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Leela Naidu
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Leela Naidu
Born
1940
Died
28 July 2009Mumbai
Occupation
Actor, Model[citation needed]
Years active
1960-1992
Leela Naidu (Telugu: లీలా నాయుడు) (1940 - July 28, 2009) was an Indian actress who has starred in a number of Hindi films, most known for Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke (1963), based on the famous real-life Nanavati case, as well as The Householder, Merchant Ivory Productions' first film. She was Femina Miss India in 1954, and was featured in the Vogue along with Maharani Gayatri Devi in the list of 'World's Ten Most Beautiful Women', and in time was remembered for her classical beauty and subtle acting style [1][2]
Contents[hide]
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Death
5 Filmography
5.1 Acting
5.1.1 Films
5.1.2 Television
6 References
7 External links
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[edit] Early life
Leela Naidu was born to a well known nuclear physicist Dr. Ramaiah Naidu from Andhra Pradesh, who was Scientific Advisor to UNESCO for South East Asia, and later, an advisor to the Tata group. Her mother, Dr. Marthe Naidu, an Indologist, was of Swiss-French origin. [1][3][dubious – discuss].
[edit] Career
Leela Naidu was the Femina Miss India in 1954, while still in her teens. Vogue named her as one of the ten most beautiful women in the world, along with Gayatri Devi. [4]. In 1956, at the age of 17, she married Tilak Raj Oberoi, scion of the Oberoi Hotels chain, who was 33 years old then [5].
She made her film debut alongside Balraj Sahni in Anuradha (1960), directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, after he happened to see one of her pictures taken by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay [6]. Though it wasn't successful at the box office, the film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Film and got Leela critical acclaim, and sitar maestro, Ravi Shankar's finest songs including, Jaane kaise sapnon mein kho gayeen ankhiyan and Kaise din beete kaisi beeti ratiyan, were filmed on her [7]. She followed this up with Ummeed (1962) by Nitin Bose’s alongside Ashok Kumar, Joy Mukherjee, and eventually had a brief but impressive acting career. She became an icon for women's liberation in India after her non-orthodox role with Sunil Dutt in Yeh Raaste Hain Pyar Ke (1963), directed by R K Nayyar [8] and based on the real life K. M. Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra court case, which was not only the last jury trial held in India but also a direct cause of the abolition of jury trials. The controversial role was refused by many a actresses of the conservative 1960s, yet she imbued the role with style and intelligence, and the song Yeh khamoshiyan, yeh tanhaiyaan, featuring her and Sunil Dutt, rendered by Mohd. Rafi and Asha Bhonsle with music by Ravi [1][6][9].
In 1963, she was roped in to play the lead of a rebellious young bride, in the first Merchant Ivory Production, The Householder, directed by James Ivory. After watching her performance in the film, Satyajit Ray, planned an English film, The Journey with Marlon Brando, Shashi Kapoor and Leela Naidu, but sadly the film never went on the floors, she lost out Vijay Anand's Guide (1965) to Waheeda Rehman, as she wasn't a trained dancer [10]. Her last film in Hindi mainstream cinema was Baghi (1964) a costume extravaganza co-starring Pradeep Kumar, Vijaya Choudhury and Mumtaz.
Later she also made a guest appearance in their film, The Guru (1969) [11]. Offers were coming her way but she quit movies to marry,[dubious – discuss] and later divorce, businessman Tikki Oberoi. Later she married poet Dom Moraes, who was her childhood sweetheart.
She returned to cinema only in 1985, to play a Goan family-matriarch in Shyam Benegal's period film, Trikaal, Shyam had earlier shot an advertisement with her for 'Finlay Fabrics' brand in the mid-1960s [12], and then appeared in Electric Moon (1992), directed by Pradip Krishen which turned out to be her last cinematic role.
[edit] Personal life
Her first husband was Tilakraj Oberoi (Tikki Oberoi), the son of Mohan Singh Oberoi, the founder of Oberoi Hotels chain [5], with whom she had twin daughters, but later the marriage ended in a divorce, after that she married Goan poet Dom Moraes, living with the latter in Hong Kong for about ten years. After she lost her battle for custody her twin daughters, she met seer and philosopher in London J. Krishnamurti, and was deeply attracted to his teachings. [13] She lived in Colaba, Mumbai. [14]
[edit] Death
Leela Naidu died in Mumbai on 28 July, 2009 due to lung failure after a prolonged bout of influenza, she was 69 [4][15]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Acting
[edit] Films
Anuradha (1960)...aka Love of Anuradha (International: English title)....as Anuradha Roy
Ummeed (1962)
Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke (1963).... Neena
The Householder (1963)... aka Gharbar....as Indu
Baghi (1964)
The Guru (1969) .... as Girl at the Party
Trikaal (Past, Present and Future) (1985)....as Dona Maria Souzasoares
Electric Moon (1992)....Socks
[edit] Television
Man of the World .... Dr. Bahandi (1 episode - "The Frontier" , 1962)
Channing The Face in the Sun (1 episode - "The Young and the Bold" , 1964).... Anna
[edit] References
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