Nutan Samarth Bahl…whom all actresses recognize as Nutan. He raised the prestige of Hindi cinema not only in the country but also in the whole world. Nutan was from a film family. Father was a filmmaker and mother was also a well-known actress and director.
Mother launched Nutan in films, but the actress made her mark on her own. In her four-decade-long career, Nutan did more than 80 films. In these, she played a variety of roles in films ranging from romantic to social issues.
Nutan is counted among the great heroines of Indian cinema. She also made many records in his career. Do you know about them? We are telling some surprising things about these records and actresses.
Nutan was 15 years old when she started her acting career. As a child artist, he entered films with the film ‘Nal Damayanti’. After this, he made some more films.
She appeared in ‘Hamari Beti’, which was directed by her mother. But Nutan got recognition on a large scale from the 1951 film ‘Nagina’. This film was a super hit.
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First actress to become Miss India
Usually, it happens that a girl enters the film world only after participating in a beauty pageant (if she wants to enter the film world), but this was not the case in Nutan. She entered films at the age of just 14-15 and had already become a star before participating in the Miss India pageant.
She participated in the Miss India Beauty Pageant held in 1952 and was the winner. Nutan was the first actress to win the Miss India crown. Actually, two Miss India beauty pageants were organized in 1952, which were won by Nutan and Indrani Rehman. Nutan was chosen by Miss Mussoorie.
The first actress to wear a swimsuit in Hindi films
Nutan was the first actress in Hindi cinema who wore a swimsuit on the film screen. By the way, it is also said that actress Nalini Jaywant was the first heroine who wore a swimsuit for the first time in a Hindi film.
That movie was there, the actress who wore a swimsuit in a film for the first time in Indian cinema was actress Meenakshi Shirodkar, who was the maternal grandmother of Namrata and Shilpa Shirodkar.
First actress to receive Filmfare Award five times
You will be surprised to know that Nutan was the first actress in the country to win the Filmfare Award five times consecutively. This record remained in the name of Nutan for almost 30 years. Later this record was broken by Nutan’s niece Kajol. He has a record of winning six consecutive Filmfare Awards. In the year 1974, Nutan was awarded Padma Shri as well.
Postage stamp in Nutan’s name, in honor of Forbes
In 2011, the Indian Postal Service issued a postage stamp in Nutan’s name for his significant contribution to Indian cinema. Not only this, in the year 2013, Forbes included Nutan’s name in the list of 25 most successful acting performances of Indian cinema.
Nutan worked a lot till the 60s, but her career started declining in the seventies. Then Nutan started playing supporting roles in films. He even worked in a TV serial named ‘Mujrim Hazir Ho’.
It is said that she started spending most of her time with her family and collecting rare artifacts. He died on 21 February 1991.
