Mahabharat Famous Kunti: Every character of BR Chopra’s superhit serial ‘Mahabharat’ (1988) is still fresh in the minds of the audience. You must remember the very polite, serious and loving character of ‘Kunti’, the mother of the five Pandavas, in the show. The name of the actress who played this role of Mata Kunti on screen is Nazneen. But do you know that this ‘Mata Kunti’, who looked very simple clad in saree and jewelery on screen, was one of the most glamorous actresses of her time in real life? Nazneen, who created a stir with her boldness in the 70s and 80s, is so missing from the film industry today that no one knows her condition, even if she is alive, there is suspense.
Very few people know that Nazneen never wanted to enter the world of acting. Her childhood dream was to fly in the sky, that is, she wanted to become an air hostess. But her mother did not consider airplane travel at all safe and due to this fear, she did not allow Nazneen to become an air hostess. When Nazneen When he started getting offers from films, he chose acting as his career.
Why did you wear a bikini?
Nazneen entered Bollywood 54 years ago i.e. in the year 1972 with director Satyen Bose’s film Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa. After this film, she was going to do two more big films with Satyen Bose, but due to some reason she could not do it. However, Nazneen became the talk of the town when she created a stir on the big screen by wearing a two-piece (bikini) in Simi Garewal’s superhit film ‘Chalte Chalte’ released in 1976. In an interview, Nazneen herself had revealed that she wore a bikini only so that the makers could consider her glamorous and offer her a lead role and change her image.
Didn’t get much work because of Jaya Bachchan?
Nazneen was very beautiful in appearance and many film directors believed that her appearance was very similar to that time’s Bollywood ‘star’ actress Jaya Bhaduri (now Jaya Bachchan). But this quality became the biggest enemy of his career. Because of her similarity in looks, the makers always brought Jaya Bachchan’s sister or side role to her. Nazneen was always upset and disappointed with the fact that she was not getting main lead roles.
To get rid of the role of sisters, she also worked in some B-grade films, which further spoiled her image. He worked in only 22 films in his entire career, which include films like ‘Kora Kagaz’ and ‘Haivaan’.
Got recognition in every household by becoming ‘Kunti’, but where is Nazneen now?
Disappointed with continuously getting side roles in films, Nazneen appeared in BR Chopra’s ‘MahabharataGot the iconic role of ‘Kunti’ in ‘. The role of Kunti made this actress of Muslim religion recognized in every household and people made her sit on their eyelids. But after the immense success of ‘Mahabharata’, Nazneen said goodbye to this dazzling world forever.
Today, after almost 38 years, no one knows where Nazneen is and what condition she is in. He has completely distanced himself from the film industry and social media. Some senior actors even say that no one has concrete information about whether he is present in this world or not. This Kunti of ‘Mahabharata’ has today remained an unsolved puzzle in the history of Bollywood.
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