Sadhana Shivdasani, known mononymously as Sadhana, was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films.
25 Facts About Sadhana Shivdasani
1.
2.
Sadhana Shivdasani was popularly known as "The Mystery Girl" for her stint as the "mystery girl" in the suspense thriller trilogy films directed by Raj Khosla during the mid 1960s.
3.
Sadhana Shivdasani was admitted to Hinduja Hospital on 24 December 2015, following which she died on 25 December 2015.
4.
Sadhana Shivdasani's father was the elder brother of actor Hari Shivdasani, father of actress Babita.
5.
Sadhana Shivdasani attended the morning college and used to work in the second half of the day.
6.
Sadhana Shivdasani aspired to have a career in films right from childhood and actress Nutan was said to have been her inspiration.
7.
Sadhana Shivdasani joined Mukherjee's acting school along with her debutant co-star Joy Mukherjee, Sashadhar's son.
8.
Sadhana Shivdasani created her trademark look, called the Sadhana cut, inspired by British actress Audrey Hepburn.
9.
Besides Love in Simla, Sadhana Shivdasani was signed by acclaimed director Bimal Roy for his satirical film on Indian democracy, Parakh.
10.
Sadhana Shivdasani portrayed a simple village girl in this multi-award-winning film.
11.
Sadhana Shivdasani had health issues due to her thyroid, which she got treated in Boston.
12.
Sadhana Shivdasani produced the movie Pati Parmeshwar, starring Dimple Kapadia in 1989.
13.
Sadhana Shivdasani married her Love in Simla director Ram Krishna Nayyar on 7 March 1966.
14.
Sadhana Shivdasani is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema.
15.
One of the highest paid actress of the 1960s, Sadhana Shivdasani appeared in Box Office Indias "Top Actresses" list five times from 1962 to 1966 and topped twice.
16.
Sadhana Shivdasani introduced the fringe hairstyle in the Indian film industry in her first film Love in Simla.
17.
Sadhana Shivdasani had to stick her fringe back in order to match the simple village girl she played here.
18.
In 1963, when she signed to play a role of a simple Muslim girl from Aligarh in Mere Mehboob, Sadhana Shivdasani undid her famous "Sadhana Shivdasani cut" to fit the bill.
19.
Sadhana Shivdasani said that the audience wanted to see her signature "Sadhana cut" and demanded it.
20.
Sadhana Shivdasani is credited with bringing into fashion the tight churidar-kurta.
21.
Sadhana Shivdasani went with this concept of gracefully changing the traditional loose salwar kameez to her director Yash Chopra for the 1965 film Waqt.
22.
In 2014, Sadhana Shivdasani made a rare public appearance walking the ramp in a pink sari at a fashion show to support the cause for cancer and AIDS patients.
23.
Sadhana Shivdasani was escorted by her relative, actor Ranbir Kapoor.
24.
Sadhana Shivdasani had undergone an emergency surgery due to a bleeding oral lesion in December 2014 at the K J Somaiya Medical College.
25.
Sadhana Shivdasani died on 25 December 2015 in Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai after being hospitalised with high fever.