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10 unknown facts about legendary actress Nutan
TNN | Jun 4, 2013 The Times of India
Nutan Behl (better known as Nutan) was a legendary actress who gave several blockbusters in a career of over four decades. She is regarded as one of the finest female actors in the history of Hindi cinema who has givens some unmemorable performances. On her birth anniversary, 'TOI 'enlists some unknown facts about the actress.
1) Nutan started her big screen debut as a child artist, at the age of 14, in Hamari Beti (1950). The movie was directed by her mother Shobhna Samarth.
2) She hailed from a filmy family as her father was a director and sister Tanuja was also an actress.
3) Nutan has given some noteworthy performances in films such as Sujata, Bandini, Milan, Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki, Sone Ki Chidiya, Saraswatichandra, etc.
4) Bandini (1963), in which Nutan played a young prisoner, is widely believed to be her best performance.
5) Nutan acted opposite Dilip Kumar for the first time in the 1986 blockbuster Karma. She also worked with Dev Anand in films like popular films like Paying Guest, Baarish , Manzil and Tere Ghar Ke Samne.
6) She married naval Lieutenant-Commander Rajnish Behl in October 1959.
7) Kanoon Apna Apna (1989) was the last film to be released when she was alive.
8) Nutan had won several Filmfare Awards for her performances. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1974 for her contribution to Indian cinema.
9 )It is said that two of her movies- films Naseebwala (1992) and Insaniyat (1994) were released after her death.
Interestingly, it is said that Vinod Mehra, who was part of Insaniyat, also died during the filming of the movie.
10)The gorgeous Nutan passed away of cancer in 1991.
Nutan sues mother Shobhana Samarth
Nutan, daughter of the famous actress Shobhana Samarth, sued her mother over control of her own earnings, in a case that became a bitter family feud fought out in public. These cases were sensational, even by today's standards. The early 'item' dances and close-up kisses showed cinema's inherent voyeurism, which peaked in Hindi films of the 1980s and 1990s.
From TOI archives (December 16 | 1964)
In her deposition Nutan said that every pie invested in Shobhana Pictures was from her earnings. She also said that Tanuja, her younger sister, was earning.... When the compromise talks had failed, Nutan had orally told her mother that she (the mother) had forged her signature. She said this in the heat of the moment.
Complete Filmography as an Actress
1950 Hamari Beti as The beti
1951 Hum Log as Paro
1951 Nagina as Mukta
1952 Parbat
1952 Shisham
1953 Laila Majnu as Laila
1953 Malkin
1953 Aaghosh
1954 Shabab
1955 Seema as Gauri
1956 Heer as Heer
1957 Baarish as Chanda
1957 Paying Guest as Shanti
1958 Chandan
1958 Dilli Ka Thug as Asha
1958 Kabhi Andhera Kabhi Ujala
1958 Sone Ki Chidiya as Lakshmi
1958 Aakhri Dao as Sheila
1959 Anari as Aarti Sohanlal
1959 Kanhaiya as Shanno
1960 Basant as Meenakshi Rai
1960 Chhabili
1960 Chhalia as Shanti
1960 Sujata as Sujata
1960 Manzil as Pushpa Nath
1962 Soorat Aur Seerat
1963 Bandini as Kalyani
1963 Dil Hi To Hai as Jamila Banu
1963 Tere Ghar Ke Samne as Sulekha
1964 Chandi Ki Deewar
1965 Khandan as Radha
1965 Rishte Naahte as Savitri
1966 Chhota Bhai as Annaporrna 'Annu'
1966 Chilaka Gorinka
1966 Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya as Ashoo
1966 Kalapi
1967 Dulhan Ek Raat Ki as Nirmala
1967 Latt Saheb as Nikki Rana
1967 Mehrban as Laxmi
1967 Mera Munna
1967 Milan as Radha
1968 Gauri as Gauri
1968 Saraswatichandra as Kumud Sundari
1969 Bhai Bahen as Mala
1970 Devi as Devi
1970 Maa Aur Mamta as Maya
1970 Maharaja
1970 Yaadgaar as Bhavna
1971 Lagan as Shanti
1972 Anuraag as Anu Rai
1972 Grahan
1972 Mangetar
1973 Saudagar as Mahjubhi
1975 Jogidas Khuman
1976 Ginny Aur Johny
1977 Jagriti
1977 Mandir Masjid
1978 Ek Baap Chhe Bete
1978 Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki as Sanjukta
1978 Saajan Bina Suhagan as Asha Chopra
1980 Kasturi
1980 Sanjh Ki Bela
1981 Kranti
1981 Saajan Ki Saheli as Kunti Kumar
1982 Jeeo Aur Jeene Do
1982 Teri Maang Sitaron Se Bhar Doon
1983 Aas Aur Pyaas
1983 Mayuri
1983 Rishta Kagaz Ka as Suman Sharma
1985 Meri Jung as Aarti
1985 Paisa Yeh Paisa as Laxmi
1985 Pyaari Bhabhi
1985 Yeh Kaisa Farz
1985 Yudh as Savitri Devi
1986 Karma
1986 Naam as Janki
1986 Ricky
1986 Sajna Saath Nibhana as Shobha Rana
1987 Hifazat as Laxmi
1988 Main Tere Liye
1988 Siraj
1988 Sone Pe Suhaaga as Usha Rani
1989 Kanoon Apna Apna as Lakshmi
1989 Guru
1989 Mujrim
1992 Deewana Aashiq
1992 Naseebwaala as Sharda
1994 Insaniyat as Shanti Devi
