Like a typical heroine of yesteryear, Geeta Bali’s real life story, too, reads like a script of her
Like a typical heroine of yesteryear, Geeta Bali’s real life story, too, reads like a script of her black and white films. She dropped out of school after Class 6 to help her family — a blind father, a partially deaf mother, a partially deaf elder brother and a sister. Her family would travel to Burma, Malaya and Sri Lanka, along with her father Kartar Singh, who was a religious preacher. The family lived in the vicinity of Chowk Baba Sahib, near the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
She also embodied girl power by living life on her own terms and famously marrying actor Shammi Kapoor. Despite retiring early and tragically passing away at the age of 34 on January 21, 1965, she left behind a remarkable legacy and remains one of Indian cinema’s greatest icons.
Dev was the second of three brothers who were active in Hindi Cinema. His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand. Their sister, Sheel Kanta Kapur, is the mother of renowned Hindi and English film director Shekhar Kapur.
