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Leena Chandavarkar is a Actor and Writer Indian born on 29 august 1950
Leena Chandavarkar is an Indian former actress who appeared in Bollywood movies and now appears in reality shows.
Career
Leena Chandavarkar came into the limelight after finishing as one of the runners-up for the Fresh Face Competition organized across the country by Filmfare. Initially, she worked in advertisements but eventually ventured into films. She made her debut in Man Ka Meet for Sunil Dutt, and it was his wife Nargis who groomed her to be an actress. Between 1969 and 1979, Leena acted in many films. She was cast opposite many of popular heroes of that era. She gave one of her best performances in Mehboob Ki Mehndi with Rajesh Khanna in 1971.
Bairaag is another example where she acted with the great screen legend Dilip Kumar and a mighty star cast of Saira Bano, Prem Chopra and Helen.
She appeared as a guest judge for the first 2 episodes of "K for Kishore", a new reality TV singing show launched by Sony TV during December 2007. She is now appearing for the reality shows. She also penned some songs for Amit Kumar and Rajesh Bambal for a music album.
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Leena Chandavarkar
Biography
Leena Chandavarkar was born to an Army officer in Dharwad in Karnataka in 1950.Career
Leena Chandavarkar came into the limelight after finishing as one of the runners-up for the Fresh Face Competition organized across the country by Filmfare. Initially, she worked in advertisements but eventually ventured into films. She made her debut in Man Ka Meet for Sunil Dutt, and it was his wife Nargis who groomed her to be an actress. Between 1969 and 1979, Leena acted in many films. She was cast opposite many of popular heroes of that era. She gave one of her best performances in Mehboob Ki Mehndi with Rajesh Khanna in 1971.
Bairaag is another example where she acted with the great screen legend Dilip Kumar and a mighty star cast of Saira Bano, Prem Chopra and Helen.
She appeared as a guest judge for the first 2 episodes of "K for Kishore", a new reality TV singing show launched by Sony TV during December 2007. She is now appearing for the reality shows. She also penned some songs for Amit Kumar and Rajesh Bambal for a music album.
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Filmography of Leena Chandavarkar (31 films)
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Sarfarosh (1985)
Directed by Dasari Narayana Rao
Genres Romance
Actors Jeetendra, Leena Chandavarkar, Sridevi, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra, Bob Christo
Roles Seeta
Rating53%
Satyedev, Dharmadhikari, and Buddhiram not only frame an honest freedom-fighter, Jwala Singh, but also have him imprisoned. Many years later, after he completes his sentence, he seeks out the three so he can avenge himself. He will soon find that the only person standing in his way is Police Inspector Suraj Kapoor - who is none other than his very own son.
Nalayak (1979)
Genres Drama
Actors Asrani, Bindu, Leena Chandavarkar, Jeetendra, Satyen Kappu, Sujit Dhungana
Roles Seema
Rating67%
Daaku Aur Jawan (1978)
Directed by Sunil Dutt
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Sunil Dutt, Reena Roy, Vinod Khanna, Leena Chandavarkar, Bindu, Ranjeet
Rating56%
Aafat (1977)
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Navin Nischol, Leena Chandavarkar, Amjad Khan, Mehmood Ali, Faryal, Jayshree T.
Roles Inspector Chhaya
Rating60%
Inspector Amar and Inspector Chhaya are after criminal Hardayal. Amar and Chhaya fall in love. Amar goes beyond call of his duty to catch Hardayal and hence suspended. Amar is caught by Hardayal and imprisoned. Now Chhaya is supposed find criminal Hardayal.
Mitra (1977)
Genres Action
Actors Sunil Dutt, Sylvia Chang, Leena Chandavarkar, Alan Tang, Farida Jalal, Ajit Khan
Rating53%
Chala Murari Hero Banne (1977)
Directed by Asrani
Genres Comedy
Actors Asrani, Bindiya Goswami, Ashok Kumar, Prem Nath, Bindu, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffery
Roles Self
Rating69%
Murari dreams of becoming an actor, but his Dad (A.K. Hangal), who runs a cloth shop, wants him to help in the shop. Murari runs away from home and catches a train to Mumbai. On his journey, he meets a teacher who says he knows Raj Kapoor. Murari comes to Mumbai, lives in a chawl, struggles a bit and becomes a successful and rich actor. Then comes a twist in his life; he gets accused in scandals, and his love interest, (Bindiya Goswami), leaves him. Eventually, he proves himself innocent and they reunite and marry.
Naami Chor (1977)
Genres Action
Actors Biswajit Chatterjee, Shatrughan Sinha, Leena Chandavarkar, Durga Khote, Gajanan Jagirdar
Yaaron ka Yaar (1977)
Directed by A. Bhimsingh
Actors Shatrughan Sinha, Yunus Parvez, Leena Chandavarkar, Prem Nath, Helen Khan, Achala Sachdev
Rating65%
Nathu(Prem Nath) is untouchable. He takes water from common pond which is objected by some Pandits. Jaimal Singh(Ramayan Tiwari) orders his goons to teach Nathu a lesson. Goons beat him and burn the complete society. Nathu's wife was pregnant. By the time Nathu reaches hime, Nathu's wife had already left. Nathu takes Jaimal's son and runs away. In the end, movie takes a dramatic turn and all unite happily.
Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (1977)
Directed by Nazir Hussain, Nasir Husain
Genres Romance
Themes Dance films
Actors Rishi Kapoor, Amjad Khan, Zeenat Aman, Leena Chandavarkar, Kamal Kapoor, Om Shivpuri
Rating70%
The story begins with a wealthy man selling all his estate in Africa, converting it to diamonds. He carries them in a belt. He suffers a heart attack in washroom and requests a passerby to deliver the diamonds to his son, Rajesh (Rishi Kapoor). The man is chased by goons who are after the diamonds. He hides them in a bicycle toolbox. The bicycle belongs to Sanjay Kumar (Tariq Khan), who is completely unaware that his bicycle has 25 Crore Rupees worth of diamonds hidden in its toolbox. Saudagar Singh (Amjad Khan) is after the diamonds and according to his plans he and his partner Ranbir Kumar Dana set a trap for Rajesh telling a false story to him. The whole plot is pretty speedy after that with Rajesh pretending as Manjeet Kumar Dana is to fall in love with Kajal (Kajal Kiran) who is actually in love with her childhood love, Sanjay. There are a series of meetings between the two.A few years ago when mother-less Kajal's father Kishorilal was in deep financial crisis, Sanjay's father gave shelter to Kajal's father, who has now become filthy rich. The promise of getting Sanjay and Kajol married is forgotten when Kishorilal Kajal's father insults them and forgets the promise that was made years prior. To unfold the plot, Sanjay becomes Manjeet's manager. Saudagar Singh (Amjad Khan) uses Manjeet to get the diamonds himself for the climax.
Bairaag (1976)
Directed by Asit Sen
Genres Drama
Actors Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Leena Chandavarkar, Prem Chopra, Sujit Dhungana
Roles Sonia
Rating62%
Kailash (Dilip Kumar) loses his eyesight after a car accident. His wife gives birth to twin boys, one of them blind. Before his wife gains consciousness, he asks the doctor to get rid of the blind baby, because he doesn't want his son to live a life where he can't see at all. The doctor's wife leaves the blind baby in a Hindu temple, where he is discovered by the temple priest who raises the boy, now called Bholenath (Dilip Kumar). Kailash feels guilty about what he did to the blind baby and confesses it to his wife several years later, who becomes so distraught that she dies. Kailash raises his other son Sanjay (Dilip Kumar), who turns into a spoiled rich boy. Although Sanjay is engaged to Sonia (Leena Chandavarkar), he continues to have an affair with Lucy (Helen), who has a rich dangerous boyfriend Grasco (Madan Puri). Sonia's greedy brother Kunwal (Prem Chopra) agrees to marry a country girl Tara (Saira Banu) but wants a Rs. 300,000 dowry. She doesn't want to marry him, because she is in love with Bholenath, even though he is poor and blind. Bholenath thinks that his status is beneath hers and that she deserves a rich suitor and steals the money from the Hindu temple to give to Kunwal for her dowry. His pet snake tries to stop him from giving the money by biting him. He regains his sight and vows to the temple priest(Nazir Hussain) and Tara to bring the money back from Kunwal. Once he reaches the city, people mistook him for Sanjay, who in turn, is hiding out with Lucy after she leaves Grasco along with Rs. 15,000,000. She is found dead with the money missing. Sanjay is the suspect. The film is resolved with the real culprit getting caught, and the two brothers reunited with their father, and then marrying their sweethearts.
Apne Rang Hazaar (1975)
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Asrani, Leena Chandavarkar, Bindu, Danny Denzongpa, Helen Khan
Rating60%
Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka (1975)
, 3hDirected by Devendra Goel
Actors Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Leena Chandavarkar, Ashok Kumar, Deven Varma, David Abraham
Rating69%
Vishal (Dharmendra) and Aruna (Sharmila Tagore) are in love. Aruna learns that she is going to become blind. She don't want to be burden on Vishal who is already taking care of his handicapped mother. So Aruna marries her old age employer (Ashok Kumar).
Jaggu (1975)
Directed by Samir Ganguly
Genres Crime
Actors Bhagwan Dada, Bindu, Leena Chandavarkar, Mohan Choti, Aruna Irani, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffery
Rating60%
Qaid (1975)
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Vinod Khanna, Leena Chandavarkar, Kamini Kaushal, Jayshree T., Mehmood Ali, Nazir Hussain
Roles Preet / Ragini
Rating58%
Bidaai (1974)
Directed by L. V. Prasad
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Jeetendra, Leena Chandavarkar, Madan Puri, Durga Khote, Satyen Kappu, Kanan Kaushal
Roles Padma D. Das
Rating65%
After his business partner leaves him penniless, Parvati's husband passes away, leaving behind two sons, Prabhakar (Satyen Kappu), Sudhakar (Jeetendra) and a dumb daughter Gauri (Meena T), on the verge of destitution. When Prabhakar grows up, he marries Pooja (Kanan Kaushal) and moves out. Meanwhile, as time passes, Sudhakar grows up, completes his schooling, gets a job out of the town and relocates. When Gauri is not allowed to marry Murli (Asrani), she commits suicide and so does Murli, calling for Sudhakar back home. Sudhakar marries wealthy Padma (Leena Chandavarkar) and brings her home. Padma dislikes playing second fiddle even to Parvati leading to disagreements in the household. Padma's pregnancy too fails to resolve any of the problems. Thus the couple re-locates to Padma's palatial house in the city, leaving an ailing Parvati on her own. The rest of the film shows how Padma understands the value of family ties and brothers, Prabhakar and Sudhakar, get together to unite the family.