Yesteryear actress Nimmi passes away at 88

Yesteryears actress Nimmi passed away at her residence in the city on Wednesday evening She was 88 and had been ailing for a while now Her last rights will take place on Thursday afternoon Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt was among the first to convey condolences You may win your hearts desire but in the end you are cheated of it by death Goodbye Nimmiji Bhatt wrote on TwitterHer demise was confirmed by trade analyst Komal Nahta on social media Yesteryear actress Nimmi ji passed away She was 88 May her soul rest in peace tweeted NahtaNimmi whose name was Nawab Banoo made her Bollywood debut in Raj Kapoors 1949 release Barsaat which was Kapoors first major hit The film costarred Nargis In fact the screen name Nimmi was reportedly given to her by KapoorThrough the fifties and the sixties the actress worked in films with most top actors notably the Bollywood Triumvirate of the era Raj Kapoor Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand One of her earliest releases was Fali Mistrys Sazaa starring Dev Anand in 1951 The same year she worked with Dilip Kumar and Ashok Kumar in Nitin Boses DeedarShe would go on to work with Dilip Kumar again in films like Mehboob Khans ambitious Aan and Amiya Chakravartys Daag the next year By the time she reunited with Dev Anand in Chetan Anands 1952 release Aandhiyan Nimmi was already a popular Bollywood nameHer other notable films include Uran Khatola 1955 with Dilip Kumar the Ashok KumarKishore Kumar starrer BhaiBhai 1956 Sohrab Modis Kundan 1955 the Rajendra Kumarstarrer Mere Mehboob 1963 and Akashdeep 1965Among her memorable works also are Mehboob Khans Amar 1954 starring Dilip Kumar and Madhubala and Raja Nawathes Basant Bahar 1956 costarring Bharat BhushanNimmis last release was K Asifs muchdelayed Love And God a retelling of the LailaMajnu story Asif started the project in 1963 and the film released long after his death in 1986 after several changes in the cast and crew The released film had Sanjeev Kumar and Nimmi in the lead rolesNimmi was born in Agra on February 18 1933 as Nawab Banoo to a Muslim courtesan named Wahidan Her father was a military contractor Abdul Hakim When she was only 11 her mother passed away and Nimmi went to Abbottabad to live with her maternal grandmother Post Partition in 1947 when Abbottabad went to Pakistan Nimmis grandmother shifted to Mumbai to live in India Thats where Nimmis Bollywood connection came in because her grandmothers other daughter Jyoti was a onetime actress and Jyotis husband GM Durrani was a renowned playback singer and composerIn 1965 Nimmi married scriptwriter Ali Raza who was associated with Mehboob Studios Reportedly a popular comic actor of the era Mukri and Nimmis hairdresser had played matchmakers The couple was married till Razas demise in 2007Over the recent past Nimmi was suffering from breathing problems and had been in and out of the hospitalCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever