Yesteryear cinema star Kamini Kaushal no more

Veteran actress Kamini Kaushal, Hindi cinema pioneer for over seven decades, passes away at 98 in Mumbai

- CJ Desk

Actor Kamini Kaushal, one of Hindi cinema's earliest female stars who began her career with the classic Neecha Nagar in 1946 and went on to act in a host of films right till 2022, has died in her Mumbai home, a close family friend said. She was 98.

Amongst the industry's highest paid actress in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Kaushal starred opposite the triumvirate of Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor before moving on to character roles in the 1960s. Her last screen appearance was in Aamir Khan's 2022 film Laal Singh Chaddha at the age of 95, making for a remarkable 76 years in the movies.

"She died at her Mumbai home late on Thursday night. She would have turned 99 in February," Sajan Narain, a close friend of the family, told PTI.

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