Hema Malini's Biography

Hema Malini was born on October 16, 1948. Hema is an Indian actress, director and producer, as well as a Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer. Making her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968), she went on to appear in numerous successful Bollywood films, most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra.
Hema Malini was initially promoted as "Dream Girl", and in 1977 starred in a film of the same name. Hema is a member of India's Bharatiya Janata Party and represents the party in Rajya Sabha, the upper House of parliament. She now spends most of her time involved in charitable and social ventures, though she still makes occasional appearances in films.

Hema Malini debuted in a 1968 film Sapnon Ka Saudagar, playing a young teen opposite the ageing superstar Raj Kapoor. With Dev Anand in Johnny Mera Naam (1970), Hema became a top star. She worked with Dev Anand again in Tere Mere Sapne (1971), among other films, with the latest being Aman Ke Farishtey (2003).

Hema also played double-roled in 1972s Seeta Aur Geeta as the top female star in Bollywood. She became one of the reigning divas of the Bollywood film industry, and her fans called her The Dream Girl of Bollywood

Hema starred in many movies throughout the 70s and 80s and is remembered for her glamour, style, and accomplished classical dancing. She formed a hit pair with Dharmendra, and the duo performed a number of hit movies like Sholay, Charas, Aas Paas, Jugnu, Seeta Aur Geeta, The Burning Train. She also achieved some strong dramatic or comic moments in films like Trishul, Joshila, Lal Patthar, Meera and Satte Pe Satta.

After taking a back seat from films for a number of years, Hema worked with Amitabh Bachchan in the successful film Baghban (2003), and played a cameo role opposite Big B in the 2004 blockbuster Veer-Zaara.

Nutan's Biography

Nutan was born on June 4, 1936. She was an Indian Bollywood actress, who appeared in several successful movies of the 50s and 60s.

Nutan was recognised as an accomplished dramatic actress, and her performances often received praises and accolades. Nutan holds the record of winning 5 Filmfare awards for best actress, the highest number of awards won by an actress.

Nutan started her career as actress as a 14 year old in Hamari Beti (1950). This film was produced by her mother, Shobhana. In 1952 she was the winner of Miss India.

First big break of the actress was Seema, for which she won a Filmfare Award. She followed her success with a romantic comedy, Paying Guest, in which she co-starred with Dev Anand.

In 1959 Nutan starred in two hit films, Anari (with Raj Kapoor) and Bimal Roy's Sujata (with Sunil Dutt). In the 1960s and 1970s she had many more successful films including Chhalia (1960), Bandini (1963), Saraswatichandra (1968), Devi (1970) and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978).

In the 1980s she played elderly mother roles in blockbuster films such as Meri Jung (1985), Naam (1986) and Karma (1986). Karma was notable for being the first time she was paired with actor Dilip Kumar. For Mere Jung she won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Her last film released while she was alive was Kanoon Apna Apna in 1989. She died in 1991 of cancer. Two of her films Naseebwala (1992) and Insaniyat (1994) were released after her death.

Nutan also received BFJA Best Actress Award: Bandini in 1963 and BFJA Best Actress Award: Milan in 1967.

Nutan's Biography

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Nutan was born on June 4, 1936. She was an Indian Bollywood actress, who appeared in several successful movies of the 50s and 60s.

Nutan was recognised as an accomplished dramatic actress, and her performances often received praises and accolades. Nutan holds the record of winning 5 Filmfare awards for best actress, the highest number of awards won by an actress.

Nutan started her career as actress as a 14 year old in Hamari Beti (1950). This film was produced by her mother, Shobhana. In 1952 she was the winner of Miss India.

First big break of the actress was Seema, for which she won a Filmfare Award. She followed her success with a romantic comedy, Paying Guest, in which she co-starred with Dev Anand.

In 1959 Nutan starred in two hit films, Anari (with Raj Kapoor) and Bimal Roy's Sujata (with Sunil Dutt). In the 1960s and 1970s she had many more successful films including Chhalia (1960), Bandini (1963), Saraswatichandra (1968), Devi (1970) and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978).

In the 1980s she played elderly mother roles in blockbuster films such as Meri Jung (1985), Naam (1986) and Karma (1986). Karma was notable for being the first time she was paired with actor Dilip Kumar. For Mere Jung she won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Her last film released while she was alive was Kanoon Apna Apna in 1989. She died in 1991 of cancer. Two of her films Naseebwala (1992) and Insaniyat (1994) were released after her death.

Nutan also received BFJA Best Actress Award: Bandini in 1963 and BFJA Best Actress Award: Milan in 1967.

Tina Munim

Tina Munim was born on February 11, 1957 in Mumbai, India. Tina Munim is considered to be an Indian film actress who had a successful Bollywood career during the late 70's and early 80's. Tina Munim is married to the industrialist Anil Ambani, now one of the richest men in the world.

Munim was discovered by Dev Anand after she represented India at the International Teen Princess contest in Aruba, and won the Miss Photogenic and Miss Bikini awards. In 1978, Dev Anand casted Tina Munim in his film Des Pardes, which launched her film career.

Tina Munim was also romantically linked with film actor Rajesh Khanna after starring together in films such as Fifty Fifty and Souten. The relationship created a lot of publicity as Rajesh Khanna was married to Dimple Kapadia when he took up with Munim, but their relationship eventually ended.

Tina also made a popular screen team with actor Rishi Kapoor, since they were paired romantically in six films, the most popular being Subhash Ghai's Karz. Producer-Director-Actor Rakesh Roshan also cast her several times, including for the hit film "Aakhir Kyon?". Director Basu Chatterjee repeatedly cast her in his films, such as Baaton Baaton Mein and Man Pasand.

In the late 1980s, Tina Munim made the conscious decision to put her Bollywood career on hiatus. She moved to California and attended college.

Tina is working on "Empowering Indian Senior Citizens" and runs magazine called "Harmony". She also organizes yearly exhibits for artists, "The Harmony Show".

Vyjayanthimala-The Legend Of Indian Cinema

Vyjayanthimala Bali was born on August 13, 1936, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Vyjayanthimala is a major Indian actress of the 1950s and '60s, who won a large number of awards for her acting and classical dancing achievements. Following her cinema career, she entered Indian politics, and became a Member of Parliament.

At the age of 5, Vyjayanthimala got the rare chance of performing a dance before the Pope. At age 15, she got a break in AVM Productions Tamil movie, Vazhkai, which was produced by M. V. Raman, a family friend. The movie was a success, and was remade in Hindi as Bahaar (1951). She acted in a few more Tamil movies before moving on to a highly successful career in Hindi movies. Her dance competition with Padmini in the Tamil film, Vanjikottai Vaaliban, received much acclaim.

Vyjayanthimala got her initial Hindi movie roles in Ladki and Nagin (1954). Hemant Kumar's music and her dance accompanying the song, Man Dole, Mera tan dole, in Nagin made the movie an enormous success, and the movie's success helped Vyjayanthimala break out of B grade movies. Bimal Roy cast her as Chandramukhi opposite Dilip Kumar in the critically acclaimed Devdas. The first two of those four roles earned her Filmfare Best Actress Awards. also received a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress for portraying in Sadhana a tawaif (a courtesan) who eventually got rehabilitated in the society. She costarred with Raj Kapoor in Sangam which earned her the Filmfare Best Actress Award.

Vyjayanthimala starred in the 1966 historical epic, Amrapali, which was based on the life of the legendary Buddhist courtesan Amrapali. The movie was not a commercial success, and the commercial failure much disappointed her as she considered it the magnum opus of her career. Later, she said that she would like to see a remake of that movie, with Madhuri Dixit playing her role.[2]

She costarred with Dev Anand in Jewel Thief, with Rajendra Kumar in Suraj, with Shammi Kapoor in Prince, and with Kishore Kumar in his inane yet zany comedies,including the blockbuster New Delhi. In 2007, she published her autobiography, titled Bonding, with Jyoti Sabarwal as co-writer.


Vyjayanthimala's Tamil movies included Vanjikottai Valiban, Irumbuthirai, Then Nilavu, Vaazhkai, Penn, Parthiban Kanavu (old), and Baghdad Thirudan. The actress also received Padma Shri Award in 1968. Vyjayanthimala also got the Legend of Indian Cinema Award at Atlantic City (United States) in 2004. In the year 2005 she got the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bollywood Movie Awards.