Sadhana Shivdasani

Sadhana Shivdasani was born in 1941 September 2nd and she was a well-known Indian actress in the 1960s as well as in the 1970s period. She is better known in this industry as Sadhana and she was a top star in the industry especially during this time period. She was born in Karachi, British India into a Sindhi family and she was also given her name based on the name of a famous actress and dancer named Sadhana Bose "Sadhana Bose, an Indian film actress, and famous >> Read More... who was supposed to be her father’s favorite actress as well. After moving to Mumbai, Sadhana’s mother home-schooled her until the age of eight years and after that she was able to continue her schooling without issues at “Auxilium Convent”, Wadala.

She also later attended ‘Jai Hind College’ to continue her higher education. She had a deep ambition to become an actress since she was at a young age, and while she was acting in her college play, some producers saw her and offered her a role to play in the first Sindhi film in India, which was ‘Abaana’ in the year 1958. She has acted in many more movies after this as well, such as ‘Shree 420’ in the year 1955, the ‘Love in Simla’ in the year 1960 and furthermore, “ Hum Dono Hum Dono is a Hindi television show in which the s >> Read More... ” in 1961.

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“Badi dilchasp ghaflat ho gayi hai, hai achanak unse ulfat ho gayi hai,” says Sadhana in the film, ‘Budtameez’ and this expression fits the feeling of how you will fall in love with Sadhana. She was one of the top actresses back in the 1960’s - early 1970’s, which is regarded to be Bollywood’s Golden Era. Her debut was in the film directed by the most talented, Raj Kapoor Rajkapoor is a film maker and movie director from >> Read More... , she made a cameo appearance in the movie - Shree 420. However, her debut as a heroine was first in a Sindhi lingual film titled, Abaana. She then stepped onto the Bollywood platform with her debut in a romantic movie, Love in Simla. She then became almost everyone’s favorite, especially Raj Khosla Raj Khosla was a director in the Indian film indus >> Read More... who made her star in most of his films; Mera Saaya Mera Saaya is a drama serial based on the theme of >> Read More... , ‘Anita’ and Woh Kaun Thi?. He instilled that stardom aura around her with his film ‘Woh Kaun thi?’, that went on to win several laurels and helped her bag the award from Filmfare for the best actress in the year 1965. She then went on to give major hits along the line, especially with the film, ‘Waqt’ for which she once again stole the show and won the Filmfare award for Best actress. Later in the year 2002, she was awarded the IIFA Lifetime achievement Award.

Today, those tiny fringes in the front over one’s forehead aren’t considered to be a great style. However, back then, this style was labelled ‘Sadhana cut’ since she was the first heroine who came in front of the camera in style and the only one to have resembled the yester year’s most popular Hollywood actress, Audrey Hepburn. This ‘Sadhana cut’ was advised to her by none other than her beau and beloved husband Ram Krishna Nayyar who was the director of ‘Love in Simla’ as well.

Sadhana was also known for her stylized tight fit churidar - kurta, which were imitated by several others down the road. In fact, in the Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent >> Read More... starrer movie ‘ Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, has a multi starrer song that portrays Bipasha Basu Bipasha Basu, born in January 7,1979 in Delhi, is >> Read More... , in the same outfit as a tribute to Sadhana.

Personally, Sadhana lived with her husband for 30 years, who tragically passed away due to Asthma. She then went on to rent an apartment in Santacruz, Mumbai that was owned by singer Asha Bhosle Asha is considered to be the second greatest femal >> Read More... . She didn’t want to be photographed ever since she wanted people to remember her by her Golden past.

Unfortunately, Sadhana, who walked the ramp in support for Cancer and AIDS patients back in the year 2014, was confirmed to have been suffering from cancer by her relative. She passed away in the year 2015 on the 25th of December, and she will never be forgotten.

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Sadhna Shivadasani is an Indian actress. People know her for her performance in her debut movie Nadiya Ke Paar. The movie footmarked its release in the year 1982. This was Rajshree production. Rajshree production had its firm name regarding film making and doing a debut film with such a famous production house was itself a great launch for any actress. She played the role Chuttki in the movie. Her character was bubbly, mischievous and adorable. She made justice to the role.

Sachin Pidgaonkar was the lead actor opposite her. They both made a great couple for this movie on the screen. Sadhna depicted a typically a teenage girl in the first half whereas she displayed poise and grace in the next half of the movie. The movie was a success. After this, audiences saw her in other movies like Sur aur Sangam and Falak.

Her career was facing decline after few of her movies and the actress made her way to television. The actress did many television series, and remained connected with the audiences in some or the other way. She was not doing any lead roles anymore, but her characters were so strong and done with such conviction that audiences left with no option but to praise her. She also turned to Bhojpuri movie industry in the course of time. The actress gained a lot of fame in this industry also. She established her firmly. Her recent work in Bhojpuri cinemas includes Jugni of 2016 and Mai Ka Bitwa of the year 2015.

She is lucky to have a daughter named Sheena Shahabadi Sheena Shahabadi or Sheena was born on 10thApril19 >> Read More... . Her daughter is also following her footsteps. Her daughter is an actress and made her debut with Satish Kaushik’s directorial movie Tere Sang. The movie did not do as expected but Sheena’s performance was worthy of appreciation in the movie. Sadhana died on 25 December 2015 in Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai  due to cancer.

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Sadhana Shivdasani, one of the top actress of Bollywood around 60-70s, was born on 2 nd September 1941 in Karachi, Sindh, British India (present-day Sindh Pakistan). She is popularly known by the mononym, Sadhana. In the history of Hindi cinema, she is considered as one of the finest as well as a top leading film actress. She was also the highest-paid actress of her time i.e. from the early 1960s to the late 1970s. Sadhana was very beautiful, and she was popularly known as the mystery girl in the golden era of Bollywood. She was born in a well-to-do Sindhi Hindu family in Karachi. She was the single girl child of her parents. Sadhana got this name as her father was a huge fan of actress and dancer Sadhana Bose. Sadhana’s father was the elder brother of actor Hari Shivdasani Hari Shivdasani was an actor, who has origins from >> Read More... , father of actress Babita. Her family migrated from Karachi post-war riot and finally settled in Mumbai. She was homeschooled by her mother until she was eight years old, and later on, she studied at Auxilin Convent, Wadala and she completed her graduation from Jai Hind College. She has encountered a hard time in the starting phase of her life but she was allowed to watch many as two films. She was highly inspired to become a film actress, and it is believed that her inspiration was none other than the actress Nutan. To be an actress was her childhood dream and her father allowed her to enter the world of films. In the year 1995, she played a chorus girl in the song Mur Mur Ke Na Dekh. This song was in Raj Kapoor's movie Shree 420. When she turned 15, she was approached by some producers to play the lead actress, as they have seen her in a school play. She acted in India’s first Sindhi film titled Abaana which was released in 1958. She played the role of the young sister of Sheila Ramani Sheila Ramani was born on March 2, 1932, in Karach >> Read More... . Once her photograph was published in the movie magazine called screen and it was Sashadhar Mukherjee Bio coming soon... >> Read More... who spotted her. Sashadhar was one of the leading producers of the Hindi cinema at that time. Along with Sashadhar's son Joy Mukherjee Born on 24 February 1939 Joy Mukherjee was not onl >> Read More... , she joined the Mukherjee School of acting. Then the time came when she finally met R.K Nayyar who has previously worked as an assistant director. Nayyar also created her Trademark look called the Sadhana cut which was inspired by British actress Audrey Hepburn. Finally in 1960, the filmalaya production banner introduced joy and Sadhana with her iconic hairstyle in the romantic film Love in Simla. This movie was a blockbuster and seeing this she was offered another movie under the same banner opposite Joy Mukherjee in Ek Musafir Ek Hasina. She was also signed by the director Bimal Roy Bimal Roy was born on 12 July 1909 in Suapur, East >> Read More... for his movie on Indian democracy called Parakh. She portrayed a very simple village girl in this award-winning movie.

Her career span was nearly about four decades in which she started in over 30 successful movies such as Ek Phool Do Mali, Mera Saaya, Rajkumar, and Who Kaun Thi. She became famous for thriller suspense film which was directed by Raj Khosla. She had worked with all-time best actors such as Dev Anand Dev Anand would be nostalgically remembered by fil >> Read More... , Sunil Dutt Sunil Dutt was a great actor, director, producer, >> Read More... , Feroz Khan Feroz Khan is a legendary Indian film actor, edito >> Read More... , Manoj Kumar Manoj Kumar, aka Manoharan, was born on September >> Read More... , Shammi Kapoor Shammi Kapoor: - 'Elvis Presley' of India. >> Read More... , Raj Kapoor, Anil Dhawan Anil Dhawan was born in Delhi, India and he is a v >> Read More... , Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar is an Indian playback singer, who ha >> Read More... , and superstar Rajesh Khanna Born as Jatin Khanna on 29th December 1942, the ch >> Read More... in Dil Daulat Duniya. She had also worked with famous directors like Yash Chopra Film maker Yash Chopra is recognized as the ‘king >> Read More... , Ramanand Sagar Ramanand Sagar is an Indian filmmaker, director, a >> Read More... , and Manmohan Desai Manmohan Desai is an Indian film producer and dire >> Read More... . She had her health issues due to her thyroid so she got treated in Boston. After her treatment from the USA, she again worked in some successful movies Geeta Mera Naam and inteqaam. After that, she retired from acting as she didn’t want to be cast as a supporting actress.

She married R.K Nayyar, the director of her debut movie love in Shimla on 7 March 1966. she was very young at the time of marriage so her parents opposed her marriage. Sadhana and Nayyar were married for 30 years until he died in 1995 due to asthma. The couple doesn’t have any children. She also suffered from eye problems due to hyperthyroidism. She spent her old age living in Santa Cruz in an apartment that was owned by Asha Bhosle. The Sadhana cut was a very popular style and it was followed by a lot of girls at that time. She is also credited with bringing the fashion of tight churidar kurta. This trend was followed by many of the actresses. In 2014, she made a rare and small public appearance for walking the ramp in a beautiful saree at a fashion show. This show was to support the cause of cancer and AIDS patients. She was nominated in Film fare awards for two times for the best actress in the movie Who Kaun Thi and Waqt. In 2002, she was awarded a lifetime achievement award by IIFA Awards. At her old age, she was involved in some cases and she suffered from illness. She also had surgery due to bleeding oral lesions. After this, she was also diagnosed with cancer, and she died on 25 December 2015 in Hinduja Hospital. She was hospitalized with a high fever. She was cremated at Oshiwara crematorium in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.