Vaijayanti Mala: Vaijayanti Mala is counted among the veteran actresses of Bollywood. She earned a big and special name in her film career. Apart from her films and acting, she has also been in the news for her personal life. There were rumours of Vaijayanti Mala’s affair with veteran actors like Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. However, she married a doctor who had treated her.
Made his debut at the age of 16
Vaijayanti Mala recently celebrated her 91st birthday. The actress was born on 13 August 1933 in Triplicane, Chennai. Her mother Vasundhara Devi was a famous actress. Following her mother’s footsteps, Vaijayanti also made a career in the film world. The actress made her debut in the film world at the age of 16. However, her debut was from South cinema. She was first seen in the 1949 Tamil film ‘Vadakai’.
Stepped into Bollywood at the age of 18
After debuting in South cinema, Vaijayanti soon turned to Hindi cinema. She debuted in Bollywood at the age of 18 with the film ‘Bahaar’ which was released in the year 1951. Vaijayanti’s brilliant films include ‘Sangam’, ‘Sadhana’, ‘Prince’, ‘Madhumati’, ‘Suraj’, ‘Sadhana’, ‘Ganga Jamuna’ and ‘Amrapali’ etc.
Received the Best Actress Award three times
How great an actress Vaijayanti was of her time can be gauged from the fact that she was awarded the Best Actress award for three films ‘Madhumati’, ‘Ganga Jamuna’ and ‘Sangam’. While she received the Best Supporting Actress award for the 1957 film ‘Devdas’.
She married the doctor who treated her
Vaijayanti Mala’s name was once associated with Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. However, her love with both remained incomplete. Later she fell in love with a doctor Chamanlal Bali. Actually Chamanlal had treated the actress when she had pneumonia. But the actress fell in love with him. Later both of them got married in the year 1968.
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