The film is set in Bengal in the 1930s, during the British Raj, where Kalyani ( Nutan ) is the daughter of the postmaster ( Raja Paranjpe ) of the village, who falls in love with a freedom fighter, Bikash ( Ashok Kumar ), who later leaves her in the village promising to come back but never does.

Nutan holds the record of five wins of the Best Actress Award at Filmfare, which was held only by her for over 30 years until it was matched by her niece Kajol in 2011 ; she is overall the most-awarded actress in the female acting categories at Filmfare, with six awards alongside Jaya Bachchan.

Nutan is related to many of the screen stars of the past fifty years ( see Mukherjee-Samarth family ( film )).

Nutan ’ s narrative is depicted in the book Nutan – Asen Mi Nasen Mi written by famous Marathi author Lalita Tamhane.

Nutan started her career at the age of 14 in the 1950 film Hamari Beti, directed by her mother Shobhna Samarth.

In a film review at the time, Filmfare wrote, " As the unfortunate girl disowned by her relatives for no fault of hers, Nutan puts over a superb and memorable portrayal.

The book can be summarized as one describing Nutan ’ s life experiences, interactions with co-actors / family / friends, etc., as told by her to Lalita Tamhane.

Bandini stars Nutan giving one of her career's finest performances, along with Ashok Kumar and Dharmendra as leads, and explores the human conflicts of love and hate intertwined in the mind of Kalyani ( Nutan ).

In 1963, Nutan starred in Bimal Roy's socio-realist Bandini as Kalyani, a young prisoner who was convicted after poisoning the wife of her lover ( Ashok Kumar ).

* G. R. Kamat-Noted screenplay writer of Hindi and Marathi films, such as Mahal ( Ashok Kumar ), Kala Pani ( Dev Anand ), Mera Saaya ( Sunil Dutt, Sadhana ), Main Tulsi Tere Angan Ki ( Nutan, Vinod Khanna ), Pukar ( Amitabh Bacchan ), Baseraa ( Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Rakhee )), Do Premee ( Rishi Kapoor ), Manchali ( Sanjeev Kumar ), Do Raaste ( Rajesh Khanna ), Pedgav che Shahane ( Marathi film )

Nutan remains understated through the film, and the director employs irony and symbolism throughout the film to make his statement instead.

After casting her, in his previous women-centric film, Sujata ( 1959 ), now the key laid in persuading Nutan out of her post-nuptial retirement to play the strictly raised, poetry-loving village girl, Kalyani.

Nutan had to be persuated to act in the film as she had quit acting post marriage.

Anupama Chopra included the film in her list of " The 20 Best Hindi Films Ever Made ", calling her role " one of Hindi cinema ’ s most complex and fully realized female characters ," and further noting, " This was the role of a lifetime and Nutan, who ... gave it all.

Parakh was a film where I really followed Nutan.

According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, Nutan " developed a natural acting style under Bimal Roy's direction.

Nutan was born into a Marathi family of four children as Nutan Samarth to director-poet Kumarsen Samarth and his actress wife Shobhna Samarth.

However due to her busy schedule she refused the role which later went to Nutan.

Regarded as one of the finest female actors in the history of Hindi cinema, Nutan was noted for playing unconventional parts, and her performances often received praise and accolades.

In the 1980s, Nutan started playing character roles and continued working until shortly before her death.

Nutan was married to Rajnish Behl from 1959 till her death of cancer in 1991.

" Film and theatre critic Gautaman Bhaskaran wrote for The Hindu, " Nutan as Kalyani gave perhaps her career's best performance.

Nutan was perhaps the only actress of her generation to command leading roles in her 40s, with tremendous success.

Nutan was noted for her willingness to play unconventional roles and several of her roles were labelled " path-breaking ".

Dhawan from The Tribune wrote, " When squeakers and screamers ruled the roost, Nutan fine-tuned her dialogue delivery with an evocative voice.

Nutan Behl ( née Samarth ) ( 4 June 1936 – 23 February 1991 ), better known as Nutan (), was an Indian actress.

Nutan was the eldest child of actress Shobhana Samarth.

Author and critic Dinesh Raheja wrote, " Sans screaming hysteria-nics, Nutan puts across one of the finest performances seen on Hindi screen.

A natural throw was the hallmark of Nutan ’ s dialogue delivery.

Actresses like Sadhana and Smita Patil noted Nutan as their influence.

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