Sadhana, actress
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Sadhana: with Sunil Dutt in Waqt (1965).This was one of her few swimsuit appearances; she also appeared in one in Budtameez. (See Shammi Kapoor
(Sadhana) and her BFFs under a waterfall in Rajkumar (1964). Sadhana played a tribal princess in the film.
Till the 1980s, when the tribal genre was finally abandoned by Hindi-Urdu cinema, in all films with some tribal characters there would be an almost mandatory sequence showing tribal women bathing in a stream or under a waterfall. This was done partly because Filmistan wanted to reassure urban audiences that the tribals (only the women and never the men) bathed regularly, and partly to take the message of regular ablutions to the tribals.
Till the 1980s, when the tribal genre was finally abandoned by Hindi-Urdu cinema, in all films with some tribal characters there would be an almost mandatory sequence showing tribal women bathing in a stream or under a waterfall. This was done partly because Filmistan wanted to reassure urban audiences that the tribals (only the women and never the men) bathed regularly, and partly to take the message of regular ablutions to the tribals.
Waqt (1965): (Sadhana) tells (Sunil Dutt) that he is entering the wrong, i.e. the women’s, shower cabin. She stops him from entering the blue door!
Waqt (1965): (Sadhana) slips in the water around the outdoor shower; (Sunil Dutt) steadies her.
And film journalists had the nerve to make fun of Sridevi's 'thunder thighs.'
And film journalists had the nerve to make fun of Sridevi's 'thunder thighs.'
Waqt (1965): Despite director Yash Chopra’s pretences to Western sophistication, this meant that the female (Sadhana) went to the blue shower room, while the man (Sunil Dutt) was directed to the pink shower room.
Waqt (1965): (Sadhana) begins to take her swimsuit off in the blue shower room.
Waqt (1965): While (Sadhana) is doing so, (Sunil Dutt) offscreen, switches off the lights of her cabin from some switch in his shower cabin! Mercifully, modern hotel swimming pools no longer offer this facility to the male partner in the pink room.
Waqt (1965): The sudden darkness causes (Sadhana) to freeze in panic.
This was considered the most erotic sequence ever shown in an Indian film till then because of the implied stripping off of the swimsuit’s top.
It was also applauded for the way it built up tension in the mind of the third angle of the film’s love triangle. (Raaj Kumar) was in the corridor outside the two adjacent shower rooms, eavesdropping on the lovebirds’ conversation, seething with jealousy, and unconsciously lighting matchstick after matchstick.
This was considered the most erotic sequence ever shown in an Indian film till then because of the implied stripping off of the swimsuit’s top.
It was also applauded for the way it built up tension in the mind of the third angle of the film’s love triangle. (Raaj Kumar) was in the corridor outside the two adjacent shower rooms, eavesdropping on the lovebirds’ conversation, seething with jealousy, and unconsciously lighting matchstick after matchstick.
Sadhna in Budtameez (1966)
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Personal details
Full name: Sadhana Shivdasani
Born: September 2, 1941 in Karach
Filmography
As an actress
1958 Abana (Sindhi)
1959 Bus Conductor
1960 Love in Simla
1960 Parakh
1962 Asli-Naqli
1962 Ek Musafir Ek Hasina
1962 Hum Dono
1962 Man-Mauji
1962 Prem Patra
1963 Mere Mehboob
1964 Dulha Dulhan
1964 Picnic
1964 Rajkumar
1964 Woh Kaun Thi?
1965 Arzoo
1965 Waqt
1966 Budtameez
1966 Gaban
1966 Mera Saaya
1967 Anita
1968 Stree
1969 Ek Phool Do Mali
1969 Intaquam
1969 Sachaai
1970 Ishq Par Zor Nahin
1971 Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee
1972 Dil Daulat Duniya
1973 Hum Sab Chor Hain
1974 Chhote Sarkar
1974 Geetaa Mera Naam
1975 Vandana
1977 Amaanat
1981 Mahfil
1994 Ulfat Ki Nayee Manzilen
As a director
1974 Geetaa Mera Naam
