Nalini Jaywant

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Nalini Jaywant
Nalini Jaywant in Milan.jpg
Jaywant in 1958 film Milan
Born(1926-02-18)18 February 1926
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died22 December 2010(2010-12-22) (aged 84)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActress
Years active1941 – 1965, 1983
Spouse(s)
Virendra Desai
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(m. 1945; div. 1948)​
Prabhu Dayal
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(m. 1960; died 2001)​
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RelativesSee Samarth family

Nalini Jaywant (18 February 1926[2] – 22 December 2010) was an Indian film actress who appeared in Hindi films in the 1940s and 1950s.

Background and personal life[]

Jaywant was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1926. She was first cousin of actress Shobhna Samarth, the mother of actresses Nutan and Tanuja.[3] Since 1983, she had been living mostly a reclusive life.[4]

Jaywant was married to director Virendra Desai in the 1940s. Later, she married her second husband, actor Prabhu Dayal, with whom she acted in several movies.[5]

Career[]

In her teens, Jaywant appeared in Mehboob Khan's Bahen (1941), a film about a brother's obsessive love for his sister. She performed in a few more movies before filming Anokha Pyar (1948). In 1950, she garnered fame when she became a top star with her performances opposite Ashok Kumar in Samadhi and Sangram. Samadhi was a patriotic drama concerning Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army. Although the leading movie magazine of the day, Filmindia, called it "politically obsolete", it enjoyed success at the box office. Sangram was a crime drama in which Jaywant played the heroine reforming the anti-hero. She and Kumar further collaborated on films such as Jalpari (1952), Kafila (1952), Nau Bahar (1952), Saloni (1952), Lakeeren (1954), Naaz (1954), Mr. X (1957), Sheroo (1957) and Toofan Mein Pyar Kahan (1963).

Jaywant remained an important leading actress through the mid-1950s, appearing in such films as Rahi (1953), Shikast (1953), Railway Platform (1955)), Nastik (1954), Munimji (1955), and Hum Sab Chor Hain (1956). The 1958 film Kala Pani, directed by Raj Khosla, was Jaywant's last successful movie, for which she won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Bombay Race Course (1965) was the last film she made before retirement. After 18 years, she returned as a character actress in Nastik which marked her last film appearance.

Death[]

Jaywant died on 22 December 2010, aged 84, at her bungalow of 60 years at Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai, India. Her death was not noticed by anyone until an ambulance carried her body after 3 days of her demise. Jaywant's neighbours reported that she had secluded herself from society and had not been meeting people after Dayal's death in 2001. Her relatives were also not in touch with her for long.[6]

Filmography[]

Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "'Mera Dard Na Jaane Koy' – Nalini Jaywant". Blogspot. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Nalini Jaywant". Upperstall. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. ^ Rediff On The NeT, Movies: Down memory lane with Shobhana Samarth
  4. ^ Nalini Jaywant profile
  5. ^ The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories
  6. ^ "Actress Nalini Jaywant's 'death' shrouded in mystery".

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