Remember Padma Khanna, the actress who played ‘Kaikeyi’ in Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan? Once a superstar, became famous as a cabaret dancer, was Meena Kumari’s…, quit acting, is now…

Right now, we can talk about this actress who now not upright starred in loads of movies nonetheless also grew to become a family title on television. On the peak of her profession, she left all the pieces at the support of and went to dwell fortunately ever after with the man of her goals. Smartly, she garnered tall like from loads after portraying the aim of Queen Kaikeyi in Ramanand Sagar’s mythological TV existing Ramayan (1987-88). She is none assorted than Indian actress Padma Khanna.

On the age of 7, Padma began discovering out Kathak from Guru Kishen Maharaj of Varanasi. Gradually, she began performing on stage and later learnt developed make of Kathak from Gopi Krishna. After searching at her impeccable dancing abilities, outmoded actresses Padmini and Vyjayanthimala instantaneous her to pursue profession in performing.

On the age of 12, she made her debut as an actress in the 1961 Bhojpuri film Bhaiyya. Her big spoil came in 1970 when she played the aim of a cabaret dancer in Johnny Mera Naam. Padma also portrayed the aim of a dancer in loads of movies alongside with Idler, Jaan-e-Bahaar, and Pakeezah, where she acted as Meena Kumari’s physique double in opening pictures.

Padma starred in over 400 movies of all Indian languages alongside with Saaz Aur Awaaz, Biwi Aur Makaan, Baharon Ke Sapne, Sangharsh, Dastaan, Hindustan Ki Kasam, Rampur Ka lakshman and Saudagar. She acted in TV serials too, essentially the most neatly-most neatly-liked amongst them being Ramayan, in which she portrayed Kaikeyi, some of the two key female characters.

Married to film director Jagdish l. Sidana, the Saudagar actress moved to the US in the Nineties and based the Indianica Dance Academy. Following her marriage, Padma left the film commercial at the support of and is now living life a ways off from glitz and glam.