Kamini Kaushal dies at 98: Veteran actor’s career spanned from Neecha Nagar to Laal Singh Chaddha

Veteran actor Kamini Kaushal passes away at the age of 98. A source close to the family confirmed the news to SCREEN. Her career spanned from pre-Partition days to 2022, when she worked in her last film Laal Singh Chaddha.

Kamini was one of the most popular actors of the 1950s. She made her debut with Chetan Anand’s 1946 film Neecha Nagar, which won the Palm d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. She appeared in films like Nadiya Ke Paar (1948), Ziddi (1948), Shabnam (1949), Biraj Bahu (1954), Jailor (1958) and Shaheed (1965). Her last appearance was in the Aamir Khan film Laal Singh Chaddha. Before that, she was seen playing Shahid Kapoor’s grandmother in the 2019 film Kabir Singh.

Born as Uma Sood, Kamini told SCREEN in 2017 that she was “bullied” into the world of cinema after she finished her graduation in English honours from Lahore. “I was studying at Lahore’s Kinnaird College for Women then, and my first reaction was ‘no’. I had heard from somewhere that the film industry was not a good place for girls,” she had said.

As the leading lady of stars from Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand, she ruled over cinema at that point of time. It is said that Subodh Mukherjee, who headed Filmistan studio, turned down up and coming singer Lata Mangeshkar as he felt her “squeaky” voice wouldn’t suit Kamini Kaushal.

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