The iconic screen mothers of Bollywood
On Mother's Day, we take a look at actresses who portrayed the 'Maa' on the silver screen and were lauded and respected by audiences and critics alike. | | |
Hiten Raja | Nirupa Roy: Referred to as 'The Queen of Misery' in Hindi film circles, her roles as mother to characters played by Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor made her name synonymous to the impoverished suffering mother in the 1970s. Her dialogue 'Mujhe Khareedne ki Koshish Mat Karna' in 1975's 'Deewar' is one of her most memorable lines. |
| Insistent upon playing good roles rather than star status, the actress raised eybrows when she didn't hesitate to play frequent co-star Amitabh Bachchan's mother in films such as 'Laawaris' (1981) and 'Shakti' (1982). Towards the late 1980s and early 1990s she portrayed strong character roles as the bereaved and bitter elderly mother widowed at the hands of the villains or a woman with principles in films like 'Ram Lakhan' (1989), 'Baazigar' (1993), 'Khalnayak' (1993), 'Karan Arjun' (1995) among | The role of the iconic Bollywood mother is synonymous with Nutan's name. The actress played the character excellently in 1980s films such as 'Meri Jung' (1985), 'Naam' (1986) and 'Karma' (1986). Shen won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for 'Meri Jung'. Hiten Raja | |
Hiten Raja
| The late actress became a favourite of art and commercial films alike during the 1970s and 1980s playing powerful motherly and grandmotherly roles. It was in these films that she became recognized as the Grand-Old-Mother of Hindi cinema. Her portrayal as a middle-aged woman pretending to be Amol Palekar's mother in 'Golmaal' and a strict matriarch of a large family in 'Khoobsurat' won her accolades. Apart from these roles she was also a renowned theatre actress in her early years. | The veteran actress is most memorable for her role as Balraj Sahni's wife in the 1965 film 'Waqt' in which the song 'Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen' was picturised on her. She also portrayed Kajol's grandmother in the 1995 hit 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge' |  Hiten Raja | She has been credited to have created the archetype of the Hindi Film mother. Chitnis played the mother of the later leading men including Dilip Kumar, often playing an ailing mother or a mother going through hardships and struggling to bring up her offspring | |
| The actress who has carved out a niche for herself in Hindi and Marathi cinema is best known for her peformances as Juhi Chawla's mother in 'Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak' (1988) and Salman Khan's mother in the 1989 hit 'Maine Pyaar Kiya'. She also found success on the small screen in comic TV serials like 'Shrimaan Shrimati' and 'Tu Tu Main Main'  Hiten Raja | After a stellar career as a leading lady from the 1950s till the early 1970s, she became known for playing elderly mother and grandmother roles in films like 'Coolie' (1983), 'Om Jai Jagadish' (2002) and 'Rang De Basanti' (2006) among many other films Hiten Raja  | The actress won plaudits from critics and audiences alike for her role as Radha in the 1957 critical and commercial success 'Mother India' | | | After a gap of film appearances for 18 years, she returned to acting with Govind Nihalani's 'Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa' (1998), a film in which she portrays the role of a grieving mother whose son dies in the Naxal movement in West Bengal. In 2000 she starred in 'Fiza' for which she received the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her work. She also starred in Karan Johar's family drama 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham' (2001) with her husband. She then starred in Karan Johar's next film, 'Kal Ho Naa Ho' (2003). She played the role of Preity Zinta's mother, Jennifer, for which she again received a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award | | She played doting and sometimes comic motherly roles in films like 'Raja Hindustani', 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai', 'Dil To Pagal Hai', 'Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai', 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...' and 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge', for which she won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is also known for he role as Suhasini in the hit 1990s TV serial 'Dekh Bhai Dekh' Hiten Raja | |
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