Birth anniversary: Sadhana: Iconic Hindi Actress & Fashion Trendsetter

Sadhana Shivdasani Nayyar was a unique actress in Hindi cinema. Sadhana remained in love with cinema till the end of her life. When Sadhana made her debut in Hindi films in the sixties, the fame of actresses like Suraiya, Vanamala, Meena Kumari, and Sheela Ramani was at its peak. Rajshree, Waheeda Rehman, Asha Parekh, and Nanda were contemporary actresses of Sadhana. The audience gave a lot of love to all of them. Like Nanda and Suchitra Sen, Sadhana separated herself from the limelight, which was not a common thing. Lata ji also got special pleasure in playback singing for Sadhana, Lata ji herself has admitted this. The experiences of Sadhana's heroes are also similar. Despite all the successful films, Sadhana's premature departure from the screen feels like a work that remains incomplete. Sadhana Shivdasani became Sadhana Nayyar after her marriage to director RK Nayyar. She is the only heroine in Hindi cinema who played a special kind of double role in four films, used four types of fashion, and made it popular.

Sadhana made the fashion statement

Sadhana left a different impression by acting in dual roles especially. Not only Sadhana's cut hairstyle, slanting Kajal in the eyes, a special smile, scarf around the neck, churidar salwar, tight kurta, big earrings in the ears, garara, and sharara, but Sadhana Fashion is also driven by. Sadhana's style of wearing a saree was also unique. Not only this, but her gait and talking eyes are not worth forgetting. All these styles were also adopted by the young women of that era.

Kept herself safe in the world of showmanship

Director Vimal Rai wanted to make Sadhana the face of art films. Today we are remembering the life of an actress and seeing how Sadhana ji kept herself safe in the world of showmanship. The author of these lines wanted to write her biography, but Sadhana did not like it, she did not want to keep herself in the news. Then a compilation of articles written on Sadhana was prepared. Sadhana was very happy to receive its copy. Sadhana separated herself from the glamorous and glittering film world in a dignified manner.

Sadhana's heartfelt sentiment

Everyone wanted to be in the limelight but she stayed away from it. It was Sadhana's heartfelt sentiment that the image of her youth should remain in the minds of her fans. Far away from awards and politics, Sadhana, who had a contented nature and was a loner, staying away from film gatherings, used to go to the Authors Club now and then. Dilip Kumar was once the head of this club. The members of that club are also limited.

Was last seen on Doordarshan

Sadhana's first film 'Abana' was a Sindhi film in which she was seen in the role of heroine Sheela Ramani's younger sister. When the role of women in film production is discussed, Sadhana is remembered for directing Geeta Mera Naam (1974). In the fourth and last decade of acting, till the year 1997-98, Sadhana was seen on Doordarshan due to the special presentation of a program of film songs. After that, Sadhana firmly decided to stay away from the screen.

At the age of 74, she did the catwalk

In the house in Santa Cruz, loneliness did not bother her in such a way that life became difficult. The last twenty years remained completely silent. At the age of 74, she did the catwalk at the request of Ranbir Kapoor in a show organized to help cancer patients. Directors, heroes, singers, lyricists, and musicians of films starring Sadhana kept getting awards rapidly but Sadhana remained away from this culture. She also did not do any lobbying for awards. He did not regret not getting any big award. The real prize is to remain in the hearts of the audience. Everyone knows that once upon a time, people were so crazy about her that a picture of her charming smile was kept in their purse. If Rajesh Khanna became a superstar, then Sadhana also became successful after getting the status of a super actress for almost a decade. Various types of health-related problems have come in the way, but what's the point in stopping the actress's efforts, it's a long process of struggle.

Sadhana had her creative journey

Actress Sadhana has had her creative journey. Not only Sadhana's contemporaries but junior actresses have also expressed their desire to receive Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. An actress like Sadhana, who established the standards of acting, just wanted to live a dignified life. Neither any ambition nor desire for wealth. Isn't such a selfless life inspiring for cinematographers? Artists today who adopt new tactics for the sake of cheap popularity should learn this trick of a calm, restrained life from Kash Sadhana. Apart from the film 'Gaban' based on Munshi Premchand's novel, Sadhana presented artistic expressions in 'Parakh'. He had a different style of acting in 'Vandana' and 'Prempatra'. Sadhana's unreleased films were 'Picnic' with Guru Dutt and 'Saajan Ki Ghaliyan' with Dev Anand.

Commercial films and hero

Some of his films which were considered better on a commercial basis include 'Waqt', 'Mera Saaya', 'Love in Shimla, 'Rajkumar', 'Asli-Nakali', 'Hum Dono', 'Woh Kaun Thi', 'Mere Mehboob', are included. The actors with whom a maximum number of films were released include Sunil Dutt, Manoj Kumar, Devanand, Rajendra Kumar, and Shammi Kapoor (three and four times). Sadhana did one film each as a heroine with Joy Mukherjee, Balraj Sahni, Sanjay Khan, and Rajkumar and twice with Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna, Anil Dhawan, Shashi Kapoor, Kishore Kumar, Basant Chaudhary, and Parikshit Sahni. However, Sadhana has also shared the silver screen with famous Hindi cinema actors Prithviraj Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Vishwajeet, and Ashok Kumar.

Sadhana and her soulful songs

Sadhana also got a Filmfare nomination for the films Waqt' and 'Woh Kaun Thi'. Sadhana lip-synced the most on the songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Nearly a hundred songs have been filmed on Sadhana. Among those that are more pleasing to the ear are- abhi na jao chhodakar... (ham donon) too jahaan-jahaan chalega…( mera saaya ) aa ja aaee bahaar... (raajakumaar) naina barase rimajhim rimajhim... (vo kaun thee ) jarurat hai jarurat hai... (manamaujee) mere mahaboob tujhe meree mohabbat kee kasam...(mere mahaboob) tera mera pyaar amar....(asalee nakalee ) hamane tujhako pyaar kiya hai itana...(dulha dulhan). Talking about soulful songs, the heights of rain's beauty combined with the heights of Sadhana's acting in O Sajna Barkha Bahar Aayi (Parakh) take us to a different world.

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