indian celebrities: Usha Kiran

Wednesday 4 July 2012

Usha Kiran

Usha Kiran (22 April 1929 – 9 March 2000) was a Hindi and Marathi film actress. In a career spanning of over four decades she has acted in over 300 Hindi and Marathi films, notably Daag (1952), Patita (1953), Baadbaan (1954), Chupke Chupke (1975), Mili (1975) and Bawarchi (1972). She was also a former Sheriff of Mumbai (1996–97)She began her acting career on stage with M. G. Rangnekar's Marathi play Ashirwad.^[2] She enter Hindi film industry with a small role inUday Shankar's dance-drama film, Kalpana (1948). She went on to act in numerous popular Hindi films are Nazrana (1961), Daag(1952), and Baadbaan (1954), for which she won the very first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1955 ^[3] Kabuliwala (1961),Patita (1953), Mili, Bawarchi (1972) and Chupke Chupke (1975).^[4]Her famous Marathi films include, "Shikleli Bayko," "Kanyadaan” (for which she received the Maharashtra Government’s award for best actress) "Gariba Gharchi Lek," and "Kanchanganga" .