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Kabhee Na Jao Chod Kar... a tribute to actress Sadhana
By GADFLY Sadhana Shivdasani, fondly remembered as Sadhana, was a Bollywood icon known for her beauty, elegance, and distinctive style that inspired generations. Known for her impeccable fashion sense, especially her famous "Sadhana cut" hairstyle, she became a trendsetter and a beloved figure in the golden era of Indian cinema. With her stunning performances in classic films like Woh Kaun Thi, Mera Saaya, and Arzoo, Sadhana left an indelible mark on the industry. Her expressive eyes and poised grace captivated audiences, and she was celebrated for her ability to bring depth to each role she portrayed. Even in her later years, as shown in the recent image, Sadhana exuded the same grace and warmth, reminding fans of the charm and allure that made her a legendary actress. Her journey in Bollywood was as remarkable as it was inspiring. Despite her early retirement due to health issues, Sadhana remains an unforgettable name, her legacy a testament to the timeless appeal of the golden age of Hindi cinema. #Sadhana#GoldenEraOfCinema#BollywoodLegend#ClassicBollywood#SadhanaCut#IndianCinema A strange series of Sadhana-centric coincidences happened over the past fortnight or so. A new reader—a die-hard Sadhana fan—suddenly arrived on my blog, and commented enthusiastically on just about each of the Sadhana film reviews I’d posted. Then in an e-mail exchange with blog reader Neeru, I mentioned to her that my mother used to look astonishingly like Sadhana in her younger days. Sufficiently like Sadhana, in fact, to invite the complete unwelcome attentions of neighbourhood loiterers who would call out, “Sadhana! Sadhana!” when my mother would emerge from her home in Calcutta. Enough, too, for my father (then only my mum’s fiancé, not her husband yet) to be asked by a cousin—who had never seen my mother but saw her photo on my father’s desk—to remark, “I didn’t know you were such a fan of Sadhana’s.” Then Anu reviewed Aarzoo, and I couldn’t help but recount an incident related to that film and to my mother’s resemblance to the actress. So much Sadhana. And I thought: I really must do a list of Sadhana songs someday. After all, she’s one of my absolute favourite actresses. This is long overdue. Instead, on Christmas morning, I heard the news that Sadhana had passed away. I have never been one of those fans who get completely carried away. I can really like someone’s work, even appreciate them as individuals in the rare case when I’ve heard or read or seen things that show a personal (and likeable) side of them, but that’s usually the extent to which it goes. Admiration, not blind fanaticism. Rarely does someone have the effect on me that their passing actually shakes me up. That was how it had happened with me when Shammi Kapoor died, and that repeated this last week. I found myself inexplicably and extremely saddened by the news of her death. So much that it took me a while to gather up the strength to write a tribute to her. (Yes, there’s also the fact that I haven’t been too well this past week, but that’s another story). W
The svelte, silken beauty with a bewitching smile (Woh Kaun Thi, Mera Saya), film actress Sadhana (Shivdasani - Nayyar ), a star from Hind movies’ golden era (1950s to early 70s) lost her battle with cancer on Dec. 25 at the age of 74. Sadhana, introduced in Love In Simla-1960 directed by R.K. Nayyar whom she later married, starred in 29 films. The obits in Indian newspapers mainly wrote about the Sadhana cut but that is a bit misleading in today’s globalized world. She wasn’t the one to come up with that hairstyle, only the first one in India. She had the same problem Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn had - too-wide forehead.
For Ms. Hepburn the problem was solved in her first movie Roman Holiday (1953), right in front of our eyes when a barber in Rome gave Hepburn a new haircut that came to be known as the fringe hairstyle. Audrey went on to don that hairstyle in all her movies with the exception of My Fair Lady as Liza, the flower-girl till she transformed herself into Miss Doolittle, mistaken for a ‘Hungarian Princess.’
For Love In Simla, (made by Shashdhar Mukherjee to introduce his son Joy Mukherjee), the director, R.K. Nayyar, copied Hepburn style to solve the similar problem of a wide forehead. Thus began a fringe hairstyle craze among young Indian females known as ‘Sadhana cut.’
In 1963 soon after the Chinese aggression, the film stars came out in trucks through our garib Girgaon area to collect donations for the National Defense Fund. I saw them approaching from outside our chawl’s public window & ran downstairs to grab this, once in a life time opportunity to see Hindi film stars, right outside our doors asking for money. So many film stars, so little time to see them, talk to them. On one truck, Dilip & Raj were sitting on chairs with bowls in their hands full of money getting fuller. Dev Anand was not far away in another truck with his Guide hat two years before the film. He was w Sadhana life and biography
Sadhana continued making films and became the one of the biggest stars of the 1960s. In addition to the Sadhana fringe,' she started the trend of the churidar pyjama and kameez with saleem shai in the film Waqt (1965). Her acting in that film was appreciated too, as she was nominated for a Film Fare Award as Best Actress.
Sadhana had stated that she subconsciously modeled her acting style after her idol, Nuta Dustedoff