Nutan

Nutan was a very famous actress of her times and she has appeared in many successful Bollywood films of 1950s and 1960s. Chiefly considered for her acting abilities, Nutan was acknowledged as an talented dramatic heroine, and her acting skills often grossed praises and rave reviews from the critics and her fans. Nutan has been honoured with the Filmfare Best Actress Awardfive times.

Nutan started her career in Hindi cinema when she was just fourteen years old. She appeared in Hamari Beti in the year 1950. The movie was produced by her mother, Shobhana. Then in 1952 the actress was declared as the winner of Miss India contest.She was featured in Seema and also bagged her first Filmfare Best Actress Award. She was then seen in a rom-com titled Paying Guest, opposite most respectable star of Bollywood Dev Anand. In 1959 Nutan was signed in two hit movies like Anari and Bimal Roy's Sujata. In the 1960’s and 1970’s the lady gave various hits to Hindi cinema like Chhalia, Bandini, Saraswatichandra, Devi and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki .

The talented actress got her third Best actress Filmfare award in 1964, for her outstanding performance in Bandini, her fourth Filmfare award for Milanwas a great success. She starred opposite Amitabh Bachchan in 1973's Saudagar, for which she got a sixth Filmfare Best actress nomination. The list of praises was a never ending story for her. In 1978, she made a come back to the film industry with Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki and was honoured with the eight Filmfare career nomination and won her fifth Filmfare best actress award. Again she took break from work for almost three pretty long years and was seen in Saajan ki Saheli in the year 1981. In the enduring 1980’s she enacted characters in films like Meri Jung, Naam and Karma which were all successful hits. For Meri Jung Nutan got a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her very last movie released worldwide was Kanoon Apna Apna in 1989. She died in 1991 of cancer. Two of her notable projects Naseebwala and Insaniyat were released after her death in 1991.

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