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Answer: Nalini Jaywant (18 February 1926 – 20 December 2010) was an Indian movie actress from Bollywood in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Jaywant was born in Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1926. She is first cousin to actress ShobhnaSamarth, the mother of actresses Nutan and Tanuja Since 1983, she has been living mostly a reclusive life.
She was married to director Virendra Desai in the 1940s. Later, she married her second husband, actor Dayal, with whom she acted in several movies.
Nalini Jaywant died on 20 December 2010, aged 84, at her bungalow of 60 years at Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai.
Answer (Quiz-0002):Actress Vanmala in Payachi Dasi.
Born as Susheeladevi Pawar in 1915, she adopted the screen name Vanmala and acted in several Marathi and Hindi movies since 1930s. She is known for her role in 'Shyamchi Aai' that fetched her the Best Actress award in 1953.
She began her film career at the age of 21, when she was already a graduate and a teacher.
Her dreamy eyes won her the role of the legendary Roxana in Minerva Movietone's blockbuster 'Sikander' in which she starred along with Sohrab Modi and Prithviraj Kapoor.
Vanmala acted in several films produced and directed by Acharya Pralhad Keshav Atre prominent among those being 'Payachi Dasi', 'Shyamchi Aai' and 'Moruchi Mavshi'.
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ANSWER (Quiz-0001):Nalini Tarkhad was a famous singer-actress in early thirties. She was married to well known Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak's son. The picture is from 1936 "Rajput Ramani"
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RAJPUT RAMANI (1936) KELKAR. NALINI TARKHUD, SHANTA APTE, NANA BUWA SAHL B. PATHAK Produced By: PRABHAT Directed By: K. DHAIBER Music By: K. BHOLE HISTORICAL
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