Remembering his mother Nargis Dutt on her birth anniversary, actor Sanjay Dutt says he misses her even 29 years after her death.
Remembering his mother Nargis Dutt on her birth anniversary, actor Sanjay Dutt says he misses her even 29 years after her death.
Nargis died in 1981 after a prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer. Tuesday marks her 81st birth anniversary.
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Born as Fatima Rashid, Nargis made her screen debut as a child artist with "Talash-E-Haq" in 1935 and "Tamanna" (1942) was her first film as a full-fledged actress.
In her two-decade long career, Nargis appeared in several successful films like "Barsaat", "Andaz", "Awaara", "Deedar", "Shree 420" and "Chori Chori".
She is still remembered for her role in Mehboob Khan's Oscar-nominated rural drama "Mother India" that came in 1957. The following year she tied the knot with her co-star Sunil Dutt who played her son in the movie.