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Baawre Nain

Director: Rajinder Singh
Starring: Pradip Kumar Geeta Bali
Music Director: Ashok Kumar, Pradeep Kumar
Singers: Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar

What ever may be Pradip Kumar‘s calibre as an actor, he recently made an eloquent comment about Geeta Bali and her acting talents. He said, ”Geeta was the fairy of histrionics who wore a human form”. Kya baat hai! After having sung for a bucketful of film heroines, Lata Mangeshkar has a `soft spot‘ for Geeta Bali. Lata had once told me ”I liked Geeta Bali very much. She may not be beautiful in the traditional sense, but she was very cute, very charming, she had a good height, an excellent figure and large eyes. She was good-natured too, very affable. What grace she had!” Need I say more? Her looks may be a subject of debate, but Geeta‘s acting abilities were undisputable. She had a different kind of appeal. Was it in her chubby, slightly puffed-up cheeks or in her `come hither‘ glance which enticed you alluringly? As Geeta says in a song: `Apne pe bharosa hai toh ek dav lagaa le‘. Geeta Bali had in her an irresistible pull which made you whistle `Sham dhale, khidki tale‘. She combined with immaculate grace the sprightly bubbliness of say, Jaya Bhaduri and Tanuja with Waheeda Rehman‘s fragile sensitivity. Which is why, she could belt out `Sun bairi balam sach bol‘, in `Baawre Nain‘ as effortlessly as she rendered `Rooth ke tum jo chal diye‘, a pathos-filled number from `Jal Tarang‘. While she made a perfect pair with Dev Anand in `Pocket Maar‘, `Baazi‘, `Faraar‘, `Milaap‘, `Jaal‘,‘Jaljala‘ and `Phera‘, Geeta Bali was equally at ease as the leading lady of funster Master Bhagwan in `Albela‘ and `Jhamela‘. In `Albela‘she has invested the simple `Ramba Samba‘ dance with exquisite charm and style. Kidar Sharma‘s `Suhaag Raat‘ was Geeta‘s first film, although she was fleetingly seen in a dance sequence in `Patjhar‘. Geeta soon rose to dizzy heights of success and fame. However, sadly, she could never bag a life-time role during her brief career. Barring Dev Anand, no other leading hero teamed up with her. Dilip Kumar ? never. Raj Kapoor? only once, in `Baawre Nain”. She was paired with stalwarts such as Ashok Kumar (`Raag Rang‘), Motilal (`Lalten‘) and Balraj Sahni (`C.I.D. Girl‘) very rarely. Geeta spent the best years of her career playing heroine to non-so famous actors such as Prem Adib (`Bholi‘), Jairaj (`Garibi‘), Rehman (`Shaadi Ki Raat‘), Bharat Bhooshan (`Kavi‘), Abhi Bhattacharya (`Naina‘), Kamal Kapoor (`Ameer‘), Karan Deewan (`Sau Ka Note‘), Shekhar (`Nayaa Ghar‘), Sajjan (`Najaria‘), Amarnath (`Lachak‘) Jaswant (`Hotel‘) and Suresh (`Aji Bas Shukriyaa‘). Years on, she showcased her marvellous talents in C-grade films, yet her acting abilities never staled, nor did her formidable fan club dwindle. Geeta Bali‘s name was linked with Kidar Sharma, Guru Dutt and Dev Anand at various points of time. She created shockwaves in film industry by tying the knot with Shammi Kapoor who was younger than her by two years. She was the first actress who stepped into the Kapoor `Khaandaan‘ as their `bahu‘. In `Rangeen Raatein‘, Geeta performed a rare feat in that she was dressed like a man in the entire film. A unique event in the annals of world cinema, one would say. Geeta died an untimely death because of small-pox. Writer-director Rajinder Singh Bedi had an ambitious plan of turning his novel, `Ek Chaddar Maili Si‘ into a film with Geeta Bali in the central role of `Raano‘. Following Geeta‘s death, Bedi shelved the plan.