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Geeta Bali is a Actor and Producer Indian born on 1 january 1930 at Sargodha (Pakistan)

Geeta Bali

Geeta Bali
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Nationality Inde
Birth 1 january 1930 at Sargodha (Pakistan)
Death 21 january 1965 (at 35 years) at Mumbai (Inde)

Geeta Bali (1930 – 21 January 1965) was a popular film actress from Bollywood.

Biography

They lived in Amritsar before 1947. Her father, Kartar Singh, known as Philosopher, was blind. He was a Sikh scholar and kirtan (Sikh devotional music) singer. Her maternal grandfather, Takhat Singh (1870-1937), was the founder of Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalay - a boarding school for girls and the first of its kind established in 1904 in Ferozepur. The parents encouraged their daughters, Harkirtan (Geeta Bali) and Hardarshan, to learn classical music and dance, horse riding and gatka fencing. Fundamentalist Sikhs socially boycotted the family as they did not like the girls performing in public and they picketed theatres. [Source: Amar Bharti interviewed by Amrita Pritam, Nagmani December 1982]

On 23 August 1955 Geeta married Shammi Kapoor, with whom she was working in the film Coffee House. They had two children, a son (Aditya Raj Kapoor) and a daughter (Kanchan).

She died on 21 January 1965, having contracted smallpox while shooting a Punjabi film, Rano, based on a novel Eik Chadar Maili Si by Rajinder Singh Bedi. He was directing the film and she was the producer. Bedi, devastated by the untimely death of Bali, abandoned the project. He wrote later that he had put the novel on her burning funeral pyre.

She is the aunt of Yogeeta Bali.shammi kapoor married to neela devi after her death.

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Filmography of Geeta Bali (23 films)

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Actress

Mr. India
Mr. India (1961)

Genres Comedy
Actors Geeta Bali, I. S. Johar, Helen Khan, Feroz Khan
Roles Bembi
Rating68% 3.4066553.4066553.4066553.4066553.406655
Gulu Lala lives a middle-classed lifestyle along with his parents in Chinchpokli, Bombay. Believing himself to be Hindustani and speaking Hindi, he is unable to secure employment with Parsi, Sindhi, Marwari, and Tamil businessmen, and spends his time walking a stray dog, Charlie, along Marine Drive. One day he comes to the rescue of Sindhi-speaking wealthy businessman, Rai Bahadur Himmatchand and his snobbish daughter, Bembi, who initially 'borrow' Charlie and then Gullu himself to live in their mansion. Eventually the couple get attracted to each other - little knowing that soon their respective lives will be changed drastically when Gullu will be mistaken for a look-alike gangster named Jung Bahadur, while a disapproving Himmatchand is all set to get his daughter married to a wealthy male named Kamal Jeet.
Do Mastane
Do Mastane (1958)

Actors Geeta Bali, Motilal, Nigar Sultana, Begum Para, Johnny Walker, Mukri

This script must be run from the command line
Aji Bas Shukriya
Actors Geeta Bali, Shubha Khote, Johnny Walker, Shammi
Roles Geeta Kumar
Rating61% 3.076993.076993.076993.076993.07699
The film tells the story of Geeta who leads a poor life and maintains her whole family by working as a typist.
Jailor
Jailor (1958)
, 1h50
Directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi
Actors Sohrab Merwanji Modi, Kamini Kaushal, Geeta Bali, Abhi Bhattacharya, Nana Palsikar, Daisy Irani
Roles Chhaya
Rating61% 3.074583.074583.074583.074583.07458
Dilip (Sohrab Modi is a kind-hearted prison warden (Jailor), who lives with his wife Kanwal (Kamini Kaushal) and little daughter Bali (Daisy Irani). Kanwal enjoys herself by staying out late at parties and meeting people. She equates her life in the house as a jail. Dilip tells her that her life is within the four walls of the house, and orders her not to go out without his permission. Kanwal hates the scar on her husband’s face and taunts Dilip about his ugly looks. Kanwal finally elopes with Dr Ramesh leaving her daughter behind. This turns Dilip into a hard cruel man who becomes oppressive. Kanwal and Dr. Ramesh go through hardships with Ramesh turning blind and Kanwal becoming disfigured following an accident. Dilip goes to the hospital and brings Kanwal back home. He has her locked up in her room forbidding her to meet her daughter. His constant taunts and berating compel Kanwal to commit suicide. Bali falls sick and dies.
Sailaab
Sailaab (1956)

Directed by Guru Dutt
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Geeta Bali, Abhi Bhattacharya
Rating71% 3.552673.552673.552673.552673.55267
Inspector
Inspector (1956)
, 2h4
Directed by Shakti Samanta
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali, Mehmood Ali, Pran Krishan Sikand, K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh), Nasir Husain
Rating57% 2.870692.870692.870692.870692.87069
Destiny moulds its own way. When Thakur Mahendra Singh adopted a child his wife gave him the happy news that she is going to be a mother herself. The adopted sons father Badri, who was known as Thakur's faithful servant, thought of murdering the newly born child. But his wife Ganga stopped him and ran away with the child. Twenty-five years elapsed. But the sins of the father were not left unpunished. It was on the steps of Bijlis Kotha, that a murder was committed. Rajkumar did not know how to dispose off the dead body. Badri, now a victoria driver, came to his rescue. He took away the dead body and placed it in a car parked at a lonely place. It was Varshas car. A happy go lucky girl, as she was, Varsha found the dead body. She was dumb founded and thought to inform the police. But a second thought came to her mind and she pulled the dead body up to the road and left it there. A constable, who saw all this informed the Police. Inspector Shyam came to investigate and was surprised to see his own beloved entangled in this case. But the duty of a Police Officer came forward Varsha was arrested and investigation went on . How Varsha was proved innocent ? How the criminals were punished ? How the Inspector solved the mystery ? This is what you will see in INSPECTOR.
Vachan
Vachan (1955)

Actors Geeta Bali, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Balraj Sahni, Madan Puri
Roles Kamla
Rating56% 2.841382.841382.841382.841382.84138
Kamla (Geeta Bali) lives a poor lifestyle in a small town in Uttar Pradesh along with her widowed dad, Dinanath, who works as an accountant, and two younger brothers, Kumar and Kishore. Her father's biggest dream is to get Kamla married to her lover, a wealthy man named Prem (Balraj Sahni), and ensure that Kumar and Kishore get properly educated. As Dinanath's eyesight becomes very weak, the quality of his work deteriorates and he loses his job. However, his employer, Laxmidas (Madan Puri), promises to hire Dinanath's son Kumar once he completes his education. On the day of the results, Kumar tragically passes away in an accident. Devastated and desperate, Dinanath tries to commit suicide, but he is hospitalised. Later he recovers but loses his vision completely. Kamla's wedding is consequently cancelled, and Prem reluctantly gets married to a woman named Shyama. Kamla starts working and takes it upon herself to look after her dad and Kishore. Years pass by, Kishore (Rajendra Kumar) has grown up, graduates, gets a job and marries a young girl named Tara (Neelma), who happens ro be the niece of Kashiram, Prem's friend. The family settles down to a fairly harmonious relationship which is shattered when Kishore and Tara accuse Kamla of stealing household items; following this incident, Kamla and her dad leave the house, and Kamla soon gets a job as a nurse for a sick Shyama, while her husband Prem is absent, without knowing that she is actually her ex-lover's wife.
Miss Coca Cola
Genres Crime, Romance
Actors Shammi Kapoor, Geeta Bali, Kamal Kapoor, Helen Khan, Johnny Walker, Kuldip Kaur

Ganga (Geeta Bali is a comes from a poor family and lives with her father, sister Madhu, and brother Pappu. When her father is unable to pay the Rs. 1000 dowry money to the bridegroom at Ganga's wedding, the marriage is called off by the groom's family. Desperate, Ganga's father resorts to stealing the money from a man who is subsequently killed. The blame for the murder falls on Ganga's father who is arrested. The three siblings try to eke out a living by doing odd jobs. Pappu meets with an accident when he gets hit by Kamal's (Shammi Kapoor) car. Kamal helps the family and Ganga starts working as a night club dancer and goes by the name, Miss Coca Cola. Kamal and Ganga fall in love and together they try to find the real killer. Eventually they succeed and Ganga's father is freed.
Albeli
Albeli (1954)

Directed by Devendra Goel
Actors Pradeep Kumar, Geeta Bali, Om Prakash, Johnny Walker

Geeta and Rita are sisters of Mr. Verma, the owner of Nan Ching Chung hotel. Rita is in love with Brij and Geeta helps her elope and get married. Geeta is infatuated by Pradeep, a singer and musician. When she finds out he is in town she makes several attempts to meet him but fails. Pradeep meets Geeta when she is helping Rita elope and in some scuffle and misunderstanding he thinks Geeta is trying to escape some people out to get her. He helps take her to the police station where she claims to have been abducted by Pradeep himself. Mr. Verma arrives and fed up with his daughters antics he sends them to another town where they enroll in a school to learn music. The music teacher is Pradeep, a fact Geeta knew from before. She again helps her sister to go off on her honeymoon with her husband, while pretending to be Rita to keep up pretenses of her still being at the academy. Her masquerade leads to several funny situations in the film. Eventually the situation unravels, the father accepts Rita's wedding and Geeta and Pradeep are united.
The Falcon
The Falcon (1953)
, 2h30
Directed by Guru Dutt
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Geeta Bali, Guru Dutt, K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh), Johnny Walker, Kuldip Kaur, Sulochana
Roles Nisha
Rating67% 3.367373.367373.367373.367373.36737
The 16th century, the Malabar Coast. General Barbosa (KN Singh) signs a treaty with the queen (Sulochana) of a small state giving the Portuguese right to trade in exchange for military protection. With the help of the queen's nephew Jaswant (Ramsingh), he begins to meddle in the administration as well. He arrests merchant Ramzan Ali and his friend Narayan Das. Das' daughter Nisha (Geeta Bali) tries to save her father but is caught by Barbosa and both are sold to a cruel Portuguese pirate Cabral. Cabral kills Narayan Das. Nisha rouses her fellow slaves to revolt against Cabral and once Cabral is killed Nisha becomes a pirate queen pillaging all Portuguese ships in sight. One such ship includes heir to the throne Prince Ravi (Guru Dutt), a Portuguese woman Rosita (Kuldip Kaur) and a court astrologer (Johnny Walker). Nisha spares their lives as Ravi had saved her life earlier. They inevitably fall in love. Ravi joins the mutineers without revealing his identity. Back on shore, Ravi learns Jaswant is to be crowned king. Ravi is arrested and sentenced to death. Nisha saves him and they join forces with other local chiefs to defeat Barbosa.
The Net
The Net (1952)
, 2h45
Directed by Guru Dutt
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Geeta Bali, Dev Anand, K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh), Johnny Walker, Purnima Das Verma, Krishna Kumari
Roles Maria
Rating69% 3.4689853.4689853.4689853.4689853.468985
After losing his vision during a storm, Carlos (K.N. Singh) lives with his sister, Maria (Geeta Bali), off the Indian coast in a fishing village. One day a mysterious young woman, Lisa, enters their lives, followed by a mysterious man, Tony Fernandes (Dev Anand). Maria and Tony fall in love with each other, much to the chagrin of Simon, who loves Maria and wants to marry her. Lisa then warns Maria that she has known Tony, they have had an affair together, and he had betrayed her, however, this warning has no effect on Maria. Then a gypsy palm-reader also cautions Maria that she may be headed for disaster at the hands of a stranger.