This actress charged more than Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, became a superstar at 14, starred in an Oscar-nominated film, died after…
By the age of 29, this actress delivered all-time blockbusters and became the biggest female star in the country.
In recent times, the term famous person has been thrown around liberally. Any actor who achieved moderate mainstream success is quickly dubbed as a famous person, as a consequence of the press and eager publicists. Nevertheless, there became a time when this label became reserved for the true giants of the film industry. Legends like Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor were among Bollywood’s first superstars. Yet the women of the era weren’t far in the back of-one amongst them, the youngest of the lot, even came from a famous person-studded family. We are talking about none except for Nargis Dutt.
Born as Fatima Rashid on June 1, 1929, Nargis Dutt made her screen debut as a baby artist in Talash E-Haq (1935) as Little one Nargis. She became the daughter of Jaddan Bai, a renowned Calcutta courtesan, a widely known actress of the early days of cinema, and one amongst of the pioneers of the Indian film music.
In 1943, Nargis appeared in Mehboob Khan’s Taqdeer, opposite Motilal. The film became an unlimited box place of business hit and made her an overnight superstar. She had her next breakthrough in 1949 when she appeared in Andaz and Barsaat. Both films were a superhit and have became the highest-grossing films ever. Still simplest 19, Nargis became the largest female superstar in the U.S..
At that time, Nargis even started charging greater than male superstars like Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand. She dominated the box place of business, turning in iconic blockbusters like Awaara, Shree 420 and Chori Chori alongside Raj Kapoor. In 1957, she starred in Mother India, which became the highest-grossing Indian film of its time and remains the best woman-led film to hold that record. The film became nominated for the Oscar but lost to Nights of Cabiria by a single vote.
Nargis holds the records of being the actress with most all-time blockbusters to her name. Remarkably, she achieved all this by the age of 29, after which she married her Mother India co-superstar Sunil Dutt and retired from acting.
On the age of 51, Nargis Dutt passed away as she became stricken by pancreatic cancer for a chronic run.
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