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Veteran Bollywood actress Kamini Kaushal is no more She passed away at the age of 98. Kamini was one of the most popular actors of the 1950s. She made her debut with Chetan Anand’s 1946 film Neecha Nagar, which won the Palm d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Express Archive)
Nadiya Ke Paar (1948), Ziddi (1948), Shabnam (1949), Biraj Bahu (1954), Jailor (1958) and Shaheed (1965) were few of her much talked about films. (Photo: Express Archive)
Her last appearance was in the Aamir Khan film Laal Singh Chaddha and she was also seen playing Shahid Kapoor’s grandmother in the 2019 film Kabir Singh. (Photo: Express Archive)
Kamini also appeared in Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Chennai Express in 2013. (Photo: Express Archive)
Considered the oldest living Indian actress until her demise, she was coping with age-related health complications in recent months. A source close to the family confirmed the news of her demise to SCREEN. (Photo: Express Archive)
Not many will know that veteran actor Kamini Kaushal was the lead actress of the 1948 film Shaheed which happens to be the first film Dharmendra ever saw. This highly successful film from 1948, starring Dilip Kumar and Kamini Kaushal, was a major source of inspiration for Dharmendra, who was a small-town boy at the time and aspired to become an actor after watching it. (Photo: Dharmendra/Instagram)
