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Bindu

Birth Name:
Bindu Nanubhai Desai
Common Name:
Bindu Champaklal Zaveri
Date of Birth:
January 17, 1951
Place of Birth:
Valsad, Gujarat, India
Height:
5' 6"
Sex:
Female
Hair Color:
Brown
Eye Color:
Brown
Nationality:
Indian
Religion:
Hinduism

Family

Bindu

Father:
Nanubhai Desai
Mother:
Jyotsna
Spouse:
Champaklal Zaveri

Career

Bindu

Profession:
Actress
Claim to Fame:
Kati Patang - 1970 - Movie
Debut:
Do Raaste - 1969 - Movie

Trivia

Bindu

In 1969 bindu was nomonated for Best Supporting Actress for Ittefaq.
submitted by - Amit Kher
She was a unique actress in her own right.
submitted by - Mandy John
Bindu was never offered roles as the leading lady despite being extremely photogenic, blessed with a flawless complexion and sharp features. Her being married perhaps came in the way of her being offered roles as the main female lead. Thus, she lost out on the chance of being the leading lady in her films.
submitted by - Amit Sana
Bindu announced her arrival on the scene as a vamp, an image which her contemporaries Helen and Aruna Irani were famous for around that time.
submitted by - Amit Kher
Bindu's road to success was not an easy one. With her father's demise at the young age of 13 and being the eldest daughter, the burden of earning a daily meal fell on her young, frail shoulders.
submitted by - Sanjeev Dhiman

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Biography

Bindu

Last Updated: Monday, October 12, 2009

Bindu Bindu was born on April 17th in the Gujerati-speaking Desai family, consisting of her film producer dad, Nanubhai, and stage actress mom, Jyotsna.Due to her Bollywood connections she was able to find a niche in movies as early as 1962 with 'Anpadh' in which she plays the 'well educated' daughter of an 'illiterate' Mala Sinha.

But the real meaty and negative role came her way with 'Do Raaste' in which she plays the wife of Prem Chopra, and the movie that type-cast her in as a vamp was 'Kati Patang' with 'Meraaa Naam has Shabnam, Pyar Se Log Mujhey Shaboo Kahete Hain...' in which she belittles and then blackmails Asha Parekh - a song that is still popular and has also been remixed.

Quite unlike her screen characters, Bindu's life was not an easy one, especially at the age of 13 when her dad passed away, leaving the onus on her to fend for the rest of the Desai family.She got married to Champaklal Zaveri, who supported her talents and encouraged her to continue to act in movies.She has acted in over 160 movies in a career that spanned from 1962 through on to the 2004 hit 'Main Hoon Na'.Bindu is now a Bollywood legend, a vamp, a character actress, a stern mother-in-law, a dancer, a singer, a seductress but above all - an excellent actress.