The famous actress from Hindi cinema Nimmi is an actress who put a full stop to the ideology of using actresses as mere showpieces in the late sixties. Nimmi has made her place in everyone's heart with her art of acting in films like Barsaat, Didar, Aan, Udan Khatola, and Basant Bahar. If you take a look at the films starring Nimmi, you will find that whatever she used to do onscreen always seemed an essential part of her role and she has never been proved wrong. Nimmi not only won the hearts of the audience with her acting and beauty but was also loved by the filmmaker directors. February 18 means that today is Nimmi's birthday.

Nimmi was born on 18 February 1933 in Agra. Her original name was Nawab Banu. Her mother Waheedan was a famous singer as well as a film actress and had worked in a few films with the famous producer, director Mehboob Khan. Nimmi's father worked in the military as a contractor. When Nimmi was just nine years old, her mother had passed away. After this, she started living with her grandmother. Nimmi moved to Mumbai after the partition of India.

During this time, he met producer-director Mehboob Khan. Mehboob Khan had earlier produced some films about his mother. He was producing his new film 'Andaaz' in those days. He called Nimmi in the film studios. On the set of the film 'Andaaz', Nimmi met actor Raj Kapoor, who was busy searching for new faces for his new film 'Barsaat' and had selected Nargis for the lead actress. Raj Kapoor impressed by the beauty of Nimmi, she proposed to work as a supporting actress in this film, which she accepted. She has worked in more than 50 films.

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