Geeta Bali

Geeta Bali
Born
Harikirtan Kaur

1930[1]
Amritsar, Punjab Province, British India (present-day Punjab, India)[2]
Died (aged 35)[3]
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Years active1950–1964
Spouse
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(m. 1955)​
Children2, including Aditya Raj Kapoor
FamilyKapoor family (by marriage)

Geeta Bali (born Harkirtan Kaur; 1930 ‒ 21 January 1965) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. Bali is regarded among the finest actresses in the history of Indian cinema,[3] Bali acted in over 75 films in a career spanning over two decades. She was twice nominated for Filmfare Awards.[4]

Bali started her career as a child artist with The Cobbler (1942) and had her first success with Sohag Raat (1948). After working in Badi Bahen (1949), Bali went onto establish herself as a leading lady of the 50s with films such as Bawre Nain (1950), Albela (1951), Baazi (1951), Jaal (1952), Anand Math (1952), Vachan (1955), Milap (1955), Faraar (1955), Jailor (1958) and Mr. India (1961). For Vachan, she was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

Bali married actor Shammi Kapoor in 1955, with whom she has two children including actor Aditya Raj Kapoor. Bali died in 1965 due to small pox.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Room2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. p. 54. ISBN 9780851706696. (1930-65) Hindi actress, dancer and singer, originally Harikirtan Kaur. Born in Amritsar, Punjab.
  3. ^ a b Dinesh Raheja. "Geeta Bali: That Amazing Vivaciousness". Rediff.com. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference GeetaBIT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "How Shammi Kapoor married Geeta Bali: She took out lipstick, asked him to apply it on her maang". India Today. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.