Nutan's Biography

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Nutan was born on June 4, 1936. She was an Indian Bollywood actress, who appeared in several successful movies of the 50s and 60s.

Nutan was recognised as an accomplished dramatic actress, and her performances often received praises and accolades. Nutan holds the record of winning 5 Filmfare awards for best actress, the highest number of awards won by an actress.

Nutan started her career as actress as a 14 year old in Hamari Beti (1950). This film was produced by her mother, Shobhana. In 1952 she was the winner of Miss India.

First big break of the actress was Seema, for which she won a Filmfare Award. She followed her success with a romantic comedy, Paying Guest, in which she co-starred with Dev Anand.

In 1959 Nutan starred in two hit films, Anari (with Raj Kapoor) and Bimal Roy's Sujata (with Sunil Dutt). In the 1960s and 1970s she had many more successful films including Chhalia (1960), Bandini (1963), Saraswatichandra (1968), Devi (1970) and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978).

In the 1980s she played elderly mother roles in blockbuster films such as Meri Jung (1985), Naam (1986) and Karma (1986). Karma was notable for being the first time she was paired with actor Dilip Kumar. For Mere Jung she won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Her last film released while she was alive was Kanoon Apna Apna in 1989. She died in 1991 of cancer. Two of her films Naseebwala (1992) and Insaniyat (1994) were released after her death.

Nutan also received BFJA Best Actress Award: Bandini in 1963 and BFJA Best Actress Award: Milan in 1967.