Sheila Ramani
Sheila Ramani (real name Sheela Kewalramani ; Hindi शीला रमानी Śīlā Ramānī ; born March 2, 1932 in Sindh , British India ; † July 15, 2015 in Mhow , Madhya Pradesh ) was an Indian film actress .
Life
Sheila Ramani came from the Sindh province, which is now in Pakistan, but moved with her parents to northern India as a child, where she won a Miss pageant in Shimla in the early 1950s . After that she experienced a film career of about ten years. She starred in V. Shantarams Surang and Teen Batti Char Raasta (both 1953). Her most important roles were alongside Kishore Kumar in Bimal Roys Naukri (1954), as cabaret singer Sylvie in Chetan Anand's Taxi Driver (1954) and as Princess Indira in Ramesh Saigal's Railway Platform (1955).
In 1956 she starred in the Pakistani film Anokhi and on the side of Dev Anand in the Navketan production Funtoosh . In the late 1950s she appeared in a number of obscure films, including Abani (1958), the first Indian film in the Sindhi language , and with P. Jairaj in Bhagwan Aur Shaitan (1959) and Return of Mr. Superman ( 1960). Her last film was likely Awara Ladki (1967).
Ramani married the Parish industrialist Jall Cowasji and lived with him in Bombay , the United States and Australia. The couple had two sons. After his death, she retired to the family seat in the former British garrison town of Mhow, where she also died in July 2015.
Filmography
- 1952: Badnam
- 1953: Surang
- 1953: Teen Batti Char Raasta
- 1954: Kalakar
- 1954: Mangu
- 1954: Meenar
- 1954: Naukri
- 1954: Taxi Driver
- 1955: Ghamand
- 1955: Joru Ka Bhai
- 1955: Railway Platform
- 1955: Shahzada
- 1956: Anokhi
- 1956: Funtoosh
- 1956: Ghulam Begum Badshah
- 1956: Sultana Daku
- 1957: Anjali
- 1957: Arpan
- 1957: Mumtaz Mahal
- 1958: Abana
- 1959: Bhagwan Aur Shaitan
- 1959: Jungle King
- 1960: Return of Mr. Superman
- 1962: Ma Beta
- 1967: Awara Ladki
Web links
- Sheila Ramani in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sheila Ramani, 1950s star, no more in The Times of India, July 16, 2015
- Photos of Shila Ramani
- Sheila Ramani Profiles
Individual evidence
- ↑ 50 के दशक की प्रसिद्ध अभिनेत्री शीला रमानी का निधन in Naidunia from July 15, 2015
- ↑ Naukri
- ↑ Taxi Driver - Dil Se Milaake
- ^ Railway Platform
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ramani, Sheila |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian film actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sindh , British India |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th July 2015 |
| Place of death | Mhow , Madhya Pradesh |