New Delhi. The famous actress of Hindi cinema who acted in more than 300 films in her career. In his career he worked with Amitabh Bachchan, Jeetendra and many other big stars of the industry. But she never became the lead heroine. The actress started her career at the age of just 9 years. Even after delivering blockbuster hits with Jeetendra, he got recognized as a villain.
We are talking about an actress from the 70s who acted as the lead in the 1972 film ‘Bombay to Goa’. Her pairing with Amitabh in this comedy film was much loved. She is top actress Aruna Irani. He started his acting journey at the age of just 9 years. However, she never became the lead heroine. She was either seen in a side role or as a villain. He got recognition in his career only by becoming a vamp. He earned a lot of praise by playing negative characters in many films.
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Worked in a film competing with ‘Sholay’
Jitendra and Asha Parekh’s film ‘Caravan’ was released in 1971. Even though Aruna Irani was not in the lead role in this film. But she played an important role in this film along with Jeetendra. One of his songs in this film ‘Chhadti Jawani Meri Chaal Mastani…’ is still on people’s lips. This film proved to be a big hit of the year 1971. According to statistics, about 25 crore tickets of the movie ‘Sholay’ were sold. But Jitendra-Asha Parekh and Aruna Irani’s ‘Karawan’ sold more than 31 crore tickets in its lifetime. The gross collection of the film is said to be more than 1300 crore rupees.
The dream of becoming a lead actress remained unfulfilled.
Main roles not found
Aruna Irani started her career as a lead heroine in films. But soon he started getting offers for side roles in films. The actress was also seen in side roles in several blockbuster films. Having appeared in blockbuster films with big stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Jitendra, the actress was destined to become a heroine when she entered the industry, but she started being offered only negative roles. In her career, she mostly played side roles or negative roles, which earned the actress recognition.
Let us tell you that the actress has expressed her sorrow many times for not being able to become the lead heroine in her acting career. Aruna Irani’s name was also associated with Mehmood during his acting career. The actress herself revealed on Kapil’s show that she was infatuated with Shashi Kapoor. Many times, even after the scene was perfected in the film, she would take repeated retakes to make fun of it.
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Tags: Entertainment special, Jitendra
First published: December 21, 2023, 21:08 IST