Why Nanda remained unmarried for life?

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Acted as a child actor: One of the gems of the Indian film industry, veteran actress Nanda passed away Tuesday morning in Mumbai, leaving behind some unforgettable performances. Born in a Maharashtrian family to Vinayak Damodar Karnataki, a successful Marathi actor-director, Nanda started acting in films at the age of 8 as her father passed away and the family was dependent upon her income. She started acting as a child artist and her screen name was baby Nanda. She was given a big break by her paternal uncle V Shantaram in a successful brother-sister saga Toofan Aur Diya (1956).

5 interesting known facts about Bollywood actress Nanda

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Nanda remained unmarried for life: The veteran Bollywood actress who romanced several top Bollywood actors on the silver screen remained unmarried for life. During the shooting of the hit film Jab Jab Phool Khile in 1965, director of the film Suraj Prakash shared an incident that a very good-looking Maharashtrain lieutenant colonel was awestruck by Nanda's beauty and had even sent a marriage proposal to her mother but nothing happened on that front. It is also said that her brothers brought many marriage proposals for her but she turned them down. Also after a lot of persuasion from close friend Waheeda Rehmaan, a middle aged Nanda got engaged to filmmaker Manmohan Desai but before the marriage could take place Manmohan died after falling from the terrace of his flat in Mumbai.

5 interesting known facts about Bollywood actress Nanda

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Waheeda Rehmaan and Nanda were best friends: In an industry where Bollywood's biggest actresses are known for their infamous cat fights, Waheeda Rehman and Nanda shared a great friendship despite of being contemporaries. Their friendship started ever since they worked together in the film Kaala Bazaar. In fact Waheeda was the one who convinced Nanda to get married to Manmohan Desai and they got engaged in 1992. Apart from Waheeda, the veteran actress also shared an amazing camaraderie with other actors like Asha Parekh, Sadhana, Helen, and Shammi who regularly meet for lunch.

5 interesting known facts about Bollywood actress Nanda

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Highest paid leading lady: Nanda, who has done some unforgettable work in Bollywood and has given films like like 'Dhool Ka Phool', 'Dulhan', 'Bhabhi', 'Jab Jab Phool Khile', 'Gumnaam', 'Shor', 'Parineeta'. 'Prem Rog' and Jab Jab Phool Khile was one of the highest paid actresses of her time. She was the second highest paid Hindi actress along-with Nutan from 1960-1965 and second highest paid Hindi actress in 1966-1969 along-with Nutan and Waheeda and third highest paid Hindi actress with Sadhana from 1970-1973.

5 interesting known facts about Bollywood actress Nanda

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Some of her biggest hits came at the end of her career: Nanda, who received her first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1960 for 'Aanchal' has had a glorious career. However, one of the interesting facts about her Bollywod career is that the timeless beauty had some of the biggest hits at the end of her career. Some of her super-hit films that released during the end of her career as the lead heroine were in Ittefaq, The Train and Joru Ka Ghulam opposite Superstar Rajesh Khanna in increasing order of box-office revenue. These films not only starred some of the reigning Bollywood superstars of her time but also earned more than her earlier hits opposite Shashi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Dev Anand, Sanjeev Kumar and Jeetendra.