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| name = Bina Rai
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| caption = Bina Rai in ''[[Aurat (1953 film)|Aurat]]'' (1953)
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| birth_name = Krishna Sarin
| birth_name = Krishna Sarin
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1931|07|13}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1931|07|13}}
| birth_place = [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan]])
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2009|12|06|1931|07|13}}
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| death_place = [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]], India
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| other_names = Beena Rai
| other_names = Beena Rai
| occupation = [[Actress]]
| occupation = [[Actress]]
| years_active = 1950–1991
| years_active = 1950–1991
| spouse = [[Prem Nath|Premnath]]
| spouse = [[Prem Nath]]
| children = 2
| children = 2
| homepage =
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'''Bina Rai''' (13 July 1931 – 6 December 2009), sometimes referred to as '''Beena Rai''', was an Indian actress, primarily of the black and white era of [[Hindi cinema]]. She is most known for her roles in classics such as ''[[Anarkali (1953 film)|Anarkali]]'' (1953), ''[[Ghunghat (1960 film)|Ghunghat]]'' (1960) and ''[[Taj Mahal (1963 film)|Taj Mahal]]'' (1963), and won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] for her performance in ''Ghunghat''.
'''Bina Rai''' (13 July 1931 – 6 December 2009), sometimes referred to as '''Beena Rai''', was an Indian [[actress]], primarily of the black and white era of [[Hindi cinema]]. She is most known for her roles in [[classics]] such as ''[[Anarkali (1953 film)|Anarkali]]'' (1953), ''[[Ghunghat (1960 film)|Ghunghat]]'' (1960) and ''[[Taj Mahal (1963 film)|Taj Mahal]]'' (1963), and won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] for her performance in ''Ghunghat''.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Bina Rai, born as Krishna Sarin, hailed from [[Lahore]], Punjab, British India. In 1931, her family was uprooted from Lahore during the communal frenzy and was resettled in Uttar Pradesh. She went to school in Lahore and then attended IT college in [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. Bina Rai lived in [[Kanpur]] until she moved out for acting. She had to convince her parents to allow her to act in films, she claimed that she went on a hunger strike to convince her disapproving parents to let her join films, and they finally relented.
Bina Rai, born as Krishna Sarin, hailed from [[Lahore]], Punjab, British India in 1931. Her family was uprooted from Lahore during the communal frenzy and was resettled in Uttar Pradesh. She went to school in Lahore and then attended IT college in [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. Bina Rai lived in [[Kanpur]] until she moved out for acting. She had to convince her parents to allow her to act in films, she claimed that she went on a hunger strike to convince her disapproving parents to let her join films, and they finally relented.


==Career==
==Career==
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Bina Rai was born on 13 July 1931, she signed the contract on her first film on 13 July 1950, namely ''Kali Ghata'', her first film released on 13 July 1951, on this happy day she was engaged to [[Prem Nath|Premnath]]. On 2 September 1952 she married actor [[Prem Nath|Premnath]], whose sister Krishna was married to the actor-director [[Raj Kapoor]] and was part of the [[Kapoor family]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bye bye, Bina |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091213/jsp/7days/story_11857115.jsp |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] |date=13 December 2009 |location=Calcutta, India |first=Bharathi S. |last=Pradhan |access-date=8 March 2011 |archive-date=11 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111081319/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091213/jsp/7days/story_11857115.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref> They had acted together in some films, the first movie in which he was paired with Rai was ''[[Aurat (1953 film)|Aurat]]'' (1953), a [[Bollywood]] version of the tragic Biblical tale of ''[[Samson and Delilah (1949 film)|Samson and Delilah]]'' (1949). The film was not a hit, but Bina Rai and [[Prem Nath|Premnath]] fell in love with each other. They married and soon set up their own production unit, known as P.N. Films. Their first film from P.N. Films was ''Shagufa'' (1953) and they had pinned high hopes on it, but audiences rejected it. Neither Bina Rai's elfin charm nor [[Prem Nath|Premnath]]'s sensitive portrayal of the role of a doctor could save ''Shagufa'' from being a flop. And the films that followed ''Shagufa'' are ''Prisoner of Golconda'', ''Samunder'' and ''Watan'' disappeared almost as soon as they hit the theatre screens. Thus the Premnath-Bina Rai pairing never clicked on the screen.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011028/spectrum/main8.htm Spouses don't click as screen lovers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520004716/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011028/spectrum/main8.htm |date=20 May 2016 }} [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 28 October 2001.</ref>[[File:Portrait of Bina Rai.jpg|thumb|upright|A 1955 portrait of Bina Rai]]However, her films with leading man [[Pradeep Kumar]] remain her best-remembered performances, where she played the title role in ''[[Anarkali (1953 film)|Anarkali]]'' (1953), ''[[Taj Mahal (1963 film)|Taj Mahal]]'' and ''[[Ghunghat (1960 film)|Ghunghat]]'', for which she won the [[Filmfare Award]] for [[Filmfare Best Actress Award|Best Actress]].<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/03/14/stories/2009031452261100.htm Anarkali 1953] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105100039/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/03/14/stories/2009031452261100.htm |date=5 November 2012 }} [[The Hindu]], 14 March 2009.</ref>
Bina Rai was born on 13 July 1931, she signed the contract on her first film on 13 July 1950, namely ''Kali Ghata'', her first film released on 13 July 1951, on this happy day she was engaged to [[Prem Nath|Premnath]]. On 2 September 1952 she married actor [[Prem Nath|Premnath]], whose sister Krishna was married to the actor-director [[Raj Kapoor]] and was part of the [[Kapoor family]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bye bye, Bina |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091213/jsp/7days/story_11857115.jsp |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] |date=13 December 2009 |location=Calcutta, India |first=Bharathi S. |last=Pradhan |access-date=8 March 2011 |archive-date=11 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111081319/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091213/jsp/7days/story_11857115.jsp |url-status=dead}}</ref> They had acted together in some films, the first movie in which he was paired with Rai was ''[[Aurat (1953 film)|Aurat]]'' (1953), a [[Bollywood]] version of the tragic Biblical tale of ''[[Samson and Delilah (1949 film)|Samson and Delilah]]'' (1949). The film was not a hit, but Bina Rai and [[Prem Nath|Premnath]] fell in love with each other. They married and soon set up their own production unit, known as P.N. Films. Their first film from P.N. Films was ''Shagufa'' (1953) and they had pinned high hopes on it, but audiences rejected it. Neither Bina Rai's elfin charm nor [[Prem Nath|Premnath]]'s sensitive portrayal of the role of a doctor could save ''Shagufa'' from being a flop. And the films that followed ''Shagufa'' are ''Prisoner of Golconda'', ''Samunder'' and ''Watan'' disappeared almost as soon as they hit the theatre screens. Thus the Premnath-Bina Rai pairing never clicked on the screen.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011028/spectrum/main8.htm Spouses don't click as screen lovers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520004716/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011028/spectrum/main8.htm |date=20 May 2016 }} [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 28 October 2001.</ref>
However, her films with leading man [[Pradeep Kumar]] remain her best-remembered performances, where she played the title role in ''[[Anarkali (1953 film)|Anarkali]]'' (1953), ''[[Taj Mahal (1963 film)|Taj Mahal]]'' and ''[[Ghunghat (1960 film)|Ghunghat]]'', for which she won the [[Filmfare Award]] for [[Filmfare Best Actress Award|Best Actress]].<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/03/14/stories/2009031452261100.htm Anarkali 1953] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105100039/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/03/14/stories/2009031452261100.htm |date=5 November 2012 }} [[The Hindu]], 14 March 2009.</ref>


In the 1970s, her son [[Prem Krishen]] became an actor and had one big hit; ''[[Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye]]'' (1977), but couldn't sustain the momentum, so he turned producer, with the Cinevistaas banner, which went on produce TV series such as ''Kathasagar'', ''Gul Gulshan Gulfam'' and ''Junoon''. He launched his daughter Akanksha Malhotra as an actress in 2002 in his home productions, claiming that she reminds him so much of his mother Bina Rai.
In the 1970s, her son [[Prem Krishen]] became an actor and had one big hit; ''[[Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye (1977 film)|Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye]]'' (1977), but couldn't sustain the momentum, so he turned producer, with the Cinevistaas banner, which went on produce TV series such as ''Kathasagar'', ''Gul Gulshan Gulfam'' and ''Junoon''. He launched his daughter Akanksha Malhotra as an actress in 2002 in his home productions, claiming that she reminds him so much of his mother Bina Rai.


Bina Rai stopped acting in films many years ago, claiming that women after a certain age don't get good roles. She also talks fondly of her husband [[Prem Nath|Premnath]], who had died on 3 November 1992. In 2002, their son, Kailash (Monty) released a tribute album, to his father on the occasion of his 10th death anniversary and 86th birth anniversary, titled ''Amar Premnath'', released by [[Saregama]].<ref name=ref>[http://business.rediff.com/movies/2002/feb/06akan.htm Anarkali reborn ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234315/http://business.rediff.com/movies/2002/feb/06akan.htm |date=3 March 2016 }} [[Rediff.com]], 6 February 2002.</ref><ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/archive/archive_fullstory.php?content_id=10 TRIBUTE: Monty Nath on father Premnath]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [[Screen (magazine)|Screen]], 8 November 2002.</ref> Her grandson, Siddharth Malhotra, directed the successful TV series on doctors; ''[[Sanjivani (2002 TV series)|Sanjivani]]'' (2004).<ref name=scr/>
Bina Rai stopped acting in films many years ago, claiming that women after a certain age don't get good roles. She also talks fondly of her husband [[Prem Nath|Premnath]], who had died on 3 November 1992. In 2002, their son, Kailash (Monty) released a tribute album, to his father on the occasion of his 10th death anniversary and 86th birth anniversary, titled ''Amar Premnath'', released by [[Saregama]].<ref name=ref>[http://business.rediff.com/movies/2002/feb/06akan.htm Anarkali reborn ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234315/http://business.rediff.com/movies/2002/feb/06akan.htm |date=3 March 2016 }} [[Rediff.com]], 6 February 2002.</ref><ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/archive/archive_fullstory.php?content_id=10 TRIBUTE: Monty Nath on father Premnath]{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} [[Screen (magazine)|Screen]], 8 November 2002.</ref> Her grandson, Siddharth Malhotra, directed the successful TV series on doctors; ''[[Sanjivani (2002 TV series)|Sanjivani]]'' (2004).<ref name=scr/>


==Death==
==Death==
Bina Rai died on 6 December 2009, following a cardiac arrest. She is survived by her two sons, [[Prem Kishen]] and Kailash (Monty), and grandchildren Sidharth and Akansha. Prem Kishen had a short-term career as a film actor before shifting to film and television production; [[Cinevistaas Limited]]. Her grandson, Siddharth Malhotra is a film director, who made his debut with [[Dharma Productions]]'s [[We Are Family (2010 film)|''We Are Family'']] (2010).<ref name=times2009>{{cite news |title=Bina Rai, noted actress of B&W era, passes away |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-07/india/28080149_1_bina-rai-sidharth-malhotra-prem-kishen |date=7 December 2009 |access-date=22 March 2013 |archive-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200826/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-07/india/28080149_1_bina-rai-sidharth-malhotra-prem-kishen |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=toi09>{{cite news |title=Noted actress Bina Rai passes away |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-06/india/28103032_1_first-film-cardiac-arrest-subsequent-films |date=6 December 2009 |access-date=22 March 2013 |archive-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200316/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-06/india/28103032_1_first-film-cardiac-arrest-subsequent-films |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Bina Rai died on 6 December 2009, following a cardiac arrest. She is survived by her two sons, [[Prem Kishen]] and Kailash (Monty), and grandchildren Sidharth and Akansha. Prem Kishen had a short-term career as a film actor before shifting to film and television production; [[Cinevistaas Limited]]. Her grandson, Siddharth Malhotra is a film director, who made his debut with [[Dharma Productions]]'s [[We Are Family (2010 film)|''We Are Family'']] (2010).<ref name=times2009>{{cite news |title=Bina Rai, noted actress of B&W era, passes away |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bina-Rai-noted-actress-of-BW-era-passes-away/articleshow/5308939.cms |date=7 December 2009 |access-date=22 March 2013 |archive-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200826/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-07/india/28080149_1_bina-rai-sidharth-malhotra-prem-kishen |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=toi09>{{cite news |title=Noted actress Bina Rai passes away |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Noted-actress-Bina-Rai-passes-away/articleshow/5307454.cms |date=6 December 2009 |access-date=22 March 2013 |archive-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200316/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-06/india/28103032_1_first-film-cardiac-arrest-subsequent-films |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live}}</ref>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
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== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
* 1951: ''[[Kali Ghata (1951 film)|Kali Ghata]]''
* 1951: ''[[Kali Ghata (1951 film)|Kali Ghata]]''
* 1952: ''[[Sapna (film)|Sapna]]''
* 1952: Sapna
* 1953: ''[[Anarkali (1953 film)|Anarkali]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dhunio.com/movie/anarkali/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305150029/http://www.dhunio.com/movie/anarkali/ |archive-date=5 March 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* 1953: ''[[Anarkali (1953 film)|Anarkali]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dhunio.com/movie/anarkali/ |title=Anarkali songs, Anarkali videos, 2005 |access-date=27 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305150029/http://www.dhunio.com/movie/anarkali/ |archive-date=5 March 2016 }}</ref>
* 1953: ''[[Aurat (1953 film)|Aurat]]''
* 1953: ''[[Aurat (1953 film)|Aurat]]''
* 1953: ''[[Gauhar]]''
* 1953: ''[[Gauhar]]''
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* 1963: ''[[Taj Mahal (1963 film)|Taj Mahal]]''
* 1963: ''[[Taj Mahal (1963 film)|Taj Mahal]]''
* 1966: ''[[Daadi Maa]]''
* 1966: ''[[Daadi Maa]]''
* 1967: ''[[Ram Rajya]]''
* 1967: ''[[Ram Rajya (1967 film)|Ram Rajya]]''
* 1968: ''Apna Ghar Apni Kahani''<ref>"Indian Filmography", Firoze Rangoonwalla, 1970.</ref>
* 1968: ''Apna Ghar Apni Kahani''<ref>"Indian Filmography", Firoze Rangoonwalla, 1970.</ref>


Latest revision as of 00:22, 22 December 2024

Bina Rai
Born
Krishna Sarin

(1931-07-13)13 July 1931
Lahore, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Died6 December 2009(2009-12-06) (aged 78)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other namesBeena Rai
OccupationActress
Years active1950–1991
SpousePrem Nath
Children2

Bina Rai (13 July 1931 – 6 December 2009), sometimes referred to as Beena Rai, was an Indian actress, primarily of the black and white era of Hindi cinema. She is most known for her roles in classics such as Anarkali (1953), Ghunghat (1960) and Taj Mahal (1963), and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in Ghunghat.

Early life

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Bina Rai, born as Krishna Sarin, hailed from Lahore, Punjab, British India in 1931. Her family was uprooted from Lahore during the communal frenzy and was resettled in Uttar Pradesh. She went to school in Lahore and then attended IT college in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Bina Rai lived in Kanpur until she moved out for acting. She had to convince her parents to allow her to act in films, she claimed that she went on a hunger strike to convince her disapproving parents to let her join films, and they finally relented.

Career

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Bina Rai was a first year student of Arts in the Isabella Thoburn College of Lucknow in 1950, when she came across an advertisement for a talent contest, she applied and received a call from the sponsors. Although she had been active in college dramatics, a film career was never within her field of vision. Nevertheless, she went to Bombay to participate in the contest, where she won along with the 25,000 rupees in prize money, a leading role in Kishore Sahu's Kali Ghata (1951), which became her film debut, and also featured Kishore Sahu in the lead role.[1][2][3]

Bina Rai was born on 13 July 1931, she signed the contract on her first film on 13 July 1950, namely Kali Ghata, her first film released on 13 July 1951, on this happy day she was engaged to Premnath. On 2 September 1952 she married actor Premnath, whose sister Krishna was married to the actor-director Raj Kapoor and was part of the Kapoor family.[4] They had acted together in some films, the first movie in which he was paired with Rai was Aurat (1953), a Bollywood version of the tragic Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah (1949). The film was not a hit, but Bina Rai and Premnath fell in love with each other. They married and soon set up their own production unit, known as P.N. Films. Their first film from P.N. Films was Shagufa (1953) and they had pinned high hopes on it, but audiences rejected it. Neither Bina Rai's elfin charm nor Premnath's sensitive portrayal of the role of a doctor could save Shagufa from being a flop. And the films that followed Shagufa are Prisoner of Golconda, Samunder and Watan disappeared almost as soon as they hit the theatre screens. Thus the Premnath-Bina Rai pairing never clicked on the screen.[5] However, her films with leading man Pradeep Kumar remain her best-remembered performances, where she played the title role in Anarkali (1953), Taj Mahal and Ghunghat, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.[6]

In the 1970s, her son Prem Krishen became an actor and had one big hit; Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye (1977), but couldn't sustain the momentum, so he turned producer, with the Cinevistaas banner, which went on produce TV series such as Kathasagar, Gul Gulshan Gulfam and Junoon. He launched his daughter Akanksha Malhotra as an actress in 2002 in his home productions, claiming that she reminds him so much of his mother Bina Rai.

Bina Rai stopped acting in films many years ago, claiming that women after a certain age don't get good roles. She also talks fondly of her husband Premnath, who had died on 3 November 1992. In 2002, their son, Kailash (Monty) released a tribute album, to his father on the occasion of his 10th death anniversary and 86th birth anniversary, titled Amar Premnath, released by Saregama.[7][8] Her grandson, Siddharth Malhotra, directed the successful TV series on doctors; Sanjivani (2004).[2]

Death

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Bina Rai died on 6 December 2009, following a cardiac arrest. She is survived by her two sons, Prem Kishen and Kailash (Monty), and grandchildren Sidharth and Akansha. Prem Kishen had a short-term career as a film actor before shifting to film and television production; Cinevistaas Limited. Her grandson, Siddharth Malhotra is a film director, who made his debut with Dharma Productions's We Are Family (2010).[3][9]

Awards

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Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Bina Rai biography Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Bina Rai: The good old days Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine Screen.
  3. ^ a b "Bina Rai, noted actress of B&W era, passes away". The Times of India. 7 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  4. ^ Pradhan, Bharathi S. (13 December 2009). "Bye bye, Bina". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  5. ^ Spouses don't click as screen lovers Archived 20 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Tribune, 28 October 2001.
  6. ^ Anarkali 1953 Archived 5 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu, 14 March 2009.
  7. ^ Anarkali reborn Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Rediff.com, 6 February 2002.
  8. ^ TRIBUTE: Monty Nath on father Premnath[dead link‍] Screen, 8 November 2002.
  9. ^ "Noted actress Bina Rai passes away". The Times of India. 6 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Anarkali songs, Anarkali videos, 2005". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  11. ^ "Indian Filmography", Firoze Rangoonwalla, 1970.
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