NARGIS DUTT, நர்கிஸ் தத் இந்திய சினிமாவில் தடம் பதித்த தாரகை
NARGIS DUTT, நர்கிஸ் தத் இந்திய சினிமாவில் தடம் பதித்த தாரகை Nargis, born of a professional singer mother, Jaddan Bai (a Muslim from Punjab who grew up in Allahabad) and Mohan Babu (a Mahyal Brahmin from Punjab who converted to Islam to marry Jaddan Bai), learned to appreciate the value of education from her early years. She did her schooling in Queen Mary’s, one of Bombay’s well known private schools. Although she did not pursue higher studies after passing school (Cambridge Certificate), she had by then acquired the persona of a vivacious, well-groomed, almost western, partly tomboyish teenager with a mind of her own. Says Peeyush Sharma, the prolific Canada-based writer on cinema who was also the founder-secretary of Vintage Hindi Film Music Lovers’ Association in Bangalore in mid 80s, “Her mother Jaddan Bai was producing and directing films and providing musical score as well. In this upbringing even though Nargis dreamt of becoming a doctor, which was her father Mohan ...