For the town in France, see Nargis, Loiret; For the 2008 cyclone which devastated the Irrawaddy Delta and the city of Yangon, see Cyclone Nargis

Nargis
Born	Fatima Rashid June 1, 1929 Calcutta, West Bengal, British India
Died	May 3, 1981 Bombay, Maharashtra,India
Years active	1935, 1942–1967
Spouse(s)	Sunil Dutt (1958–1981) (her death)

Nargis (Hindi: नर्गिस, Urdu: نرگس), June 1, 1929 – May 3, 1981, was an Indian actress best known for her role as Radha in the Oscar-nominated film Mother India. Nargis is a commune of the Loiret département, in France. Cyclone Nargis ( JTWC designation 01B, also known as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis) was a strong Tropical cyclone that caused Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. West Bengal ( Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchim Bônggo poʃtʃim bɔŋgo is a state in eastern India. For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial Maharashtra ( Marathi: mahārāṣṭra, IPA) is a state located on the western coast of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Sunil Dutt ( Hindi: सुनील दत्त June 6, 1930 – May 25, 2005) born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Mother India ( Hindi: भारत माता Urdu: بھارت ماتا is a 1957 Bollywood film directed by Mehboob Khan She was the wife of actor Sunil Dutt (who appeared in Mother India as her son) and her son Sanjay Dutt is currently a very successful actor in the industry. Sunil Dutt ( Hindi: सुनील दत्त June 6, 1930 – May 25, 2005) born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian Sanjay Dutt ( Hindi: संजय दत्त born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood film actor

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Awards and recognitions 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Personal life

Nargis was born Fatima Rashid, the daughter of the Allahabad-based Muslim singer, Jaddanbai and a Hindu Mohyal father of Rawalpindi, named Uttamchand Mohanchand^[1]. Allahabad ( Hindi: इलाहाबाद Urdu: الہ آباد Ilāhābād) is a city in the north Indian state of Uttar Jaddanbai (1892 or 1908 - April 8, 1949) was an early singer music composer actress and filmmaker of Bollywood and one of the pioneers of Mohyal ( Punjabi - Gurmukhi: ਮੋਹ੍ਯਾਲ Punjabi - Shahmukhi / Urdu: ﻣﻮﮨﻴﺎﻝ, Hindi: मोहयाल ( Urdu: Rāwalpindī) is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Pakistan 's capital city of Islamabad, in the province Nargis married the actor Sunil Dutt (himself a Mohyal from Jhelum, British India). Sunil Dutt ( Hindi: सुनील दत्त June 6, 1930 – May 25, 2005) born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian Mohyal ( Punjabi - Gurmukhi: ਮੋਹ੍ਯਾਲ Punjabi - Shahmukhi / Urdu: ﻣﻮﮨﻴﺎﻝ, Hindi: मोहयाल Jhelum or Jehlum ( Urdu: جہلم) is a city in northern Punjab Province Jhelum District, Pakistan. For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British Her brother Anwar Hussain was also an actor in the film industry. Nargis started her career in the 1930s as a child artist and progressed quickly to leading roles in several popular films in the 1940s and 1950s which remain popular today. In most of her films she appeared opposite the director and Bollywood star Raj Kapoor. Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India Ranbirraj Kapoor 'The Show-man' ( Hindi: राज कपूर Rāj Kapūr December 14, 1924 - June 2, 1988) was an Indian She is said to have been his real-life love interest as well as his favorite heroine. The affair was doomed to remain an affair, however, as Kapoor made no move to divorce his wife.

It is a well-known story that while shooting for Mother India, Nargis was trapped amidst lit haystacks while filming a scene. As the flames got higher and higher, Sunil Dutt, who played her rebellious son Birju in the film, ran through the fire and rescued her. Sunil Dutt ( Hindi: सुनील दत्त June 6, 1930 – May 25, 2005) born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian Later, Dutt proposed to her, and they married on March 11, 1958. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The marriage produced three children: Sanjay, Namrata, and Priya. Sanjay Dutt ( Hindi: संजय दत्त born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood film actor Priya Dutt Roncon ( 28 August 1966 -) has been the LokSabha MP ( Lok Sabha Member of Parliament) for Mumbai North West since Sanjay Dutt went onto become a very successful film actor. Namrata went onto marry actor Kumar Gaurav, son of veteran actor Rajendra Kumar who had appeared alongside both Nargis and Sunil Dutt in Mother India. Kumar Gaurav (born July 11, 1960, India) is an Indian film actor and the son of the late actor Rajendra Kumar. Rajendra Kumar ( 20 July 1929 - 12 July 1999) was an Indian movie Actor, who acted in Bollywood films Priya became a politician.

Career

Fatima was recruited to the cinema at an early age. Fatima made her first film appearance in 1935, in Talashe Haq. The six-year-old was credited as "Baby Nargis". Nargis, her stage name, means "Narcissus", the flower. She was always credited as Nargis in all of her films.

Nargis appeared in numerous movies after her 1935 debut; she won lasting fame for her later, adult, roles. She starred in many popular Hindi-Urdu movies of the late 1940s and 1950s such as Barsaat (1949), Andaz (1949), Awaara (1951), Deedar (1951), Shree 420 (1955), and Chori Chori (1956). Hindustani (हिन्दुस्तानी ہندوستانی Hindustānī, hɪn̪d̪ʊst̪aːniː also known as " Hindi-Urdu," is a term covering Barsaat ( Hindi: बरसात Urdu: برسات Also known as Rain in English is a 1949 Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor Awaara ( Hindi: अवारा Urdu: آوارہ Translation: "The Rogue") is a 1951 Bollywood film directed Deedar is a 1951 Bollywood Hindi language film directed by Nitin Bose and starring Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Shri 420 ( Hindi: श्री ४२० Urdu: 420 شری Translation: Mr This article refers to the 1956 film For the 2003 film see Chori Chori (2003 film. In most of her films she starred alongside Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. Ranbirraj Kapoor 'The Show-man' ( Hindi: राज कपूर Rāj Kapūr December 14, 1924 - June 2, 1988) was an Indian Yusuf Khan (यूसुफ़ ख़ान Urdu: یوسف خان; jusʊf xan (born December 11, 1922) popularly known as Dilip Kumar

Her most famous role came in Mehboob Khan's Oscar-nominated rural drama Mother India in 1957. Mehboob Khan (1907 – 28 May 1964) was one of the many pioneers of Indian cinema. Mother India ( Hindi: भारत माता Urdu: بھارت ماتا is a 1957 Bollywood film directed by Mehboob Khan She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance. The Filmfare Best Actress Awards is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films The award was first given in After her marriage to Sunil Dutt in 1958, Nargis gave up her film career after her last few film releases to settle down with her family. She made her last film appearance in the 1967 film Raat Aur Din for which she won a National Film Award for Best Actress, the first actress to win in this category. Raat Aur Din ( Hindi: रात और दिन Urdu: رات اور دن, Translation: Night and Day) is a 1967 The National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award for Best Actress winners She also received a Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for this film. Filmfare is a Bollywood magazine published fortnightly in India.

Nargis died of pancreatic cancer in 1981, only a few weeks before her son Sanjay Dutt's debut film Rocky was released. Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor of the Pancreas. Each year about 37680 individuals in the United States are diagnosed with this condition and 34290 Sanjay Dutt ( Hindi: संजय दत्त born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood film actor This article is about the 1981 Bollywood film Rocky For the Sylvester Stallone films see Rocky.

Awards and recognitions

• 1957 - Filmfare Best Actress Award, Mother India
• 1968 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Raat Aur Din
• Nargis Dutt was the recipient of the "Urvashy Award", the highest honour that can be conferred on a movie actress in India. The Filmfare Best Actress Awards is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films The award was first given in Mother India ( Hindi: भारत माता Urdu: بھارت ماتا is a 1957 Bollywood film directed by Mehboob Khan The National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award for Best Actress winners Raat Aur Din ( Hindi: रात और दिन Urdu: رات اور دن, Translation: Night and Day) is a 1967 ^[2]
• She was not just the first actress to win the "Karlovy Wary Award", but the first film personality to be conferred a Padma Shri and also a Rajya Sabha seat in Parliament. Padma Shri (also spelt Padma Shree, Padmashree, Padma Sree and Padma Sri) is an award given by the Government of India generally ^[3]
• She had been conferred with a National Award for cinematography for contribution to Indian Cinema. The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced annually (877 feature films and 1177 short films were released in the year 2003 ^[4]
• On January 8, 2001, Amitabh Bachchan and Nargis Dutt were honoured with the "Best Artists of the Millennium" award by Hero Honda and file magazine "Stardust". Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Hero Honda Motors Limited, based in Delhi, India, is the world's largest manufacturer of Motorcycles sup>1 ^[5]

Filmography

• Talashe Haq (1935)
• Tamanna (1942)
• Taqdeer (1943)
• Humayun (1945)
• Bisvi Sadi (1945)
• Nargis (1946)
• Mehandi (1947)
• Mela (1948)
• Anokha Pyar (1948)
• Anjuman (1948)
• Aag (1948)
• Roomal (1949)
• Lahore (1949)
• Darogaji (1949)
• Barsaat (1949)
• Andaz (1949)
• Pyaar (1950)
• Meena Bazaar (1950)
• Khel (1950)
• Jogan (1950)
• Jan Pahchan (1950)
• Chhoti Bhabbi (1950)
• Babul (1950)
• Aadhi Raat (1950)
• Saagar (1951)
• Pyar Ki Baaten (1951)
• Hulchul (1951)
• Deedar (1951)
• Awaara (1951)
• Sheesha (1952)
• Bewafaa (1952)
• Ashiana (1952)
• Anhonee (1952)
• Amber (1952)
• Shikast (1953)
• Paapi (1953)
• Dhoon (1953)
• Aah (1953)
• Angarey (1954)
• Shree 420 (1955)
• Jagte Raho (1956)
• Chori Chori (1956)
• Pardesi (1957 film)
• Mother India (1957)
• Lajwanti (1958)
• Ghar Sansar (1958)
• Adalat (1958)
• Yaadein (1964)
• Raat Aur Din (1967)

References

External links

• Nargis at the Internet Movie Database
• Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation

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