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Sulakshana Pandit
  • Birth Name:
    Sulakshana Pandit
  • Date of Birth:
    July 10
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Cancer
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Hair Color:
    Black
  • Eye Color:
    Brown
  • Nationality:
    Indian
  • Religion:
    Hinduism

Family

Sulakshana Pandit
  • Brother:
    Jatin Pandit, Lalit Pandit
  • Sister:
    Vijeta Pandit
  • Relation:
    Aadesh Shrivastava - Brother-in-Law - Musician

Career

Sulakshana Pandit

Awards

Sulakshana Pandit
1975 : Filmfare Best Female Playback Award

Trivia

Sulakshana Pandit
  • Even though Pandit never got an award for acting she did manage to remain in the bracket of mid-level heroines of the 1970s alongside Leena Chandavarkar, Moushmi Chatterjee, Ranjeeta Kaur, and Vidya Sinha.
    submitted by - Soha Ali
  • Sulakshana was mostly confined to playing glamour doll roles in films and seldom got a chance to display her acting ability.
    submitted by - New ID
  • She comes from a family of musicians, as her uncle is Pandit Jasraj, a classical musician, who won the Padma Shree Award in India.
    submitted by - Mandy John
  • Sulakshana couldn't find any work and struggled financially for several years. Her apartment, in need of serious repairs, couldn't find any buyers and she was forced to move in with her sister Vijayata. However, in 2005, her former leading man Jeetendra came to her rescue by convincing his brother-in-law to purchase her apartment, and she was able to use the proceeds from the sale to purchase 3 flats and pay her debts.
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  • Sulakshna never married, she claims that the love of her life, actor Sanjeev Kumar, wouldn't marry her, because he never got over his heartbreak over actress Hema Malini.
    submitted by - Amit Rank
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Biography

Sulakshana Pandit
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Sulakshana was born on July 10th in the Pandit family, which consisted of her dad, Jasraj, a classical musician who was the winner of the much coveted 'Padma Shree' Award in India. She has three brothers and three sisters. Two of her brothers are Jatin and Lalit - Bollywood music composers, while one of her sisters' is Vijayata Pandit, an actress/singer in her own right, and wife of Composer, Aadesh Srivastav.Things were anything but easy for Sulakshana, the eldest of all the siblings, especially when her father left, making her the bread-winner for the entire family. She began her career in Bollywood as a playback singer in 1967. Since then she has acted in over 20 & sung in over 21 movies, in a career that spanned from 1967 through to 1988.

Some of her more popular songs are 'Bekare Dil Tu Gaaye Ja, Khushiyon Se Bhare Woh Tarane' (Door Ka Rahi); 'Bandhi Re Kahey Preet, Piya Ke Sang, Anjaane Mein (Sankoch); "Mausam Mausam Lovely Mausam, Kasak Anjaani, Madhyam Madhyam' (Thodisi Bewafai); and the award-winning 'Tu Hi Sagar Hai Tu Hi Kinara, Dundta Hai Tu Kiska Sahara' from the 1975 flick 'Sankalp'. She met with and fell in love with Harihar Zariwala, more popularly known as Bollywood actor Sanjeev Kumar, who was so very smitten by actress Hema Malini, that he turned her down. Heartbroken, She never married.

She fell into hard times after she stopped getting any offers, especially when she insisted on singing and acting simultaneously. She ended up living in a dilapidated flat that was unfurnished, and badly in need of repairs, so much so that she could not find a buyer for it. In 2005 things changed for the better, when actor Jeetendra convinced his brother-in-law to buy this flat, while Vijeta and Aadesh stepped in to assist Sulakshana get back to her feet. With the sale of her flat, she was able to pay off her debts, as well as invest the left-over funds in 3 other flats - which ultimately continue to provide for her needs.

Filmography

Sulakshana Pandit


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