'''Nutan Samarth (1936-91)'''


Top Hindi 60s star, introduced to films by her
mother, Shobhana Samarth, in Hamari Beti.
Her screen image was moulded by Bimal Roy
(Sujata, Bandini) and by those who
continued in the Roy tradition: Hrishikesh
Mukherjee (Anari), Bimal Dutt (Kasturi) and
Sudhendu Roy (Saudagar). Her persona,
confirmed in e.g. Saraiya’s
Saraswatichandra and in Raj Khosla’s
melodramas (Teri Maang Sitaron Se Bhar
Doon), developed a naturalism borrowed from
reformist Bengali and Gujarati novels,
constituting an indigenised variant of neorealism.
This aspect of her acting, anticipating
Smita Patil’s image, became crucial to e.g. the
iconography of the New Indian Cinema’s
notion of ‘Indianness’. In her best-known films
she performed with a frothy uninhibitedness
comparable to Madhubala: the Filmistan
musical Paying Guest and Navketan’s Vijay
Anand hit Tere Ghar Ke Saamne are fine
examples of the romantic duo she formed with
Dev Anand. In later years she acted mother
roles.


'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1945: Nala Damayanti;
1950: Hamari Beti; 1951: Humlog; Nagina;
1952: Hangama; Nirmohi; Parbat; Shisham;
1953: Aaghosh; Shabab; 1955: Seema; 1956: Heer; 1957:
Baarish; Paying Guest; 1958: Aakhri Dao;
Chandan; Delhi Ka Thug; Kabhi Andhera
Kabhi Ujala; Sone Ki Chidiya; Zindagi Ya
Toofan; 1959: Anari; Kanhaiya; Sujata;
1960: Basant; Chhabili; Chhalia; Manzil;
1963: Soorat Aur Seerat; Bandini; Dil Hi To
Hai; Tere Ghar Ke Saamne; 1964: Chandi
Ki Deewar; 1965: Khandaan; Rishte Naate;
1966: Chhota Bhai; Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya;
Dulhan Ek Raat Ki; 1967: Laat Saheb;
Meharbaan; Mera Munna; Milan; 1968:
Gauri; Saraswatichandra; 1969: Bhai
Bahen; 1970: Devi; Maa Aur Mamta;
Maharaja; Yaadgaar; 1971: Lagan; 1972:
Anuraag; Mangetar; Grahan; 1973:
Saudagar; 1976: Zid; Ginny Aur Johnny;
1977: Duniyadari; Jagriti; Mandir Masjid;
Paradh; 1978: Anjaam; Ek Baap Chhe Bete;
Hamara Sansar; Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki;
Saajan Bina Suhagan; Kasturi; 1980: Saajan
Ki Saheli; Sanjh Ki Bela; 1982: Jiyo Aur Jeene
Do; Teri Maang Sitaron Se Bhar Doon; 1983:
Rishta Kaagaz Ka; 1984: Yeh Kaisa Farz;
1985: Aar Paar/Anyay Abichar; Meri Jung;
Paisa Yeh Paisa; Yudh; Mayuri (H); Mujrim
Hazir (TV); Pyari Bhabhi; Ricky; 1986:
Karma; Naam; 1987: Hifazat; 1988: Sone Pe
Suhaaga; 1989: Guru (H); Mujrim; Kanoon
Apna Apna; Aulad Ki Khatir; 1992:
Naseebwala; 1994: Insaniyat.

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