Bela Bose
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Bela Bose | |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, dancer |
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Bela Bose is an Indian dancer and actress who was active in Hindi films during the 1960s and 70s.[1]
Early life
Bela Bose was born in Calcutta in a well-to-do family. Her father was a cloth merchant and her mother was a homemaker. Following a bank crash that wiped out their fortune, the family relocated to Bombay in 1951. She started her career as a schoolgirl as a group dancer in films to help support her family after her father's death in a road accident. She picked up more films after she finished her schooling.
Career
Bela Bose began to receive independent credit from the late 1950s. Her big break came when she was asked to do a dance number with Raj Kapoor in Main Nashe Mein Hoon, released in 1959. Her first leading role was in Sautela Bhai (1962) opposite Guru Dutt at age 21. She honed her acting skills performing in Bengali plays. Her career consisted of more than 150 films. In Hawa Mahal (1962), she played the role of Helen's sister.[2] She was often called upon to play the role of a vamp. Conservative in real life, she lost some roles because of her refusal to wear a swimming costume onscreen.[3]
Some of her roles were in Bimal Roy's Bandini (1963), F.C. Mehra's Professor (1962) and Amrapali, Atmaram's Shikar, Umang, Yeh Gulistan Hamara, Dil Aur Mohabbat, Zindagi Aur Maut and Wahan Ke Log. Later, she became a character actress and played the villainous sister-in-law in the hit mythological film Jai Santoshi Maa.
Her husband, Ashish Kumar, was an actor.[4] She married him in 1967 and gradually eased out of films after giving birth to a daughter and a son.
Selected filmography
- Main Nashe Mein Hoon (1959)
- Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan (1959)
- Ek Phool Char Kaante (1960)
- Chhote Nawab (1961)
- Opera House (1961)
- Professor (1962)
- Sautela Bhai (1962)
- Hawa Mahal (1962)
- Prem Patra (1962)
- Anpadh (1962)
- Bandini (1963)
- Ziddi (1964)
- Chitralekha (1964)
- Hum Sab Ustad Hain (1965)
- Poonam Ki Raat (1965)
- Tarzan comes to Delhi (1965)
- Boxer (1965)
- Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare (1966)
- Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya (1966)
- CID 909 (1967) ... Rosy
- Baharon Ke Sapne (1967)
- Anita (1967)
- Shikar (1968)
- Fareb (1968)
- Abhinetri (1970)
- Bhai Ho To Aisa (1972)
- Dil Daulat Duniya (1972)
- Jai Santoshi Maa (1975)
- Bombay by Nite (1979)
- Sau Din Saas Ke (1980)
References
- ^ Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. pp. 265–. ISBN 978-0-498-01565-6.
- ^ Pinto, Jerry (2006). Helen: The Life and Times of an H-bomb. Penguin Books India. pp. 241–. ISBN 978-0-14-303124-6.
- ^ "Bela Bose – Vintage Photo Shoot". cineplot.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ Somaaya, Bhawana. Cinema Images And Issues. Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd. pp. 307–. ISBN 978-8129103703.
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