And in Goonj Uthi Shehnaii.

How about adding some more obscure leading ladies of era gone by;
1) Kumud Chuganni (Poonam Ki Raat w/ Manoj, Vasana w/ Biswajit, latter ended doing supporting roles)
2) Naina Sahu, Kishore Sahu's daughter (Hare kaanch ki chooriyan w/ Biswajit & Puspanjali w/Sanjay)
3) Nishi (Dara Singh's Leading lady in many movies from 60's Hercules, Lootera)
4) Nirupa Roy (Ashok Kumar leading lady from 50's, latter playing mom to AB's & others in many movies).
5) Leela Naidu (Yeh Raastey hain pyar ke w/ Sunil Dutt, Baaghi w/ Pradeep Kumar, Shakespearewala w/Shashi Kapoor)
6)Ragini (from south Shikari w/Ajit, great tunes)
7)Bharati (from south Hum tum aur woh & Mastana w/ Vinod Khanna, Ghar ghar ki khani & Seema with Rajesh Roshan)
Simple Kapadia (Dimple's ugly sister, movies with Rajesh khanna's Anurodh, her then Bro in law & Jeetandra's Shakka.
9) Kaplana Kartik (Devanand's wife in Nau do gyrah)
10) Nalini Jaywant (Kala pani w/ Devanand, Hum sab chor hain w/Shammi Kapoor.
There are many more Kamini Kaushal,Veena,Nigar Sultana,Chitra,Azra,
Usha Kiron & last but not least Geeta Bali (Shammi Kapoor's first wife)

It is in fact the first Indian movie to be filmed in color

Indeed a terrific picture....isn't Nimmi also in this movie? Playing opposite Premnath right and Dilip Kumar opposite Nadira....is there another heroine too....i cannot remember.

How about Zaheeda (Nargis' neice). She acted opposite Dev Anand in GAMBLER, PREM PUJARI and opposite Sanjeev Kumar/Parikshit Sahani in ANOKHI RAAT.

Ok here's a real ugly one...Archana from BUDDHA MIL GAYA (directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and starring Navin Nischol). Has the famous song..... Raat kali ek khwab mein aayi, aur gale ka haar hui.

Was Kalpana Karthik mentioned (Dev Anand's wife in real life). She starred opposite him in TAXI DRIVER.

MWH, covered some them in my list.
Armaan covered Simple Kapadia, Nirupa Roy (she has a dual role though... mom and a leading lady, just like Jayshri Gadkar, Leela Chitnis etc., )

How abt some side heorines
Kiran Juneja (ak.a Ganga (Mahabharat) a.k.a Veeravali (Buniyaad) a.k.a etc.etc but more specifically Mrs. Ramesh Sippy)
Kiron Kher (a.k.a Mrs. Anupam Kher)
Deepika (a.k.a Sita)
an oldie Chaand Usmani

What is the name of the lady who essayed the role Sanjeev Kumar's wife in HERO ?

What is the name of the lady who essayed the role Rekha's didi in Khoobsurat ?

Vamps (some more) :-
**Sonika** Gill (in Ram Lakhan - Vivia ) <-- JamesBond, thats for you
Navneet Nishan (though she is a product of the 1990's)
Pervin Dastur (Maine Pyar Kiya.. Ajit Vacchani's daughter)

Moms :-
Reema Lagoo (Nirupa Roy of the late 1980's 1990's )
The Lady who constantly keeps telephoning AB in Abhimaan; essayed the role of Amrish Puri's wife in Ram Lakhan
Sushma Seth (who began acting with AB in Silsila and became her mom in Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan )

JB, you will be surprised that all my life, I hardly knew any of these names... manybe 1/10th of all the names posted here. Its only in the last 3-4 years that I have picked up all the rest

Never heard of her, do you mean Sonika Gill? but I know of Sonia Sahni of the Johar Mehmood string of movies!

Divya Rana of Ek Jaan Hain Hum fame

Not sure if these have already been mentioned or not?

Rajni Sharma - Side heroine in Prem Geet
Aparna Sen - Blind sister of Amitabh and Shashi Kapoor in Imaan Dharam
Khushboo - Cancer-struck daughter of Sunil Dutt in Dard Ka Rishta
Lakshmi Chhaya - Amitabh's heroine in Raaste Ka Patthar
Komal - With Jeetendra in Jigri Dost singing "Phool Hai Baharon Ka Chand Hai Sitaron Ka"

BTW, BR Ishara's Rehana Sultan's film is Chetna

and wife of Aadesh Srivastava (music director)...

Neeta Mehta




Few more moms in 1990s and later: Bina (Daughter of Pradip Kumar), Smita Jaykar (HDDCS-Rai's mom), Maya Alagh

"Maar Diya Jaaye Yaa Chhod Diya" from "Mera Gaon Mera Desh" picturised on Lakshmi Chhaya

This thread will be incomplete without including at least one heroine from the early days of Indian Cinema when even heroine roles were played by male actors.

Any names??

Farah from Yash Chopra's Faasle