Nargis 684951 225197816 2008-07-12T12:14:28Z Randhirreddy 1084434 :''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]]'' {{Infobox actor | bgcolour = silver | name = Nargis | image = Replace this image female.svg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Nargis in ''[[Awaara]]'' (1951) | birthname = Fatima Rashid | birthdate = [[June 1]], [[1929]] | location = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[British India]] | deathdate = [[May 3]], [[1981]] | deathplace = [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]],[[India]] | othername = | yearsactive = [[1935]], [[1942]]–[[1967]] | spouse = [[Sunil Dutt]] (1958–1981) (her death) |children =[[Sanjay Dutt]] <br> Anju <br> [[Priya Dutt]] | homepage = | notable role = Neena in ''[[Andaz]]'' (1949)<br> Rita in ''[[Awaara]]'' (1951) <br> Radha in ''[[Mother India]]'' (1957)<br> | filmfareawards=[[Filmfare Best Actress Award|Best Actress]]: '''''[[Mother India]]''''' (1958) | nationalfilmawards=[[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]: '''''[[Raat Aur Din]]''''' (1968) }} '''Nargis''' ([[Hindi]]: नर्गिस, [[Urdu]]: نرگس), [[June 1]], [[1929]] – [[May 3]], [[1981]], was an [[India]]n actress best known for her role as Radha in the Oscar-nominated film ''[[Mother India]]''. 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. ==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<ref>Biography of [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004291/bio Nargis] at IMDB.</ref>. Nargis married the actor [[Sunil Dutt]] (himself a [[Mohyal]] from [[Jhelum (City)|Jhelum]], [[British India]]). 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]]. 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. Later, Dutt proposed to her, and they married on [[March 11]] [[1958]]. The marriage produced three children: [[Sanjay Dutt|Sanjay]], Namrata, and [[Priya Dutt|Priya]]. 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''. 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 film)|Barsaat]]'' (1949), ''[[Andaz]]'' (1949), ''[[Awaara]]'' (1951), ''[[Deedar]]'' (1951), ''[[Shree 420]]'' (1955), and ''[[Chori Chori]]'' (1956). In most of her films she starred alongside [[Raj Kapoor]] and [[Dilip Kumar]]. Her most famous role came in [[Mehboob Khan]]'s Oscar-nominated rural drama ''[[Mother India]]'' in 1957. She won the [[Filmfare Best Actress Award]] for her performance. 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. She also received a [[Filmfare]] Nomination as Best Actress for this film. Nargis died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in 1981, only a few weeks before her son [[Sanjay Dutt]]'s debut film ''[[Rocky (1981 film)|Rocky]]'' was released. ==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.<ref>[http://nrcw.nic.in/shared/sublinkimages/142.htm]</ref> * 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.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=4109]</ref> * She had been conferred with a National Award for cinematography for contribution to [[Indian Cinema]].<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/01/stories/2005070106120200.htm]</ref> * 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".<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000109/nation.htm#2 "Amitabh, Nargis 'best artistes'"], [[The Tribune]]</ref> ==Filmography== * ''[[Talashe Haq]]'' (1935) * ''[[Tamanna (film)|Tamanna]]'' (1942) * ''[[Taqdeer]]'' (1943) * ''[[Humayun (film)|Humayun]]'' (1945) * ''[[Bisvi Sadi]]'' (1945) * ''[[Nargis (film)|Nargis]]'' (1946) * ''[[Mehandi (film)|Mehandi]]'' (1947) * ''[[Mela (1948 film)|Mela]]'' (1948) * ''[[Anokha Pyar]]'' (1948) * ''[[Anjuman (film)|Anjuman]]'' (1948) * ''[[Aag (1948 film)|Aag]]'' (1948) * ''[[Roomal]]'' (1949) * ''[[Lahore (film)|Lahore]]'' (1949) * ''[[Darogaji]]'' (1949) * ''[[Barsaat]]'' (1949) * ''[[Andaz]]'' (1949) * ''[[Pyaar]]'' (1950) * ''[[Meena Bazaar]]'' (1950) * ''[[Khel (film)|Khel]]'' (1950) * ''[[Jogan (1950 film)|Jogan]]'' (1950) * ''[[Jan Pahchan]]'' (1950) * ''[[Chhoti Bhabbi]]'' (1950) * ''[[Babul (1950 film)|Babul]]'' (1950) * ''[[Aadhi Raat]]'' (1950) * ''[[Saagar (1951 film)|Saagar]]'' (1951) * ''[[Pyar Ki Baaten]]'' (1951) * ''[[Hulchul (1951 film)|Hulchul]]'' (1951) * ''[[Deedar]]'' (1951) * ''[[Awaara]]'' (1951) * ''[[Sheesha (film)|Sheesha]]'' (1952) * ''[[Bewafaa]]'' (1952) * ''[[Ashiana]]'' (1952) * ''[[Anhonee]]'' (1952) * ''[[Amber (film)|Amber]]'' (1952) * ''[[Shikast]]'' (1953) * ''[[Paapi]]'' (1953) * ''[[Dhoon]]'' (1953) * ''[[Aah (film)|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 (film)|Adalat]]'' (1958) * ''[[Yaadein (1964 film)|Yaadein]]'' (1964) * ''[[Raat Aur Din]]'' (1967) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{imdb name|id=0004291}} *[http://www.nargisdutt.com/ Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation] {{National Film Award for Best Actress}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:1981 deaths]] [[Category:Pancreatic cancer deaths]] [[Category:Indian film actors]] [[Category:Padma Shri recipients]] [[Category:People from Allahabad]] [[Category:Filmfare Awards winners]] [[Category:Indian Muslims]] [[bn:নার্গিস]] [[de:Nargis]] [[fr:Nargis (actrice)]] [[hi:नर्गिस]] [[it:Nargis (attrice)]] [[he:נרגיס]] [[mr:नर्गिस दत्त]] [[ur:نرگس]] [[wuu:纳吉丝]] [[zh:納吉絲 (印度演員)]]