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Bindu had early successes with Ittefaq and Do Raaste in 1969. From here she went on to write her success story with Shakti Samanta's Kati Patang (1970), where she had a sizzling cabaret dance, "Mera Naam Shabnam" to her credit; a number which is even today remembered as one of the highlights of the film. Bindu's mesmerising performances in 1974 as a seductress in Imtihan, and as a nymphomaniac in Hawas, left audiences asking for more. With a string of hits behind her, she successfully managed to break out of the myth that married actresses usually do not go to become sex symbols, especially in the Hindi film industry. She is the third point in the 'holy trinity' of item number queens. Along with Helen and Aruna Irani, Bindu defined the Bollywood 'cabaret' dance number and the role of the 'Vamp'. Her acting ability was seen in films like Hrishikesh Mukherjee's films Arjun Pandit and Abhimaan, where she won raves for playing a very sympathetic character. She proved to be just as convincing as the crippled woman in Chaitali and as the deglamorised role of wife to Ashok Kumar, in Arjun Pandit. She played the villain's moll in Zanjeer and became famous as Mona Darling. An impending pregnancy, followed by a miscarriage, brought about a lull in her career and on the advice of her doctors she had to end her stint as the glamorous 'vamp' – dancing and all. However, she did not stay away for long and returned to the silver screen with character roles – Hero, Biwi Ho To Aisi and Kishen Kanhaiya and with many other such movies she managed to re-establish herself as the unmerciful and cruel mother-in-law, or the cynical aunt. In the later stages of her career, she made fewer on-screen appearances, like the ones in Shola Aur Shabnam, which highlighted her comic side, and followed with other light and funny performances in Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, Main Hoon Na, and Om Shanti Om.
as Kamla
as Karan's aunt
as Dolly's Mother
as Mrs. Kakkad
as Shakuntala
as Radha's mother
as Bindiya
as Chandini's Aunt
as Lily Chaubey
as Sundari Batwani
as Reema's step-mother
as Aunt
as Mrs. Dhanraj
as Mrs. Durgadevi Verma
as Anuradha
as Yashudhara Devi
as Suchitra Madhav Singh
as Girls Hostel Principal
as Mrs. Singh
as Bindu Devi
as Durga
as Kamini
as Kamla Bhandari
as Mona
as Chand Bai
as Sonam
as Banoo
as Paro
as Sukhdai
as Hirabai - courtesan
as Bijli, Laundry Women
as Laxmi
as Item Dancer
as Kamini Pratap
as Lakshmikkutty
as Jayant's wife
as Dr. Shobha
as Chamiya
as Kamini
as Self
as Jaikishan's Assistant
as Maharani of Kamalpur
as Dancer
as Pummy
as Rita
as Cabaret dancer
as Seema
as Sumi
as Vidya
as Sheela
as Manju
as Vimla
as Sylvia
as Jayshree
as Munnibai
as Roopa Bai
as Reena
as Dancer
as Bijli
as Munnibai
as Bindiya
as CBI Officer Roopa Sharma
as Julie
as Anita
as Nisha
as Rita
as Shamsher's wife
as Kanchan
as Reshma
as Kamini Singh
as Lily
as Rani
as Chitra
as Shobha Shankar
as Mona
as Bambi
as Ashoo Kumar
as Kamal
as Neelima
as Mala
as Kamla
as Chamelibai
as Rani of Beenapur
as Meena
as Shabnam 'Shaboo'
as Champa Bai
as Neela Alopee Prasad
as Renu
as (uncredited)
