Aruna Irani

Aruna Irani
Born	May 3, 1952 (1952-05-03) (age 59)[1] Mumbai, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor, Director

Aruna Irani (Hindi: अरुणा ईरानी, Urdu: اَرُنا ایرانی) (born 3 May 1952) is an Indian actress. An accomplished actress and dancer of her time, Aruna Irani has acted in about 300 movies, with many memorable acting performances to her credit. Irani is the sister of film-maker Indra Kumar and actor Adi Irani (one who became her son in movie Beta).

Early life

Aruna Irani was born in Mumbai, India into an parsi family.

Career

Aruna Irani made her debut in the movie Gunga Jumna (1961) at nine years old playing Azra's character. After doing several small roles in films like Jahanara (1964), Farz (1967), Upkar (1967) and Aaya Sawan Jhoomke (1969), and pairing with comedian Mehmood in films like Aulad (1968), Humjoli (1970), and Naya Zamana (1971), she finally shot to fame with her brilliant performance as an aggressive gypsy woman in the super hit Caravan (1971).

By that time, she was emotionally involved with Mehmood and did not focus fully on her career. Their relationship ruined het chances of getting the heroine's roles. Yet Mehmood gave her lead roles opposite the likes of Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Mehra in the films that he made: Bombay To Goa (1972), Garam Masala (1972), and Do Phool (1973).

Success as a heroine eluded her, and the newer actors and actresses that she supported became stars while acting with her: Jeetendra in Farz (1967), Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia in Bobby (1973), Shabana Azmi in Fakira (film) (1976), Jayaprada in Sargam (1979), Kumar Gaurav in Love Story (1981), Sanjay Dutt in Rocky (1981).

She ended up doing vampish and supporting roles, mainly because her memorable performance in Caravan had typecast her. To her credit, Aruna Irani seriously took each role and delivered nice performances, thus endearing herself to filmmakers and creating a niche for herself. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s she appeared in several supporting roles, notably Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974), Do Jhooth (1975), Khel Khel Mein (1975), Bhanwar (1976), Fakira (1976), Laila Majnu (1976), Sargam (1979), Qurbani (1980), Aas Paas (1980), Love Story (1981) and Kudrat (1981). She won her first Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Pet Pyaar Aur Paap (1984).

In the late 1980s and 1990s Irani switched to playing motherly roles, notably in Beta (1992) for which she won her second Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. She acted in the Kannada remake of the same film and the same role. She got very famous acting in many Gujarati and Marathi films and some way changed trend and played as main protagonist. Two of her Marathi films are Changu Mangu and Bol Baby Bol.

Personal life

Aruna Irani is married to film director Kuku Kohli.

Filmography

Films

A complete filmography is available at her IMDB entry

Ganga Jamuna (1961) Jahanara (1964) Ganga ki Lahren (1964) Farz (1967) Patthar Ke Sanam (1967) Upkar (1967) Aaya Sawan Jhoomke (1969) Anjaan Hai Koyee (1969) Humjoli (1970) Aan Milo Sajna (1970) Naya Zamana (1971) Ek Paheli (1971) Sanjog (1971) Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong (1971) Ek Naari Ek Brahmchari (1971) Caravan (1971) Buddha Mil Gaya (1971) Andaz (1971) Garam Masala (1972) Bombay to Goa (1972) Bobby (1973) Do Phool (1973) Prem Nagar (1974)

Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974) Mili (1975) Do Jasoos (1975) Khel Khel Mein (1975) Deewaar (1975) (uncredited) Bhanwar (1976) Charas (1976) Sangram (1976) Fakira (1976) Zindagi (1976) .... Sudha N. Shukla Laila Majnu (1976) Duniyadaari (1977) Shalimar (1978) Jaani Dushman (1979) Kartavya (1979) ... Lachhi Surakshaa (1979) .... Ruby Aas Paas (1980) Doodh Ka Karz (1980) Hum Paanch (1980) ... Nishi Judaai (1980) ... Miss Lily, Dancer Kali Ghata (1980) ... Pinky Karz (1980) Morcha (1980)

Phir Wohi Raat (1980) ... Shobha Qurbani (1980) Rocky (1981) Love Story (1981) Yaarana (1981) Angoor (1982) Kudarat (1981) Bemisal (1982) Bade Dilwaala (1983) Pet Pyaar Aur Paap (1984) ghar Ek Mandir(1984) Shahenshah (1988) Chaalbaaz (1989) Phool Aur Kaante (1991) Beta (1992) Raja Babu (1994) Bewafa Saman (1995) Indian (1996) Chhote Sarkar (1996) Hamesha (1997) Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) Haseena Maan Jaayegi (1999) Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002) Khatta Meeta (2010) Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (1998)

Television

• Sanjog Se Bani Sangini on Zee TV
• Jhansi Ki Rani (TV series) on Zee TV
• Saas v/s Bahu as Judge on Sahara One
• Naaginn on Zee TV
• Babul Ki Bitiya Chali Doli Saja Ke on Sahara One
• Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki on Star Plus
• Rabba Ishq Na Hove on Zee TV
• Vaidehi (TV series) on Sony TV
• Zameen Se Aassman Tak on Sahara One
• Tum Bin Jaaoon Kahaan on Zee TV
• Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand on STAR Plus (Also Director)
• Mehndi Tere Naam Ki on Zee TV
• Zamana Badal Gaya on DD Metro

Awards

• Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award – Won^[2]
  1985 Pet Pyaar Aur Paap – Janaki
  1993 Beta – Laxmi Devi
  
• Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award – Nomination^[2]
  1972 Caravan – Nisha
  1974 Bobby – Nima
  1976 Do Jhoot
  1978 Khoon Pasina – Shantimohan Sharma/Shanti "Shanno" Devi
  1982 Rocky – Kathy D'Souza
  1995 Suhaag – Asha R. Sharma
  1996 Kartavya – Gayetridevi Singh
  1998 Ghulam-E-Mustafa – Bhagyalaxmi Dixit
  

References

1. ^ IMDb
2. ^ ^{a b} "Filmfare Awards". googlepages.com. http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf. 

External links

• Aruna Irani at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Irani, Aruna
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Date of birth	May 3, 1952
Place of birth	Mumbai, India
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