Bindu (born 17 January 1951) is an Indian actress popular during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
Bindu was born to film producer Nanubhai Desai and his wife Jyotsna at a small village called Hanuman Bhagda in the district of Valsad in the Western Indian state of Gujarat. Bindu's road to success was not an easy one. With her father's demise at the young age of 13 and being the eldest daughter, the burden of earning a daily meal fell on her young, frai...
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Bindu (born 17 January 1951) is an Indian actress popular during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
Bindu was born to film producer Nanubhai Desai and his wife Jyotsna at a small village called Hanuman Bhagda in the district of Valsad in the Western Indian state of Gujarat. Bindu's road to success was not an easy one. With her father's demise at the young age of 13 and being the eldest daughter, the burden of earning a daily meal fell on her young, frail shoulders.
It was only after her marriage to Gujarati businessman Champaklal Zaveri that she got her first major role in a film. Before that she did act in the movie 'Anpadh' starring Dharmendra and Mala Sinha. The film directed by Raj Khosla who also directed Do Raaste (1969). From here she went on to write her success story with Shakti Samanta's Kati Patang (1970) where she had a sizzling cabaret dance, "Mera Naam Shabnam" to her credit, a number which is even today remembered as the highlight of the film Kati Patang. Bindu announced her...
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