- Born
- Birth nameBindu Nanubhai Desai
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Bindu was born on April 17th in the Gujerati-speaking Desai family, consisting of her film producer dad, Nanubhai, and stage actress mom, Jyotsna.
Due to her Bollywood connections she was able to find a niche in movies as early as 1962 with 'Anpadh' in which she plays the 'well educated' daughter of an 'illiterate' Mala Sinha. But the real meaty and negative role came her way with 'Do Raaste' in which she plays the wife of Prem Chopra, and the movie that type-cast her in as a vamp was 'Kati Patang' with 'Meraaa Naam has Shabnam, Pyar Se Log Mujhey Shaboo Kahete Hain...' in which she belittles and then blackmails Asha Parekh - a song that is still popular and has also been remixed.
Quite unlike her screen characters, Bindu's life was not an easy one, especially at the age of 13 when her dad passed away, leaving the onus on her to fend for the rest of the Desai family.
She got married to Champaklal Zaveri, who supported her talents and encouraged her to continue to act in movies.
She has acted in over 160 movies in a career that spanned from 1962 through on to the 2004 hit 'Main Hoon Na'.
Bindu is now a Bollywood legend, a vamp, a character actress, a stern mother-in-law, a dancer, a singer, a seductress but above all - an excellent actress.
- IMDb mini biography by: rAjOo
- SpouseChampaklal Zaveri(? - present)
- RelativesDeepak Desai(Sibling)
- Former NRI/Nepali adult film star Bindu Pariyar was named after her. Pariyar's parents were huge fans of Bindu. Bindu Pariyar's sad and controversial life journey story has been well documented on the internet. She was formerly married to Tom Swell.
- Bindu belongs to a cinematic lineage involving producer Nanubhai Desai and stage actress Jyotsna. Her sister, Reshma, transitioned from stage performance to cinema with a debut role in Parchhaiyan (1972).
- Parents names are Nanubhai .R. Desai and Jyotiben Desai.
- Bindu Desai maintains biological relationships with four sisters: Harsha N. Desai, Niti N. Desai, Jaya, and Ila P. Malde.
- Bindu Desai occupies the maternal aunt role to actor Rishikesh. Rishikesh debuted in the production Dilbar (1994). The actor's lineage connects through Desai's sister, Jaya, and the prolific music director Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar. Laxmikant formed half of the legendary Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo, which composed scores for over 635 Hindi films between 1963 and 1998.
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