Leela Chitnis
Indian actress (1909-2003) · India · On the map · Actors · Died at 93
Leela Chitnis was an Indian actress in the Indian film industry, active from the 1930s to the 1980s. In her early years she starred as a romantic lead, but she is best remembered for her later roles playing a virtuous and upright mother to leading stars.
Leela Chitnis is read about 117 times a day, in 21 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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2003Died14 July 20031979
Janta HawaldarFilm, Naani1970
Bhai-BhaiFilm1969
Badi DidiFilm1966
Phool Aur PattharFilm1964
DostiFilm, Mrs. Gupta1963
Dil Hi To HaiFilm, Maid-servant1961
Aas Ka PanchhiFilm1959
Dhool Ka PhoolFilm, Gangu Dai1957
Naya DaurFilm, Shankar's Mother1954
BaadbaanFilm1952
MaaFilm, Bhanu's & Raju's mom1948
ShaheedFilm, Mrs. Dwarkadas1943
RekhaFilm1936
Holy CrimeFilm, Chhaya1909Born9 September 1909
Janta HawaldarFilm, Naani1970Bhai-BhaiFilm1969Badi DidiFilm1966Phool Aur PattharFilm1964DostiFilm, Mrs. Gupta1963Dil Hi To HaiFilm, Maid-servant1961Aas Ka PanchhiFilm1959Dhool Ka PhoolFilm, Gangu Dai1957Naya DaurFilm, Shankar's Mother1954BaadbaanFilm1952MaaFilm, Bhanu's & Raju's mom1948ShaheedFilm, Mrs. Dwarkadas1943RekhaFilm1936Holy CrimeFilm, Chhaya1909Born9 September 1909People around Leela
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Baldev Raj Chopra Produced Dhool Ka Phool and Waqt
Raj Kapoor Also in Phir Subah Hogi and Main Nashe Men Hoon
Nazir Hussain Also in Main Nashe Men Hoon, Parakh and Maa
Vyjayanthimala Also in Sadhna, Ganga Jamna and Dr. Vidya
Sadhana Shivdasani Also in Waqt, Parakh and The Test
Mala Sinha Also in Main Nashe Men Hoon and Phir Subha Hogi
Dilip Kumar Also in Naya Daur, Shaheed and Sangdil
Yash Chopra Directed Dhool Ka Phool and Waqt
Bimal Roy Directed Parakh (1960), produced Maa (1952)
Manmohan Krishna Also in Naya Daur, Sadhna and Dhool Ka Phool
Hari Shivdasani Also in Parakh, The Test and Dil Hi To Hai
Vijay Anand Directed Guide (1965)
Kanhaiyalal Also in Parakh, The Test and Gunga Jumna
Sashadhar Mukherjee Produced Bandhan and Jhoola
Dev Anand Produced Guide (1965), also in Asli Naqli (1962)
Shashi Kapoor Also in Awaara, Waqt and Satyam Shivam Sundaram
Motilal Also in Parakh, The Test and Waqt
Ramanand Sagar Produced Ghunghat (1960), wrote Sangdil (1952)- Leela Mishra Also in Awaara, Dosti and Majhli Didi
Nitin Bose Directed Ganga Jamna (1961)- Asit Sen Also in Parakh, The Test and Majhli Didi
- Keshto Mukherjee Also in Parakh, The Test and Majhli Didi
Master Vinayak Directed Chhaya (1936)
Anwar Hussain Also in Sangdil, Gunga Jumna and Guide
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About this person
Country
India
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 2003 · aged 93
