The Indian film industry boasts of having some of the most beautiful women in the world. Without setting unreal and rather artificial standards of beauty, Indian actresses like Hema Mailni, Madhubala, Meena Kumari, Shabana Azmi etc have managed to remain etched in our memory even after years of their first appearance on the silver screen.
Let's revel in the beauty of these women who are our solace in this era of Photoshop and airbrush techniques:
Madhubala's picture appeared in the American magazine Theatre Arts in August 1952 issue, where she was featured in an article with a full page photograph under the title: 'The Biggest Star in the World - and she's not in Beverly Hills'.
Born Mahjabeen Bano, Meena Kumari was also a poet.
The original 'Dream girl' of Bollywood, Hema Malini made her acting debut in 1968.
Shabana Azmi has won 5 National Film Awards for Best Actress.
Shabana Azmi is striking. #bollywood #bollywoodbeauty #indianbeauty #indiancinema #classicbollywood #classicbeauty #gorgeous #shabanaazmi #indianactress #bollywoodactress #bollywoodfilm #traditionalindia #traditionalbeauty #india #desi #desibeauty #indianfilm #vintagebollywood #pretty #niceeyes #browneyesA photo posted by oldbollywoodlovers on
Sarika started her acting career at the young age of 4.
The bold and glamorous Parveen Babi was the first Indian movie star to appear on the cover of Time magazine in 1976.
Apart from being one of the finest actresses Indian cinema has ever had, Smita Patil was also a women's rights activist.
Rekha had no interest in acting but had to work in order to sustain her family financially.
One of the finest actresses of Indian cinema, Vyjayanthimala is also a Bharatanatyam dancer, Carnatic singer, dance choreographer and parliamentarian.
Sharmila Tagore was chosen as an UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2015.
Waheeda Rehman considers Guru Dutt to be her mentor, who discovered her during the success party of a movie.
Apart from appearing in Hindi cinema, Tanuja simultaneously acted in several Marathi, Bengali and Gujarati films too.
Nutan's Bollywood career lasted for over 4 decades during which she appeared in several unconventional films.
Before becoming an actress Zeenat Aman, took up a job as a journalist for Femina.
Saira Bano has spent a major chunk of her childhood in London.
Sadhana was responsible for bringing the fringe haircut into fashion, so much so that it became a rage and was ultimately named after her.
Mumtaz's films 'Do Raaste' and 'Bandhan', with Rajesh Khanna, became top grossers of the year 1969.
Neetu Kapoor's dance in 'Lekar Hum Deewana Dil' gathered her so much attention that she was cast in lead roles almost immediately.
After a successful career in bollywood, Asha Parekh now runs her dance academy Kara Bhavan.
Comments
0 comment