Happy Birthday Mala Sinha
Nepali beauty Mala Sinha who lit up the screen in films like Pyaasa and Aankhen, turns a year older. Ahead, her road to stardom.
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Happy Birthday Mala SinhaShe was a child artiste in many Bengali films like Jog Biyog and Dhuli. Noted Bengali film director Ardhendu Bose saw her in a school play and persuaded her father to let him cast her as the heroine in his film Roshanara in 1952. -
Happy Birthday Mala SinhaA couple of films later, Mala had to go to Bombay on a shoot. There she met Geeta Dutt, who introduced her to film director Kidar Sharma. Sharma cast her in his film Rangeen Ratein. However, her first Hindi release was Badshah opposite Pradeep Kumar. -
Happy Birthday Mala SinhaMala Sinha never shied away from working with newcomers. Some of these went on to become major movie stars - Dharmendra, Sunil Dutt, Sanjay Khan and Amitabh Bachchan. In many movies, her name was listed before the male leads in the credits.
