Bindu Desai
Bindu was born on April 17th in the Gujerati-speaking Desai family, consisting of her film producer dad, Nanubhai, and stage actress mom, Jyotsna.
Due to her Bollywood connections she was able to find a niche in movies as early as 1962 with 'Anpadh' in which she plays the 'well educated' daughter of an 'illiterate' Mala Sinha. But the real meaty and negative role came her way with 'Do Raaste' in which she plays the wife of Prem Chopra, and the movie that type-cast her in as a vamp was 'Kati Patang' with 'Meraaa Naam has Shabnam, Pyar Se Log Mujhey Shaboo Kahete Hain...' in which she belittles and then blackmails Asha Parekh - a song that is still popular and has also been remixed.
Quite unlike her screen characters, Bindu's life was not an easy one, especially at the age of 13 when her dad passed away, leaving the onus on her to fend for the rest of the Desai family.
She got married to Champaklal Zaveri, who supported her talents and encouraged her to continue to act in movies.
She has acted in over 160 movies in a career that spanned from 1962 through on to the 2004 hit 'Main Hoon Na'.
Bindu is now a Bollywood legend, a vamp, a character actress, a stern mother-in-law, a dancer, a singer, a seductress but above all - an excellent actress.
Movies
7.3
Reincarnated 30 years after being killed in a suspicious on-set fire, a small-time actor is determined to punish the person who ignited the blaze.
7.6
- Apr 30, 2004
- Hindi
Major Ram Prasad Sharma yearns to see project Mission Milaap come to fruition and usher in an era of peace between two warring countries. But the evil Raghavan will do anything to stop the peace process.
- Jun 25, 1999
- Hindi
Separated from their wealthy father and each other, two brothers (Sanjay Dutt, Govinda) try to win the hearts of their dream girls.
- May 20, 1999
- Hindi
Heera fails to live up to expectations of his father Thakur Bhanupratap Singh, a powerful and respected man of his community. Despite all odds Heera struggles to keep his father's pride.
- Aug 05, 1994
- Hindi
Prem and Nisha meet and fall in love at the wedding of their elder siblings, but their plans to be together are put in jeopardy when Nisha's sister dies, leaving behind a baby.
7.4
- Jul 22, 1994
- Hindi
Disowned by his parents at a young age, a man ends up in a small village controlled by underworld dons and powerful politicians. Lazy, alcoholic, and unemployed, he gets influenced by a journalist with a positive mission.
- Dec 30, 1993
- Hindi
Durgadevi agrees to the marriage of Ravi and Usha to gain votes and win the upcoming election but, later, gets Usha thrown out of the house due to a false accusation.
- Jan 23, 1992
- Hindi
The spoiled and arrogant brother, Bali, of notorious gangster, Kali Baba, enlists in the National Cadet Corps, and wants to have his way with his fellow-students and trainer, Inder Mohan Lahti, with comical results. When he meets Divya Thapa for the first time, he is smitten by her, and wants to marry her by hook or by crook. But Divya is in love with Karan, and both plan to marry each other. Circumstances act against them, and they flee together, with Kali Baba's men, and Divya's Police Commissioner dad, Yashpal Thapa, in hot pursuit, to an unknown destination, surrounded by a web of lies, deception, and no known resource to assist them.
- Dec 31, 1991
- Marathi
A womaniser who always played with the emotions of numerous women gets in trouble when his abandoned child from his previous relationship meets his fiancee.
- Jan 01, 1990
- Hindi
Twin brothers are separated at birth and in adulthood, their identities are swapped.
- Dec 31, 1989
- Hindi
Amar's mother rules her house like a dictator and tortures her daughter-in-law, Sharda. After Sharda and her daughter die, Amar decides to teach his cruel family a lesson with the help of Seema.
- Jun 26, 1987
- Hindi
God-fearing Pandit Krishna Kant loses everything and turns to a life of crime after his landlord tries to rape his wife and tears his family apart.
7.3
- Aug 08, 1986
- Tamil
The BSO is a British oriented group who wants to take control of India. When senior police inspector Vishwa Pratap Singh arrests there leader Dr. Michael Dang the authorities blast the jail Dang is logged in killing huge numbers of inmates including two of Vishwa's sons and his daughter-in-law; with Dang escaping in the process. Vishwa who now calls himself Dada Thakur is determine to put an end to Dang and his PSO gang which prompts him to recruit three prisoners who are soon to be hang namely Baiju Thakur, Johnny and former terrorist Khairuddin Kisti. Soon Dada Thakur will come to realize that these prisoners are least interested in his mission as they planned their own agenda.
- Mar 06, 1986
- Hindi
Ravidas, a gifted poet falls in love with Jyoti. Because of differences in caste, the villagers oppose their marriage. He decides to move to the city to fulfill his dreams of becoming a recognized poet and eventually marrying Jyoti. There he comes across a big newspaper publisher who recognizes his talent and publishes some of Ravidas's poems in a column in his newspaper and Ravidas becomes famous. He communicates to Jyoti by writing on the side of the morning express train, hence the title of the film Saveray Wali Gaadi. Jyoti reads these messages each morning hoping for the time when Ravidas will return and take her away with him.
