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Nargis (Hindi: नर्गिस, Urdu: نرگس), June 1, 1929 - May 3, 1981, was an Indian actress best known for her role as Radha in the Oscar-nominated film Mother India. She was the wife of actor Sunil Dutt (who appeared in Mother India as her son) and her son Sanjay Dutt is currently a very successful actor in the industry. Image File history File links NargisAwara. ... Awaara (The Tramp/Vagabond in English) ia a 1951 film directed and produced by Raj Kapoor. ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... , West Bengal (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchimbôŋgo) is a state in eastern India. ... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ... Sunil Dutt (Hindi: सुनील दत, June 6, 1930 – May 25, 2005), born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian Bollywood actor, producer, director and politician. ... Sanjay Dutt Hindi: संजय दत्त, Urdu: سانجی دات), born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood actor. ... Priya Dutt (b. ... The Filmfare Awards ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India [1] and is sometimes referred to as the Indian Oscars. ... The Filmfare Best Actress Awards is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. ... This article is about a Hindi film. ... The National Film Awards, commonly known as the National Awards, are arguably the most prestigious and prominent film awards in India. ... The National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Actress winners: Category: ... Raat Aur Din (English: Night and Day) is a 1967 Indian Bollywood film directed by Satyen Bose. ... Nargis is a commune of the Loiret département, in France. ... Hindi (DevanāgarÄ«: or , IAST: , IPA:  ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the 22 official languages of India and is also used for central government administrative purposes , along with English. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about a Hindi film. ... Sunil Dutt (Hindi: सुनील दत, June 6, 1930 – May 25, 2005), born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian Bollywood actor, producer, director and politician. ... Sanjay Dutt Hindi: संजय दत्त, Urdu: سانجی دات), born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood actor. ...

Personal life

Nargis was born Fatima Rashid, the daughter of the Allahabad-based singer, Jaddanbai and Uttamchand Mohanchand. She was born Muslim and is one of the many Muslim actors to achieve such success. Nargis married the actor Sunil Dutt (himself a Mohyal from Jhelum, Pakistan). Her brother Anwar Hussain was also an actor in the film industry. Nargis started her career in the 1930s as a child artist and progressed quickly to leading roles in several popular films in the 1940s and 1950s which remain popular today. In most of her films she appeared opposite the director and Bollywood star Raj Kapoor. She is said to have been his real-life love interest as well as his favorite heroine. The affair was doomed to remain an affair, however, as Kapoor made no move to divorce his wife. This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Jaddanbai (1892 or 1908 - April 8, 1949) was an early singer, music composer, actress and filmmaker of Bollywood and one of the pioneers of Indian cinema. ... Sunil Dutt (Hindi: सुनील दत, June 6, 1930 – May 25, 2005), born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian Bollywood actor, producer, director and politician. ... Mohyal (Punjabi-Shahmukhi: ﻝﺎﻴﮨﻮﻣ , Punjabi-Gurmukhi: ਮੋਹ੍ਯਾਲ, Hindi: मोहयाल) (alternate spellings include Muhiyal, Muhial, Mhial, Mohiyal or Mahjal) is the name of an endogamous group of seven lineages arising from the Gandhara region. ... Mosque in Jhelum Cantt Jhelum or Jehlum (Urdu: جہلم) is a city in northern Punjab Province in Pakistan. ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ... Raj Kapoor (Hindi: राज कपूर, , Urdu: راج کپور, Rāj Kapūr, December 14, 1924 - June 2, 1988) was a legendary Indian actor, producer and director of Bollywood movies. ...

It is a well-known story that while shooting for Mother India, Nargis was trapped amidst lit haystacks while filming a scene. As the flames got higher and higher, Sunil Dutt, who played her rebellious son Birju in the film, ran through the fire and rescued her. Later, Dutt proposed to her, and they married on March 11, 1958. The marriage produced three children: Sanjay, Namrata, and Priya. Sanjay Dutt went onto become a very successful film actor. Namrata went onto marry actor Kumar Gaurav, son of veteran actor Rajendra Kumar who had appeared alongside both Nargis and Sunil Dutt in Mother India. Priya became a politician. Sunil Dutt (Hindi: सुनील दत, June 6, 1930 – May 25, 2005), born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian Bollywood actor, producer, director and politician. ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... Sanjay Dutt Hindi: संजय दत्त, Urdu: سانجی دات), born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood actor. ... Priya Dutt (b. ... Kumar Gaurav is an Indian film actor and the son of Rajendra Kumar, a matinee idol of Hindi films in the 1960s. ... Rajendra kumar was the bollywod icon of the 60s and 70s. ...

Career

Fatima was recruited to the cinema at an early age. Fatima made her first film appearance in 1935, in Talashe Haq. The six-year-old was credited as "Baby Nargis". Nargis, her stage name, means "Narcissus", the flower. She was always credited as Nargis in all of her films.

Nargis appeared in numerous movies after her 1935 debut; she won lasting fame for her later, adult, roles. She starred in many popular Hindi-Urdu movies of the late 1940s and 1950s such as Barsaat (1949), Andaz (1949), Awaara (1951), Deedar (1951), Shree 420 (1955) and Chori Chori (1956). In most of her films she starred alongside Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. // The Relationship between Hindi, Urdu, and Hindustani/Hindi-Urdu Hindustani (or the Hindustani language) is a term used by linguists to describe a closely related series of languages or dialects stretching across the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. ... Barsaat (Hindi: बर्सात, Urdu: برسات Also known as Rain in English) is a 1949 Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor. ... Andaz (Hindi: अन्दाज़, Urdu: اَنداز) is a 1949 Indian Hindi/Urdu movie, directed by Mehboob Khan, music by Naushad. ... Awaara (The Tramp/Vagabond in English) ia a 1951 film directed and produced by Raj Kapoor. ... Deedar is a 1951 Bollywood Hindi language film directed by Nitin Bose and starring Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Nargis and Nimmi in lead roles. ... Shri 420 (Mr. ... Chori Chori was a film made at the banner AVM Madras. ... Raj Kapoor (Hindi: राज कपूर, , Urdu: راج کپور, Rāj KapÅ«r, December 14, 1924 - June 2, 1988) was a legendary Indian actor, producer and director of Bollywood movies. ... Yusuf Khan (Hindi: यूसुफ़ ख़ान ; Urdu: یوسف خان ; IPA: ) (born December 11, 1922), also commonly known as Dilip Kumar (Hindi: दिलीप कुमार ; Urdu: دِلِیپ کُمار) is a legendary Indian Bollywood film actor and a former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). ...

Her most famous role came in Mehboob Khan's Oscar-nominated rural drama Mother India in 1957. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance. After her marriage to Sunil Dutt in 1958, Nargis gave up her film career after her last few film releases to settle down with her family. She made her last film appearance in the 1967 film Raat Aur Din for which she won a National Film Award for Best Actress. Mehboob Khan (1907 - 28 May 1964) was one of the many pioneers of Indian Cinema. ... This article is about a Hindi film. ... The Filmfare Best Actress Awards is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. ... Raat Aur Din (English: Night and Day) is a 1967 Indian Bollywood film directed by Satyen Bose. ... The National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Actress winners: Category: ...

Nargis died of pancreatic cancer in 1981, only a few weeks before her son Sanjay Dutt's debut film Rocky was released. Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor within the pancreatic gland. ... Sanjay Dutt Hindi: संजय दत्त, Urdu: سانجی دات), born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood actor. ... This article is about the 1981 Bollywood film Rocky. ...

Awards and Recognitions

• 1957 - Filmfare Best Actress Award, Mother India
• 1968 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Raat Aur Din
• Nargis Dutt was the recipient of the "Urvashy Award", the highest honour that can be conferred on a movie actress in India. [1]
• She was not just the first actress to win the "Karlovy Wary Award", but the first film personality to be conferred a Padma Shri and also a Rajya Sabha seat in Parliament. [2]
• She had been conferred with a National Award for cinematography for contribution to Indian Cinema. [3]
• On January 8, 2001, Amitabh Bachchan and Nargis Dutt were honoured with the "Best Artists of the Millennium" award by Hero Honda and file magazine "Stardust". [4]

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Filmography

• Talashe Haq (1935)
• Tamanna (1942)
• Taqdeer (1943)
• Humayun (1945)
• Bisvi Sadi (1945)
• Nargis (1946)
• Mehandi (1947)
• Mela (1948)
• Anokha Pyar (1948)
• Anjuman (1948)
• Aag (1948)
• Roomal (1949)
• Lahore (1949)
• Darogaji (1949)
• Barsaat (1949)
• Andaz (1949)
• Pyaar (1950)
• Meena Bazaar (1950)
• Khel (1950)
• Jogan (1950)
• Jan Pahchan (1950)
• Chhoti Bhabbi (1950)
• Babul (1950)
• Aadhi Raat (1950)
• Saagar (1951)
• Pyar Ki Baaten (1951)
• Hulchul (1951)
• Deedar (1951)
• Awaara (1951)
• Sheesha (1952)
• Bewafaa (1952)
• Ashiana (1952)
• Anhonee (1952)
• Amber (1952)
• Shikast (1953)
• Paapi (1953)
• Dhoon (1953)
• Aah (1953)
• Angarey (1954)
• Shree 420 (1955)
• Jagte Raho (1956)
• Chori Chori (1956)
• Pardesi (1957 film)
• Mother India (1957)
• Lajwanti (1958)
• Ghar Sansar (1958)
• Adalat (1958)
• Yaadein (1964)
• Raat Aur Din (1967)

Mela is a 1948 Hindi movie. ... Aag is a 1948 Bollywood film produced and directed by Raj Kapoor who also has the leading role. ... Barsaat (Also known as Rain in English) is a 1949 Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor. ... Andaz (Hindi: अन्दाज़, Urdu: اَنداز) is a 1949 Indian Hindi/Urdu movie, directed by Mehboob Khan, music by Naushad. ... Jogan is a 1950 film directed by Kedar Nath Sharma and starring Dilip Kumar and Nargis. ... Babul is a 1950 Indian Hindi movie produced by Naushad , who was also the music director for the film. ... Hulchul is a 1951 Hindi movie produced by K. Asif and directed by S K Ojha. ... Deedar is a 1951 Bollywood Hindi language film directed by Nitin Bose and starring Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Nargis and Nimmi in lead roles. ... Awaara (The Tramp/Vagabond in English) ia a 1951 film directed and produced by Raj Kapoor. ... Bewafaa meaning unfaithful starring Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Manoj Bajpai, Shamita Shetty and Kabir Bedi. ... Shikast is a 1953 Hindi movie produced and directed by Ramesh Saigal. ... Shri 420 (Mr. ... Jagte Raho is a 1956 film directed by Amit Mitra and Sombhu Mitra, starring Raj Kapoor. ... Chori Chori was a film made at the banner AVM Madras. ... Pardesi (English:The Journey Beyond Three Seas; Russian: Khozhdenie za tri morya ) was 1957 Indo-Russian film, jointly directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin. ... This article is about a Hindi film. ... Yaadein (Hindi: यादें, Urdu: یادیں, translation: Memories) is a 1964 Bollywood film directed by Sunil Dutt also starring himself. ... Raat Aur Din (English: Night and Day) is a 1967 Indian Bollywood film directed by Satyen Bose. ...

External links

• Nargis at the Internet Movie Database
• Nargis Dutt Cancer Foundation

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