- Geeta Bali
Geeta Bali (
1930 -January 21 ,1965 ) was born in aMohyal family in pre-partition Punjab as Harkirtan Kaur, aSikh . Her family moved to Bombay and were living in near poverty when she started to get breaks in films. She became a star in the 1950s. In 1955 she marriedShammi Kapoor who was 1 year younger than her but not yet a star. She had also worked earlier with her future brother-in-lawRaj Kapoor inBawre Nain and with her future father-in-lawPrithviraj Kapoor inAnand Math . Unlike other actresses who gave up films after marrying into the Kapoor family, Bali kept acting until her death. Her secretary wasSurinder Kapoor , father of producerBoney Kapoor and actorAnil Kapoor .She had two children with Shammi, before she died onJanuary 21 ,1965 ofsmallpox . She left behind a son Aditya aged 8 and a daughter Kanchan aged 3.Later her niece
Yogeeta Bali also made it into films.Films
Some of her hit films are "
Bawre Nain " with future brother-in-lawRaj Kapoor ,Baazi (1951 film) withDev Anand ,Baaz withGuru Dutt , Jaal, Albela withBhagwan Dada . She received aFilmfare Nomination as Best Actress forVachan (1955) and another nomination as Best Supporting Actress forKavi (1955).External links
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* http://www.junglee.org.in/sk.html
* http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/apr/09dinesh.htm
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