Vyjayantimala
Personal Profile
Vyjayantimala
Family
Vyjayantimala
Father:
Shri M.D.RamaMother:
Shrimati Vasundhara DeviSpouse:
Dr.Chamanlal BaliSon:
Suchindra Bali
Career
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Awards
Vyjayantimala
1956 :Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award, for Devdas
1958 : Filmfare Best Actress Award, for a role in Madhumati
1958 : Filmfare Nomination for Best Actress, for a role in Sadhana
1961 : Filmfare Best Actress Award, for a role in Ganga Jamuna
1961 : BFJA Award for Best Actress for her role in Ganga Jamuna
1964 : Filmfare Best Actress Award, for a role in Sangam
1968 : Padma Shri Award
1982 : Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 1982 for Bharatanatyam
1996 : Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
2004 : "Legend of Indian Cinema" Award at Atlantic City (United States).
2005 : Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bollywood Movie Awards
Trivia
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- Vyjayanthimala is a professional Bharatanatyam dancer.
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- She had become a movie actress and dominated the silver screen in the 1950's and 1960's. But then she got married, retired from films when she was at her peak, and went back to pursue her number one passion - dancing.
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- Vyjayanthimala not only dances, she also choreographs and composes. In her own words, dancing took her around the world much more than the movies did.
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- Vyjayanthimala has performed her art in many countries of the world.
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- Vyjayanthimala was performed in The United Nations 20th Anniversary Celebrations of the Human Rights Day in 1969 in New York, USA.
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Biography
Vyjayantimala
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Vyjayanthimala was born in Madras (Chennai). Vyjayanthimala daughter of Shri M.D.Raman and Shrimati Vasundhara Devi, Schooling was in Presentation Convent and Good Shepherd Convent, both in Madras. Vyjayanthimala started taking lessons in Bharatanatyam dancing from a very early age and was already performing on stage while still in high school. A family friend, Shri M.V.Raman, after watching her dance performance, launched her in AVM's Tamil film Vazhkai in 1949. Initially, Vyjayanthimala's orthodox family did not want her to enter the film industry.
But eventually, her foresighted grandmother, Yadugiri Devi, who often watched over young Vyjayanthimala's life and guided her career, consented and let Vyjayanthimala play a role in Vazhkai. The film was such a great success that it was re-made in Telugu (Jeevitham). The Telugu version was also a hit. AVM Productions then decided to go to Bombay and do the film in Hindi. Vyjayanthimala was chosen to do the Hindi version too.
Vyjayanthimala had the advantage of being fluent in Hindi as she had studied Hindi at Hindi Prachar Sabha in Madras. The Hindi version of the movie, Bahar, was released in 1951 and it was also a commercial success. Tamilian Vyjayanthimala thus entered the world of Bombay based Hindi films.Vyjayanthimala has one son, Suchindra Bali, who is currently trying to establish himself as an actor in the glamorous movie industry of Bollywood.