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Leela Chitnis (née Nagarkar; 9 September 1909 – 14 July 2003) was an Indian actress in the Indian film industry, active from the 1930s to the 1980s. In her early years she starred as a romantic lead, but she is best remembered for her later roles playing a virtuous and upright mother to leading stars.
Jul 17, 2003 · Leela Chitnis, an actress whose half-century-long 40-film career in India progressed from romantic roles to the motherly ones for which she is best remembered, died on Monday at a...
Leela Chitnis was born on 9 September 1909 in Dharwad, Bombay Presidency, British India. She was an actress and director, known for Kangan (1939), Sadhna (1958) and Chhaya (1936). She was married to Dr. Gajanan Yeshwant Chitnis. She died on 14 July 2003 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Sep 9, 2022 · Leela Chitnis was a pioneer in Indian cinema, playing progressive roles and challenging social norms. She became famous as the afflicted mother in films like Awaara and Guide, and was the first Indian actress to endorse Lux.
Learn about the life and career of Leela Chitnis, one of the first educated women to enter the world of Hindi movies. She starred in socials, mythologicals and stunt films, and became the first Indian film star to endorse Lux soap.
One of cinema's earliest educated ladies, Leela Chitnis captured her life in her autobiography Chanderi Duniyet. Born in a Marathi-speaking household in Karwar, Karnataka, she made a name for...
Jul 17, 2003 · Leela Chitnis, 93, a star in the early days of India's Bollywood when actresses were looked down upon as prostitutes, died Monday in a care facility in Danbury, Conn., of complications from...
