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Leela Chitnis (née Nagarkar; 9 September 1909 – 14 July 2003) was an Indian actress in the Indian film industry, active from the 1930s to the 1980s. In her early years she starred as a romantic lead, but she is best remembered for her later roles playing a virtuous and upright mother to leading stars.
Leela Chitnis was born on 9 September 1909 in Dharwad, Bombay Presidency, British India. She was an actress and director, known for Kangan (1939), Sadhna (1958) and Chhaya (1936). She was married to Dr. Gajanan Yeshwant Chitnis. She died on 14 July 2003 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Jul 17, 2003 · Leela Chitnis, an actress whose half-century-long 40-film career in India progressed from romantic roles to the motherly ones for which she is best remembered, died on Monday at a...
One of cinema's earliest educated ladies, Leela Chitnis captured her life in her autobiography Chanderi Duniyet. Born in a Marathi-speaking household in Karwar, Karnataka, she made a name for...
Leela Chitnis has the distinction of becoming the first Indian film star to endorse the Lux brand of soaps – a product that till then only was being endorsed only by Hollywood heroines. By the end of the 1940s, she knew that her time as a leading lady was up.
Sep 9, 2022 · Before Nirupa Roy and Lalita Pawar, actress Leela Chitnis embraced the long-suffering, self-sacrificing ‘elderly mother’ archetype in Indian cinema. Films such as Raj Kapoor’s Awaara (1951), Bimal Roy’s Maa (1952) or Dev Anand’s runaway hit Guide (1965) epitomise her role as Bollywood’s maternal figure.
Jan 15, 2024 · Leela Chitnis made a name for herself as one of India’s first educated heroines. She climbed the ranks of fame, becoming the first Indian face of the luxury soap brand Lux
Leela Chitnis was an Indian actress who primarily worked in the Hindi film industry. In her early years, she starred as a romantic lead, but she is best known for her later roles playing a virtuous and upright mother to leading stars.
Jul 14, 2017 · Leela Chitnis (9 September 1909–14 July 2003) was an actress active from 1930s to 1980s. In her early years, she starred as a romantic lead, but she is best remembered for her later...
Leela Chitnis, actress: born Dharwar, India 9 September 1909; twice married (three sons, and one son and one daughter deceased); died Danbury, Connecticut 14 July 2003.
