Leela Naidu

Leela Naidu was a notable Indian actress, who became famous for her acting in some English and Hindi films like Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke in the year 1963, The Householder, etc. Being the Femina Miss India, in 1954, was featured in a fashion and lifestyle magazine named Vogue in the World's Ten Most Beautiful Women's list. It was a prominent fashion magazine, in which she was listed continuously from the 1950s to 1960s worldwide.

She is very famous for her subtle acting style and stunning classical beauty. She was born in Mumbai. Her father was a famous nuclear physicist named Ramaiah Naidu, who hailed from the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Out of the eight pregnancies of her mother, she was the only surviving baby. Marthe was a journalist and an Indologist. The freedom fighter and senior Congress leader named Sarojini Naidu was her aunt. She was married to Tilak Raj Tilak is an Indian actor in the Kannada industry. >> Read More... Oberoi when she was 17 years old, in 1956. He is the child of the founder of Oberoi Hotels, Mohan Sinch Oberoi. Tilak Raj was about 33 years old.

The couple had twin daughters who were named Maya, and Priya. They got divorced, and the custody of both the girls rested with Oberoi. She got married again, to Dom Moraes, who was a poet in Mumbai in the year 1969. They lived together for 25 years in different places like New York Click to look into! >> Read More... , Hong Kong, Mumbai, New Delhi, etc. She started leading a reclusive life in Mumbai after the relationship with Dom Moraes ended. She started her film career alongside Balraj Sahni Sahni was born to Yudhishthir Sahni in 1913. He st >> Read More... in the film named Anuradha in the year 1960.

The film obtained the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film in spite of not being so successful at the box office. Next, she acted in a movie called Ummeed opposite Joy Mukherjee Born on 24 February 1939 Joy Mukherjee was not onl >> Read More... and Ashok Kumar Ashok Kumar hails from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. >> Read More... in the year 1962. She next worked in Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke, which was filmed on the basis of a real-life case called K. M. Nanavati vs. the State of Maharashtra and was a flop. Later, in the year 1963, she acted in the film The Householder, which was directed by an American film director, James Ivory.

Satyajit Ray planned an English film after getting impressed with her performance in this movie. The movie was named The Journey. Unfortunately, the film could not be made at all. Though, Naidu was considered for the character of Rosie in the film Guide in 1965; she lost the chance as she was not a trained dancer, which was required for the role. She then acted in the movie Baghi in 1964, which was her last film in Bollywood. She made a guest appearance in The Guru, which is a Merchant-Ivory film in the year 1969.

She acted in Electric Moon in the year 1992, which was directed by Pradip Krishen Pradip Krishen is an Indian filmmaker and environm >> Read More... , which was her last role in movies. A documentary named Lila was released by Priyanjana Dutta and Bidisha Roy Das in September 2009, which focused on Leela's life. She also acted in one episode of two television series named Man of the World and Channing in the year 1962 and 1964, respectively. She died on 28th July 2009 in Mumbai, because of lung failure at the age of 69 after a prolonged intensive effect of influenza.