Kuldip Kaur (1927â€"3 February 1960) was an Indian film actress who
worked in Hindi and Punjabi films. Known for her roles as negative
characters, she was cited as Indian cinema's "most polished vamps" and
actor Pran's "opposite number". She started her acting career with the
first Punjabi film produced in India following Partition; Chaman, also
called The Garden in 1948.Acclaimed as a "vamp" of "exceptional
talent" and the "first female villain" in Indian cinema, she has been
compared to artists like Shashikala and Bindu. Active from 1948 to
1960, she acted in over 100 films, most of them in Hindi and some in
Punjabi. She died in 1960 from tetanus.Kuldip Kaur was born into a
prosperous Jat family in 1927 in Lahore, Punjab, British India. Her
family were landowners in Attari, Amritsar District, in Punjab. She
was married to Mohinder Singh Sidhu, a grandson of the military
Commander of Ranjit Singh's army, General Sham Singh Attariwala.
Married at the age of fourteen, she became a mother at the age of
sixteen.
worked in Hindi and Punjabi films. Known for her roles as negative
characters, she was cited as Indian cinema's "most polished vamps" and
actor Pran's "opposite number". She started her acting career with the
first Punjabi film produced in India following Partition; Chaman, also
called The Garden in 1948.Acclaimed as a "vamp" of "exceptional
talent" and the "first female villain" in Indian cinema, she has been
compared to artists like Shashikala and Bindu. Active from 1948 to
1960, she acted in over 100 films, most of them in Hindi and some in
Punjabi. She died in 1960 from tetanus.Kuldip Kaur was born into a
prosperous Jat family in 1927 in Lahore, Punjab, British India. Her
family were landowners in Attari, Amritsar District, in Punjab. She
was married to Mohinder Singh Sidhu, a grandson of the military
Commander of Ranjit Singh's army, General Sham Singh Attariwala.
Married at the age of fourteen, she became a mother at the age of
sixteen.
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