Nawab Bano, better known by her stage name Nimmi, was an Indian screen actress who achieved stardom in the 1950s and early 1960s in Hindi films. She was one of the leading actresses of the "golden era" of Hindi cinema Nimmi was born on18 February 1933 and died on 25 March 2020.
Nawab Bano was born in a Muslim household in Agra. Her mother, Wahidan, was an actress and singer. She has many contacts in the movie business. Abdul Hakim, Nimmi's father, was a military contractor. Her grandmother added "Bano," while Nimmi's grandfather gave her the birth forename "Nawab." Nimmi recalls visiting Bombay as a young child and learning that her mother was friendly with Mehboob Khan and his family, who were well-known and significant figures in the film industry.
Nimmi's mother died unexpectedly while she was only eleven years old. Her father had little contact with Nimmi's mother at this point; he was working and raising another family in Meerut, where he also resided. Therefore, Nimmi was moved to live with her maternal grandmother in Abbottabad, which is close to Rawalpindi. When India was divided in 1947, Abbottabad was transferred to Pakistan. The grandmother of Nimmi relocated to Mumbai (then Bombay) and took up residence with her other daughter, Jyoti. Jyoti, who had previously worked as an actress, was married to G. M. Durrani, a well-known playback singer, actor, and music director from India.
Career: The renowned director Mehboob Khan summoned the young Nimmi to Central Studios in 1948 to see the making of his current project, Andaz, thanks to her mother Wahidan, who had collaborated with him in the 1930s. She had expressed interest in movies, so this was a chance for her to learn about the making of a movie. Nimmi first met Raj Kapoor, the movie's lead, while they were both on the Andaz set.
Raj Kapoor was filming his production of Barsaat at the time (1949). He was searching for a young girl to portray the second lead after casting the well-known actress Nargis in the female lead role. He chose to cast Nimmi, then in her adolescent years, in Barsaat opposite the actor Prem Nath after noticing her unassuming and reserved behaviour while a visitor on the Andaz set. Nimmi portrayed a callous city man in love with an innocent shepherdess from the mountains. Barsaat, a 1949 film, changed the course of cinema. A huge commercial success, it was. Even though Nargis, Raj Kapoor, and Prem Nath were there and well-known stars, Nimmi had a very prominent and well-received role and became a big hit with the audience.
After Barsaat, Nimmi received a tonne of film offer submissions. She discreetly honed her dramatic skills and honed an elegant yet distinctive acting technique. The petite actress rapidly gained a devoted following for her passionate and emotive performances because to her saucer-shaped expressive eyes.
She worked with notable actors like Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor (Banwara) (Sazaa, Aandhiyan). After the success of movies like Deedar (1951) and Daag, Nimmi and Dilip Kumar made an incredibly popular and trustworthy cinematic couple, much to her great advantage (1952). In addition to co-starring in Barsaat and Deedar with Nargis, Nimmi also shared the screen with a number of other well-known leading ladies, such as Madhubala (Amar), Suraiya (Shama), Geeta Bali (Usha Kiran), and Meena Kumari (Char Dil Char Rahen) (1959). Nimmi was not only an actress but also a singer who performed her own songs in the 1951 movie Bedardi. She only ever recorded songs for this movie and never continued singing.
She was subsequently cast by Mehboob Khan in Aan (1952). The movie had a hefty budget for production. One of the female leads was Nimmi. Because of how well-liked she was at the time, when the film's investors and distributors saw the original edit, they complained that Nimmi's character died too soon. To give Nimmi additional significance and screen time in the movie, a lengthy dream sequence was created. One of the earliest Indian films to receive a global release was Aan. Nimmi went to the extravagant London premiere of the movie. The title of the English translation was Savage Princess.
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