, mainly in films by [[Kidar Sharma]] ([[Suhaag Raat]] was her first major film), [[Guru Dutt]] ([[Baazi]], Baaz, [[Jaal]], Sailaab) and [[Master Bhagwan]] (the hit musical Albela). Also featured in whodunits by [[Ravindra Dave]] and [[SHAKTI SAMANTA|Shakti Samanta]]. Only occasionally successful in dramatic roles, e.g. her famous portrayal of a blind girl in Sohrab [[Modi]]’s [[Jailor]]. In [[Sharma]]’s [[Banwre Nain]] she used an eloquent gestural style to play the country girl betrayed by the hero, matched only by her contemporary, Nimmi. Co-starred with [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Dev Anand]] and later with the man she would marry, [[Shammi Kapoor]]. |