Bindu had early successes with Ittefaq and Do Raaste in 1969. From here she went on to write her success story with Shakti Samanta’s Kati Patang (1970), where she had a sizzling cabaret dance, “Mera Naam Shabnam” to her credit; a number which is even today remembered as one of the highlights of the film.
Bindu’s mesmerising performances in 1974 as a seductress in Imtihan, and as a nymphomaniac in Hawas, left audiences asking for more. With a string of hits behind her, she successfully managed to break out of the myth that married actresses usually do not go to become sex symbols, especially in the Hindi film industry. She is the third point in the ‘holy trinity’ of item number queens. Along with Helen and Aruna Irani, Bindu defined the Bollywood ‘cabaret’ dance number and the role of the ‘Vamp’.
Her acting ability was seen in films like Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s films Arjun Pandit and Abhimaan, where she won raves for playing a very sympathetic character. She proved to be just as convincing as the crippled woman in Chaitali and as the deglamorised role of wife to Ashok Kumar, in Arjun Pandit. She played the villain’s moll in Zanjeer and became famous as Mona Darling.
An impending pregnancy, followed by a miscarriage, brought about a lull in her career and on the advice of her doctors she had to end her stint as the glamorous ‘vamp’ – dancing and all. However, she did not stay away for long and returned to the silver screen with character roles – Hero, Biwi Ho To Aisi and Kishen Kanhaiya and with many other such movies she managed to re-establish herself as the unmerciful and cruel mother-in-law, or the cynical aunt.
In the later stages of her career, she made fewer on-screen appearances, like the ones in Shola Aur Shabnam, which highlighted her comic side, and followed with other light and funny performances in Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, Main Hoon Na, and Om Shanti Om.
Bindu Biography / Wiki
| Name | Bindu |
| Also Know | बिनà¥à¤¦à¥‚, Bindu Desai |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Valsad, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Date of Birth | 1951-01-17 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 71 |
| Deathday |
Bindu Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Bin Maa Ke Bachche | Kamla | 1980-06-04 | … |
| Sharafat Chod Di Maine | 1976-01-01 | Raju, a good hearted, tough and rough village guy was in love with a village belle Preeta (an introvert). Raju was very possesive about his love, but … | |
| Biwi Ho To Aisi | Kamla Bhandari | 1988-08-22 | Suraj secretly marries village belle Shalu against his domineering mother Kamla’s wishes. In a bid to get rid of Shalu, Kamla frames her and accuses h… |
| Pyar Ke Do Pal | Paro | 1986-08-15 | In order to assist her close friend, Rajni Thakur, Geeta Choudhary, has an abortion in her name, so that Rajni can get married. When her secret gets l… |
| Maphicha Sakshidar | 1986-01-01 | Raghvendra ,Sunil,Vilas ,Jayanta and Rocky are students of an art and literature college but have a bad reputation in the campus.Raghvendra is a short… | |
| Shankar Shambhu | Munnibai | 1976-10-06 | Inspector Ranjit Singh lives a middle-classed lifestyle along with his wife, Laxmi, a son, Pappu, and daughter, Pinky. When the National Bank is broke… |
| Rahu Ketu | Sheela | 1978-08-21 | Concerned over the rising death of low-caste people in a remote town in India, the Central Bureau of Investigation assigns this task to Inspector Ravi… |
| Hawas | Kamini Singh | 1974-01-01 | Handsome and fairly good-looking Anil Kumar is employed with Natwarlal, who is a criminal gangster. Natwarlal asks Anil to find employment with Shaile… |
| Chor Ho To Aisa | Seema | 1978-12-11 | A 1978 Bollywood film directed by Ravi Tandon. The film stars Shatrughan Sinha, Reena Roy and Bindu…. |
| Besharam | Manju | 1978-04-14 | In order to prevent honest Ramchandra from being elected as Mayor, Digvijay Singh alias Dharamdas sets his men upon him, his son, Ram Kumar, and his w… |
| Prem Shastra | 1974-01-01 | Writer Sagar Sharma is in love with a much younger woman named Barkha. When Sagar meets his ex-wife, Neelima, she tells him that Barkha is her daughte… | |
| Ahsaas | 1979-10-26 | Sudarshan Sahni would like his son, Raju, to marry his Europe-based friend’s daughter, Rita, but Raju is in love with Anu, and both plan to marry each… | |
| Chori Chori | Meena | 1972-01-01 | Made in 1972… |
| Raja Shiv Chhatrapati | 1974-01-01 | A film based on Maharashtra’s beloved king, Rajs Shivachatrapati’s life… | |
| Maha Badmaash | Reena | 1977-01-01 | Ratan runs a legitimate casino, little knowing that he is under surveillance by an international gangster named Mogambha, who is unseen, but heard onl… |
| Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye | Lily | 1973-12-29 | Raja Thakur is a bandit, but a bandit with a difference. He is principled, he has respect for women, and is a man of his word. So when he assures Seth… |
| Abhimaan | Chitra | 1973-07-27 | Subeer Kumar (Amitabh) is well on his way to becoming India’s top pop singer. He has no intention of getting married, but when he goes to visit his Du… |
| Trishna | Vidya | 1978-07-15 | Dr. Sunil Gupta lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife, Aarti. Although they have been married for several years, they do not have any children. Aart… |
| Imtihan | Rita | 1974-05-31 | … |
| Banarasi Babu | Lily Chaubey | 1997-08-19 | Wealthy business, Chaubey, his wife, Lily, and daughter, Madhubala, return from Britain in order to visit India and find a suitable groom for Madhubal… |
| Ittefaq | Renu | 1969-10-04 | Taking place almost entirely over the course of one stormy night, a woman is terrified when an accused murderer escapes from a mental hospital and see… |
| Kati Patang | Shabnam ‘Shaboo’ | 1971-01-29 | A runaway bride promises her dying widowed friend that she will assume her identity and look after her infant child…. |
| Des Pardes | Sylvia | 1978-02-23 | Samir Sahni is a farmer living with his mom, dad, wife, Rama, a young daughter, and his younger brother, Veer. Samir gets an offer to work in the U.K…. |
| Pyar Jhukta Nahin | Kamini Pratap | 1985-01-11 | A wealthy man objects to his daughter’s romance with a poor photographer…. |
| Meharbaani | 1982-05-13 | … | |
| Mere Jeevan Saathi | Kamal | 1972-09-22 | A talented artist falls in love with a doctor. He loses his eyesight in an accident and wounds up a prisoner of a cruel princess. He escapes, and is h… |
| Balidaan | 1985-04-26 | … | |
| Ganga Ki Saugand | Jayshree | 1978-02-07 | Jeeva, the son of a elderly washer woman, is tired of the abuses at the hands of his village’s leader Thakur Jaswant Singh, and vows to bring about hi… |
| Saveray Wali Gaadi | Sukhdai | 1986-03-07 | Ravidas lives in a village in rural India. He is the son of Chediram who is of highly respected in the village. Ravidas falls in love with Jyoti. The… |
| Joshila | Rani | 1973-10-19 | Jailor Manmohan Krishan is responsible for looking after convicts undergoing sentences of rigorous imprisonment. He has a young, beautiful and captive… |
| Dushman | Chamelibai | 1972-01-07 | Surjit Singh is forced to take care of Ram Din’s family after he accidentally kills him while driving under the influence of alcohol. However, he is t… |
| Dhoti Lota Aur Chowpatty | 1975-01-01 | An assortment of characters living near Juhu in Chowpahy meet, sharing comic, romantic and fight scenes…. | |
| Maan Gaye Ustaad | Jaikishan’s Assistant | 1981-01-01 | Farmer Chandan Singh lives a simple in the village until his wife is molested by a local goon… |
| Farishta Ya Qatil | 1977-09-03 | A convicted murderer saves the lives of the passengers who meet with a train accident in a desert and protects them from a gang of criminals…. | |
| Garam Masala | Neelima | 1972-05-05 | Lusty womanizer, army Captain Kishore, wants a gypsy dancer for himself, and is ready to kill anyone who tries to get in the way. But his plans are fo… |
| Shaque | 1976-12-01 | Shaque is a 1976 Bollywood drama film directed by Vikas Desai and Aruna Raje. The film stars Vinod Khanna…. | |
| Bandh Honth | 1984-01-01 | A community must unite to fight injustice… | |
| Aasoo Bane Angaarey | Mrs. Durgadevi Verma | 1993-12-31 | After the death of his first wife, Mr. Verma, who’s the managing director of his firm remarries Durgadevi (Bindu), so that she can look after his son,… |
| Arjun Pandit | 1976-04-16 | Arjun Pandit is a 1976 Hindi movie starring Sanjeev Kumar, Ashok Kumar, and Vinod Mehra, and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Bindu, Deven Verma, Sac… | |
| Agni Rekha | 1973-06-15 | Suresh’s (Sanjeev Kumar) wife dies due to some illness leaving behind her mother (Durga Khote) and two children, Chunnu and Munni. Time passed kids gr… | |
| Vandana | 1975-01-02 | VANDANA (1975)… | |
| Adhikar | 1986-04-25 | Vishal and Jyoti come from different backgrounds, but fall in love, and in spite of oppositions from both the couples’ sides, are married. After marri… | |
| Nafrat | Ashoo Kumar | 1973-01-01 | CBI Inspector Kumar arrives home late one night, and watches in shock as his wife, Ashoo, being very intimate with another male. Enraged, he takes out… |
| Haqeeqat | Laxmi | 1985-01-01 | Arjun, an honest cop, makes influential enemies in his department and amongst corrupt politicians when he brings law and order to his region. Can he a… |
| Parde Ke Peechey | 1971-01-01 | Hindi language film from 1971… | |
| Dus Numbri | CBI Officer Roopa Sharma | 1976-04-17 | Inspector Shiv Nath is a honest and diligent police officer in Bombay, and lives with his wife, Radha, and a young son, Arjun. While making several ar… |
| Gehri Chaal | Shobha Shankar | 1973-07-27 | Dharamchand is the Chair of Olympic Bank, which is due for a final audit by the 30th of the month. Shortly thereafter, his daughter, Hema, finds his d… |
| Prem Nagar | Shamsher’s wife | 1974-05-24 | A man (Rajesh Khanna) comes to the rescue of a woman (Hema Malini) who is being molested by her boss and hires her on as his secretary…. |
| Prem Rog | Chamiya | 1982-07-30 | Manorama, the daughter of a rich, orthodox family is married off, leaving her childhood friend Deodhar and his secret love for her, in despair. When t… |
| Amar Deep | 1979-01-01 | Raja was adopted by a criminal don (Ashok Kumar) at a very young age. After the death of the don, Raja inherits the property, and refrains from crime…. | |
| Hira Aur Patthar | Roopa Bai | 1977-05-09 | A young crusader struggles to free the poor peasants from the clutches of the corrupt trustees of their town. He decides to take any measures to get j… |
| Shreemaan Aashique | 1993-03-05 | Kalidas and Suman Mehra would like their only son to be like the rest of young men, have fun, mingle, stay late nights, and have a girlfriend. But he,… | |
| Badmaash | 1998-01-23 | A young man is entrapped in a never-ending web of deceit and deception…. | |
| Chakkar Pe Chakkar | Munnibai | 1977-07-30 | A Bollywood actor goes on the run after being suspected of killing a movie producer…. |
| Bandhan Kuchchey Dhaagon Ka | Dr. Shobha | 1983-01-01 | Prem Kapoor is a businessman who lives in a small town with his wife, Bhavna, who is a Judge, and two children, Sunil and Babli. One Sunday, he gets a… |
| Judwaa | Sundari Batwani | 1997-02-07 | Twin brothers separated at birth, meet in adulthood and join forces to defeat their common enemy, a notorious criminal…. |
| Dastaan | 1972-03-03 | Dastaan is a 1972 film produced and directed by B. R. Chopra. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Prem Chopra, Bindu, Sachin, Iftekhar, I. S…. | |
| Raja Jani | 1972-03-07 | Two men make a plan to present a street dancer as the long lost granddaughter of a wealthy queen… | |
| Zanjeer | Mona | 1973-05-11 | A tough and honest police officer clashes with a crime boss who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be his parents’ murderer…. |
| Kishen Kanhaiya | Kamini | 1990-03-09 | Leela and Bholaram are a childless couple. Leela works as a midwife, and one day assists Sunderdas’ wife to give birth to twin boys. She decides to ke… |
| Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja | 1993-04-16 | Jagmohan Jugral kills his twin brother, Manmohan, in order to escape from Customs Officer Verma. In the chase that follows, Jagmohan also kills Verma,… | |
| The Gold Medal | 1969-03-03 | … | |
| Rang | Suchitra Madhav Singh | 1993-04-02 | Yogi Joshi (Kamal Sadanah) is the hardworking middle class student who goes to college with the traditional Pooja (Ayesha Julka), who is the daughter … |
| Alag Alag | 1985-09-27 | … | |
| Saajan Ka Ghar | Mrs. Dhanraj | 1994-04-29 | The Dhanrajs are blessed with a daughter. However, during childbirth, Dhanraj’s wife dies and he blames his daughter for his wife’s fate. He refuses t… |
| Allah-Rakha | Banoo | 1986-08-07 | Karim Khan is employed as driver for a gangster named Don, who has an accident with his car, and asks Karim to take the blame for it for a hefty sum o… |
| Neeyat | 1980-09-05 | The friendship between three young men is tested when they fall in love with the same girl… | |
| Sooryavansham | Radha’s mother | 1999-05-20 | A zamindar and his family called “The Sooryavansh family” of Bharathpur village has a God like image among the villagers. This generation is headed by… |
| Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi | 1974-01-01 | A multimillionaire, who has no heir, decides to leave his wealth to the person who has the longest beard…. | |
| Daku Aur Jawan | 1978-07-13 | Birju and Ramu are brothers and have a friendly bond with each other, They do a lot of pranks with the villagers, but the pressure of the landlord and… | |
| Kabeela | Bijli | 1976-12-26 | Shobha lives a poor lifestyle along with her widower dad, Murari, in a village. One day a gypsy, Mangal, comes to her rescue when she is being chased … |
| Angaaray | Hirabai – courtesan | 1986-01-01 | When Sanjay learns that his sister, Aarti, has been raped by her employer, Jolly, he furiously attempts to kill him. However, when Sanjay gets killed … |
| Laawaris | Kamini | 1981-05-22 | Left in the care of an alcoholic Gangu Ganpat, young Heera, who named himself after a stray dog, wrestles with life in his young age. Years later, now… |
| Muqaddar Ka Faisla | Mona | 1987-06-26 | Muqaddar ka Faisla, is the story of Pandit Krishna Kant. A poor, but extremely honest, upright, God-fearing man, who refuses to compromise on his prin… |
| Apna Khoon | Sumi | 1978-07-31 | Inspector Verma is shocked when he discovers that his son has turned out to be a criminal. He takes up the challenge to reform his son and make him a … |
| Jaanam Samjha Karo | Chandini’s Aunt | 1999-04-02 | Love slowly develops between a spoiled young rich man and a nightclub dancer he tries to impress…. |
| Anokha Andaaz | Reema’s step-mother | 1995-05-05 | Manish and Reema are in love but Reema’s mother is against their union. They take shelter at Charlie’s house who gets murdered, which puts their lives… |
| Tyaag | 1977-02-26 | Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore play the roles of estranged lovers and are busy sacrificing for each other…. | |
| Shankar Dada | Bindiya | 1976-07-22 | An honest police officer’s life is shattered when he refuses to be corrupted in this crime drama from India. After Amar Singh rebuffs gangster Babubha… |
| Do Raaste | Neela Alopee Prasad | 1969-12-05 | Navendu was a young motherless boy when his father married again. The step-mother saw the fear and doubt in the eyes of the boy and she promised him t… |
| Nehle Pe Dehla | 1976-01-01 | A kingpin smuggler kills a police officer and succeeds in separating his teen-aged sons. The elder son who had vowed to take revenge, accidentally mee… | |
| Phandebaaz | 1978-07-07 | Raajkumar Kakkar, a poor young man who resembles Rana Shantidas, a wealthy man, impersonates him and enjoys his credit to have all facilities. He fall… | |
| Jai Hind | Bindiya | 1999-04-23 | Two retired colonels are at odds with each other because one of them had been a traitor to the country. The grandson of the traitor and the grand daug… |
| Mehbooba | Karan’s aunt | 2008-07-11 | After dreaming of a beautiful girl for over 8 years, Budapest-based but born in Rajasthan, Karan, finally gets to meet her in the shape and form of Va… |
| Aaj ka Daur | Bijli, Laundry Women | 1985-01-01 | This film is about a university graduate Jackie Shroff, who can get no better job than a petrol pump employee, a girl Padmini Kolhapure, who is strugg… |
| Naalayak | Rita | 1979-09-14 | Laxman has always been the black sheep of the family, and is regarded by them as a no-good slacker. His brother, Ram Narayan, who works in jewellery s… |
| Amar Prem | Kamla | 1972-01-28 | The loving relationship between a small boy Nandu and a Nautch girl Pushpa. Pushpa is seperated from her Husband and is brought to Calcutta to work a… |
| Krantiveer | 1994-07-22 | Lack-lustred and alcoholic Pratap Narayan Tilak is given a rude awakening when he meets with journalist Megha Dixit, and decides to instill some sense… | |
| Ek Phool Char Kante | (uncredited) | 1960-01-01 | To wed his sweetheart, a man must try and prove himself to her eccentric paternal uncles…. |
| Bandie | Vimla | 1978-03-10 | Maharaj Brajbhan lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bharatpur, India along with his wife, Badi Rani, but have been unable to conceive for Bharatpur, and hav… |
| Sarfarosh | Item Dancer | 1985-03-15 | Wrongly imprisoned and seeking vengeance against his oppressors, a man must face-off against his own son…. |
| Phool Bane Angaray | Mrs. Singh | 1991-07-12 | A 1991 Hindi movie…. |
| Aankhen | Anuradha | 1993-09-09 | Two good-for-nothing brothers are embroiled in a conspiracy involving a political assassination and try their best to save the country…. |
| Shola Aur Shabnam | Girls Hostel Principal | 1992-01-23 | The spoiled and arrogant brother, Bali, of notorious gangster, Kali Baba, enlists in the National Cadet Corps, and wants to have his way with his fell… |
| Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! | Aunt | 1994-08-05 | Prem and Nisha meet and fall in love at the wedding of their elder siblings, but their plans to be together are put in jeopardy when Nisha’s sister di… |
| Shaan | Maharani of Kamalpur | 1980-12-12 | DSP Shiv Kumar returns home to his wife Sheetal and their young daughter and announces that he has been transferred to Bombay. Shiv Kumar has two brot… |
| Main Hoon Na | Mrs. Kakkad | 2004-04-30 | An army major goes undercover as a college student. His mission is both professional and personal: to protect his general’s daughter from a radical mi… |
| Naseeb | Self | 1981-03-17 | Naseeb, a story of destiny and fate, begins with a lottery ticket. A drunk who cannot pay his restaurant bill trades his recently purchased ticket wit… |
| Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum | Cabaret dancer | 1979-04-14 | A rendering of the classic Arabian tale of Aladdin and his magic lamp…. |
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