Kamini Kaushal (born Uma Kashyap, 16 January 1927) is a Hindi film and
television actress, who is most noted for her roles in films such as
Neecha Nagar (1946), which won the 1946 Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at
Cannes Film Festival and Biraj Bahu (1955), which won her the Filmfare
Best Actress Award in 1955. She played lead heroine in films from 1946
to 1963, wherein her roles in Do Bhai (1947), Shaheed (1948), Nadiya
Ke Paar (1948), Ziddi (1948), Shabnam (1949), Paras (1949), Namoona
(1949), Arzoo (1950), Jhanjar (1953), Aabroo (1956), Bade Sarkar
(1957), Jailor (1958), Night Club (1958) and Godaan (1963) are
considered her career's best performances. She played character roles
since 1963, and was critically acclaimed for her performance in
Shaheed (1965). She appeared in three films of Rajesh Khanna, namely
Do Raaste (1969), Prem Nagar (1974), Maha Chor (1976), in Anhonee
(1973) with Sanjeev Kumar and in eight films with Manoj Kumar namely
Shaheed, Upkar (1967), Purab Aur Paschim (1970), Shor (1972), Roti
Kapda Aur Makaan (1974), Sanyasi (1975), Dus Numbri (1976) and Santosh
(1989).Kamini Kaushal was born in Lahore. She was the youngest among
two brothers and three sisters. Kamini Kaushal was the daughter of
Prof. Shiv Ram Kashyap, Professor of Botany, University of Punjab at
Lahore, British India (now in Pakistan). Prof. Kashyap is widely
regarded as the father of Indian Botany. Her father was a
distinguished botanist who discovered six species of plants. She was
only seven when her father died on 26 November 1934. She did her
B.A.(honors) in English literature from Kinnaird College in Lahore.
She got an offer to act in films through Chetan Anand in 1946 for the
film Neecha Nagar.She quoted in an interview, talking about her
teenage days: "I had no time to fool. I didn't have any crush, I was
busy swimming, riding, skating and doing radio plays on Akashwani, for
which I was paid Rupees 10." When her elder sister died in a car
accident, leaving behind two daughters, Kaushal decided to marry her
brother-in-law, B. S. Sood, in 1948 and she set up home in Bombay
where her husband was a chief engineer in the Bombay Port Trust. Her
elder sister's daughters are Kumkum Somani and Kavita Sahni. Kumkum
Somani has written a book for children on Gandhi's philosophy and
Kavita Sahni is an artist. Kamini had 3 sons after 1955, from her
marriage with B. S. Sood - Rahul, Vidur and Shravan.
television actress, who is most noted for her roles in films such as
Neecha Nagar (1946), which won the 1946 Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at
Cannes Film Festival and Biraj Bahu (1955), which won her the Filmfare
Best Actress Award in 1955. She played lead heroine in films from 1946
to 1963, wherein her roles in Do Bhai (1947), Shaheed (1948), Nadiya
Ke Paar (1948), Ziddi (1948), Shabnam (1949), Paras (1949), Namoona
(1949), Arzoo (1950), Jhanjar (1953), Aabroo (1956), Bade Sarkar
(1957), Jailor (1958), Night Club (1958) and Godaan (1963) are
considered her career's best performances. She played character roles
since 1963, and was critically acclaimed for her performance in
Shaheed (1965). She appeared in three films of Rajesh Khanna, namely
Do Raaste (1969), Prem Nagar (1974), Maha Chor (1976), in Anhonee
(1973) with Sanjeev Kumar and in eight films with Manoj Kumar namely
Shaheed, Upkar (1967), Purab Aur Paschim (1970), Shor (1972), Roti
Kapda Aur Makaan (1974), Sanyasi (1975), Dus Numbri (1976) and Santosh
(1989).Kamini Kaushal was born in Lahore. She was the youngest among
two brothers and three sisters. Kamini Kaushal was the daughter of
Prof. Shiv Ram Kashyap, Professor of Botany, University of Punjab at
Lahore, British India (now in Pakistan). Prof. Kashyap is widely
regarded as the father of Indian Botany. Her father was a
distinguished botanist who discovered six species of plants. She was
only seven when her father died on 26 November 1934. She did her
B.A.(honors) in English literature from Kinnaird College in Lahore.
She got an offer to act in films through Chetan Anand in 1946 for the
film Neecha Nagar.She quoted in an interview, talking about her
teenage days: "I had no time to fool. I didn't have any crush, I was
busy swimming, riding, skating and doing radio plays on Akashwani, for
which I was paid Rupees 10." When her elder sister died in a car
accident, leaving behind two daughters, Kaushal decided to marry her
brother-in-law, B. S. Sood, in 1948 and she set up home in Bombay
where her husband was a chief engineer in the Bombay Port Trust. Her
elder sister's daughters are Kumkum Somani and Kavita Sahni. Kumkum
Somani has written a book for children on Gandhi's philosophy and
Kavita Sahni is an artist. Kamini had 3 sons after 1955, from her
marriage with B. S. Sood - Rahul, Vidur and Shravan.
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