Bindu emerged star overnight with Rajesh Khanna starrer ‘Kati Patang’
Bindu emerged star overnight with Rajesh Khanna starrer ‘Kati Patang’
Bindu ruled the industry with her dancing skills and negative roles in the 70s and 80s. The Shakti Samanta’s directorial ‘Kati Patang’ catapulted her to a star overnight. The film featured Bollywood’s only super star Rajesh Khanna and Asha Parekh.
Bindu has worked in over 160 films in a career that spanned four decades.
Bindu got married when she was 18 to her neighbour Champaklal Zaveri after falling in love with him regardless an age difference of 5 years amidst the two.
Having forayed into acting career in 1962, with ‘Anpadh’ she faced a lot of discrimination at the beginning of her career.
The actress hit the headlines for her negative role in the 1970 released film Kati Patang as Mera Naam Hai ‘Shabnam, Pyar Se Log Mujhe Shabo Kehte hai. She had the looks of vamp.
She has worked with Jeetendra Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher and others.Even though her father wanted her to be a doctor, her dreams were set on to be an actress.
dreamed of becoming an actress. She wanted to be a heroine. In the 90s, she started appearing in the role of a negative mother-in-law in almost every film.
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