:Kamini Kaushal
{{Short description|Indian actress (born 1927)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kamini Kaushal
| image = Kamini Kaushal in December 2019 (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Kamini Kaushal {{c.|2019}}
| birthname = Uma Kashyap
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1927|02|24}}
| birth_place = Lahore, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
| nationality = Indian
| death_date =
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| occupation = Actress, producer, director
| years_active = 1946–present
| father = Shiv Ram Kashyap
| spouse = {{marriage|Braham S. Sood|1948||end=died}}
| awards =
}}
Kamini Kaushal (born as Uma Kashyap; 24 February 1927){{Cite web |title=As Kamini Kaushal turns 90, the celebrated actor says she was 'bullied' into cinema |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/veteran-actor-kamini-kaushal-taking-the-lead-4617115/lite/ |access-date=18 April 2017 |website=The Indian Express |date=18 April 2017 |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208192542/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/veteran-actor-kamini-kaushal-taking-the-lead-4617115/lite/ |url-status=live}} is an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films and television. She is noted for her roles in films such as {{Lang|hi-latn|Neecha Nagar}} (1946), which won the 1946 {{Lang|fr|Palme d'Or|italic=no}} (Golden Palm) at Cannes Film Festival and Biraj Bahu (1954), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 1956.
She played the lead heroine in films from 1946 to 1963, wherein her roles in Do Bhai (1947), Shaheed (1948), Nadiya Ke Paar (1948), Ziddi (1948), Shabnam (1949), Paras (1949), Namoona (1949), Arzoo (1950), Jhanjar (1953), Aabroo (1956), Bade Sarkar (1957), Jailor (1958), Night Club (1958) and Godaan (1963) are considered her career's best performances. She played character roles since 1963, and was critically acclaimed for her performance in Shaheed (1965). She appeared in three of Rajesh Khanna's films, namely Do Raaste (1969), Prem Nagar (1974), {{Lang|hi-latn|Maha Chor}} (1976), in Anhonee (1973) with Sanjeev Kumar and in eight films with Manoj Kumar namely Shaheed, Upkar (1967), {{Lang|hi-latn|Purab Aur Paschim}} (1970), Shor (1972), Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (1974), Sanyasi (1975), Dus Numbri (1976) and Santosh (1989).
In the 2010s, she took brief but praised supporting roles in the action comedy Chennai Express (2013) and the romantic drama Kabir Singh (2019), both of which rank among the highest grossing Indian films, winning the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress and a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter.
Early life
Kamini Kaushal was born in Lahore. She is the youngest of two brothers and three sisters.{{Cite web |url=http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/i-wasnt-obsessed-with-the-mirror-5238.html |title=Entertainment » Kamini Kaushal |publisher=Filmfare |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=10 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710224005/http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/i-wasnt-obsessed-with-the-mirror-5238.html |url-status=dead}} She is the daughter of Prof. Shiv Ram Kashyap, Professor of Botany, University of Punjab at Lahore, British India (present-day Pakistan), and used to have a house in Chaubarji area of Lahore. Prof. Kashyap is widely regarded as the father of Indian Botany."College Botany" by Ganguli, das and Dutta (Calcutta 1972) Her father was a distinguished botanist who discovered six species of plants. She was only seven when her father died on 26 November 1934. She did her B.A. (honors) in English literature from Government College in Lahore. She got an offer to act in films through Chetan Anand in 1946 with {{Lang|hi-latn|Neecha Nagar}}.
Talking about her teenage years, she said in an interview, "I had no time to fool. I didn't have any crush. I was busy swimming, riding, skating and doing radio plays on Akashwani, for which I was paid Rs 10." When her elder sister died in a car accident, leaving behind two daughters, Kaushal had to marry her brother-in-law, B.S. Sood in 1948. She set up home in Bombay where her husband was a chief engineer in Bombay Port Trust. Her elder sister's daughters are Kumkum Somani and Kavita Sahni. Kumkum Somani has written a book for children on Gandhi's philosophy and Kavita Sahni is an artist. Kamini had three sons after 1955, Rahul, Vidur and Shravan.
In the 1950s, the couple lived in a spacious manor-type house "Gateside" in Mazagaon, which was allotted to her husband by BPT.[http://cineplot.com/stars-at-home-kamini-kaushal/ Stars At Home – Kamini Kaushal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303071842/http://cineplot.com/stars-at-home-kamini-kaushal/ |date=3 March 2014 }}, "cineplot.com"
Career
Kamini had been a stage actress in Delhi during her college days from 1942 to 1945. She worked as a radio child artist with the name "Uma" in Lahore before the Partition, from 1937 to 1940. She said in an interview about whether she wanted to be an actress in her childhood: "I come from a very intellectual family. My dad, S. R. Kashyap, was a professor at Government College, Lahore and the President of the Science Congress. He'd written about 50 books on botany. Growing up, our family concentrated more on knowledge, but he never deterred us from doing anything we wanted as long as it was positive."{{Cite web |url=http://www.cineblitz.in/nostalgia/detail/just-grand-kamini-kaushal |title=Just Grand - Kamini Kaushal - Nostalgia - Cine Blitz |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721211139/http://www.cineblitz.in/nostalgia/detail/just-grand-kamini-kaushal |archive-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead}} Though she had no dreams of joining the film industry while being in college, she was a fan of actor Ashok Kumar. Once she said in an interview: "We were to perform for the war relief fund in college. Ashok Kumar and Leela Chitins were the chief guests. After the show we went to meet him. I thought of having some fun. As he stood talking to the students, I pulled his hair from behind."
Chetan Anand gave her the role of the leading heroine in his film {{Lang|hi-latn|Neecha Nagar}}. This movie was done by her before marriage and released in 1946.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/kamini/20071011.htm |title=Entertainment » Kamini Kaushal |publisher=Rediff |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145702/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/kamini/20071011.htm |url-status=live}} She quoted in an interview, when asked about why her name was changed from Uma to Kamini: "Chetan's wife Uma Anand was also part of the film. My name also being Uma, he wanted a different name for me. I asked him to give me a name beginning with 'K' to match with the names of my daughters Kumkum and Kavita." She won an award at the Montreal Film Festival for her performance in her debut film.
She quoted in an interview about how she got her debut film: "Ravi Shankar was new, he had not done music for anybody. It was Zohra Segal's debut. Uma Anand (Chetan's wife) was with us in college — we were together. Chetan had been teaching at The Doon School and got to me through my brother.".
After {{Lang|hi-latn|Neecha Nagar}}, she returned to Lahore, but offers started coming in, hence she used to come for shooting from Lahore. After her sudden marriage in 1947, she settled in Bombay with her husband. She became the first leading heroine to continue working as lead film heroine after her marriage as well. Kamini was one of the first well educated heroines (BA in English) in Hindi cinema. She learnt Bharatnatyam at Mumbai's Sri Rajarajeswari Bharata Natya Kala Mandir, where Guru T. K. Mahalingam Pillai, doyen among nattuvanars taught.{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/03/stories/2003010301520800.htm |title=Life dedicated to dance |date=3 January 2003 |work=The Hindu |access-date=13 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202113401/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/03/stories/2003010301520800.htm |archive-date=2 December 2008 |url-status=usurped}} Since 1948, Kamini Kaushal worked with all the top leading men of her time, such as Ashok Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Raaj Kumar and Dilip Kumar.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
In every film starring her as lead heroine, except when opposite Ashok Kumar, in the period 1947 to 1955, her name used to appear first in the credits before the leading hero's name appeared. Her pairing opposite Dilip Kumar was popular with audiences with box office hits such as Shaheed (1948), Pugree, Nadiya Ke Paar (1949), Shabnam (1949) and Arzoo (1950)).[http://www.rediff.com/entertai/apr/04kam.htm "Hindi cinema still has a place for the Bimal Roy kind of films"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219085554/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/apr/04kam.htm |date=19 February 2005 }}, Rediff.com The popularity as an actress increased with Filmistan's Do Bhai (1947), aided by Geeta Roy's impassioned singing of songs such as "Mera sundar sapna", which, incidentally, was shot in a single take. Kamini was paired opposite Dev Anand in his very first success, Bombay Talkies' production Ziddi (1948), a light romance. The pair followed this up with Namoona. Kamini played the third angle to the Dev-Suraiya pair in Shayar. In Raj Kapoor's directorial debut Aag (1948), she did a cameo as one of his three heroines (Nargis and Nigar were the other two), whose relationship with the hero doesn't fructify. She also starred with Raj Kapoor in Jail Yatra.
Kamini Kaushal was the first lead heroine for whom Lata Mangeshkar ever sang for and it was for the film Ziddi in 1948. Kamini quoted in an interview: "Lata sang for me in Ziddi for the first time. That was the first time she sang for the leading lady in a film. Before that, she sang for actresses in supporting roles. Shamshad Begum and Surinder Kaur — whose voices had more bass — used to sing my songs. On the music credits on the record, Lata's name was not mentioned. Instead, it was mentioned that Asha sang the songs — Asha was my screen name (in the film Ziddi). That's why people thought I had sung it.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/kamini-kaushal-on-lata-mangeshkar/20090922.htm |title=Lata has long and gorgeous hair |website=Rediff |access-date=19 September 2020 |archive-date=7 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707201819/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/kamini-kaushal-on-lata-mangeshkar/20090922.htm |url-status=live}} The playback singers - Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar recorded their first duet - "Ye Kaun Aya Re" together in the 1948 film Ziddi.{{cite web |url=http://www.realbollywood.com/2011/08/lata-dev-anand-recall-kishore-birth-anniversary.html |title=Lata, Dev Anand recall Kishore Kumar on his birth anniversary |publisher=Realbollywood.com |date=4 August 2011 |access-date=22 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923112313/http://www.realbollywood.com/2011/08/lata-dev-anand-recall-kishore-birth-anniversary.html |archive-date=23 September 2013}}
Her other successful films as lead heroine in films from 1946 to 1963 include Paras (1949), Namoona, Jhanjar, Aabru, Night Club, Jailor, Bade Sarkar, Bada Bhai, Poonam and Godaan. Kamini became a producer and signed on then-matinee idol Ashok Kumar in Poonam and Night Club. She did lighthearted roles in Chalis Baba Ek Chor (1954) and also did serious tragedy genre roles in Aas, Ansoo and Jailor. In the Sohrab Modi-directed Jailor (1958), Kamini gave a goosebump-raising performance as Modi's wife, who is pushed towards adultery by his ruthless tyranny.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/dinesh/20030218.htm |title=Entertainment » Kamini Kaushal |publisher=Rediff |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145502/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/dinesh/20030218.htm |url-status=live}} Trilok Jetley, who adopted Premchand's famous story Godaan on screen, put his film on hold, while Kamini was pregnant with her second child, because he wanted to capitalise on the softness in her voice. Pandit Ravi Shankar composed the score for her first (Neecha Nagar in 1946) and last (Godaan in 1963) films as a heroine.
In 1965, she moved to playing character roles with a film called Shaheed. She made the transition from playing leading heroine roles to character roles very easily. Her performances were appreciated in Waris, Vishwas, Yakeen, Aadmi Aur Insaan, Uphaar, Qaid, Bhanwar, Tangewala and Heeralaal Pannalaal. As a character artist she was a fixture in seven Manoj Kumar films - Shaheed, Upkar, {{Lang|hi-latn|Purab Aur Paschim}}, Sanyasi, Shor, Roti Kapda Aur Makaan, Dus Numbari and Santosh (1989). Kaushal has had a long stint in films with releases till 2014.idiva.com/news-love--dating/rules-of-arranged-dating-before-marriage/4654 2003 She stunned audiences by playing a mercenary vamp with aplomb in the film Anhonee (1973). Kamini Kaushal played mother to Rajesh Khanna in Prem Nagar in 1974, and in {{Lang|hi-latn|Maha Chor}} in 1976, and as sister in law to Khanna in Do Raaste.
Dilip Kumar, in his biography, has admitted his attraction to her while they acted in films together, but Kamini rejected his proposal as she was already married to her elder sister's widower and was taking care of her elder sister's kids.[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031221/spectrum/book5.htm Excerpts from Dilip Kumar's biography, Dilip Kumar: The Star Legend of Indian Cinema by Bunny Reuben] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927040808/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031221/spectrum/book5.htm |date=27 September 2013 }}, The Tribune, 21 December 2003. Dilip said that she was his first love.[http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/feb/18dinesh.htm Kamini Kaushal, legend] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802113509/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/feb/18dinesh.htm |date=2 August 2009 }}, Rediff.com, 18 February 2003.[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/oct/11kamini.htm Kamini Kaushal: Kal Aaj Aur Kal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923174750/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/oct/11kamini.htm |date=23 September 2009 }}, Rediff.com, 11 October 2007. Kamini quoted in an interview on this: "We were both shattered. We were very happy with each other. We shared a great rapport. But what to do? That's life. I can't dump people and say 'Enough now, I'm going!' I had taken on the girls. I wouldn't be able to show my face to my sister. My husband, a fine human being, understood why it happened. Everyone falls in love."
She made a popular puppet show broadcast on the national channel at the time, "Doordarshan", which ran for a year (1989 to 1991), and was the first such children's series in Hindi.{{Cite web |url=http://asianculturevulture.com/portfolios/kamini-kaushal-bollywood-dame/ |title=Kamini Kaushal: Bollywood Dame - Asian Culture Vulture | Asian Culture Vulture |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=19 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119040238/http://asianculturevulture.com/portfolios/kamini-kaushal-bollywood-dame/ |url-status=live}} She stepped into writing children's stories. Her stories used to be published in the children's magazine Paraag, featuring the antics of 'Bunty', and 'Chotbhai' and 'Motabhai' – who were all loosely based on her own son and his cousin contemporaries. She dabbled in television doing serials such as Chand Sitare on Doordarshan. In 1986, Kaushal made an animation film, Meri Pari.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
She appeared in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), a popular British television serial, as Aunt Shalini.{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140803/jsp/7days/18682135.jsp |title=Kamaini Kaushal |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=10 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710064605/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140803/jsp/7days/18682135.jsp |url-status=dead}}
Kaushal worked in the highly popular serial Shanno Ki Shaadi, on StarPlus.{{Cite web |url=http://www.santabanta.com/bollywood/19604/raj-kapoor-was-a-prankster-kamini-kaushal/ |title=Raj Kapoor was a prankster: Kamini Kaushal |website=santabanta.com |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924094130/http://www.santabanta.com/bollywood/19604/raj-kapoor-was-a-prankster-kamini-kaushal/ |url-status=dead}} She played Bebe, the grandmother of Shanno, the main protagonist played by Divya Dutta. She also acted in Sri Adhikari Brothers' TV Serial Waqt Ki Raftaar (DD National).{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
She said in an interview: "I, along with only few Indian heroines like Saroja Devi, Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Sowcar Janaki, Mala Sinha, Moushumi Chatterjee, Padmini and Sharmila Tagore were the few who got married early and had success in the film industry even after our marriages as well as led a happy married life."{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
Awards
- 1956: Filmfare Award for Best Actress: Biraj Bahu
- 1964: BFJA Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Hindi): Shaheed
- 2011: Kalakar Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2013: Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award{{cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/veteran-actress-kamini-kaushal-to-receive-kalpana-chawla-excellence-award/1173573/ |title=Veteran actress Kamini Kaushal to receive Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award |date=24 September 2013 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=18 October 2014 |archive-date=27 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627201926/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/veteran-actress-kamini-kaushal-to-receive-kalpana-chawla-excellence-award/1173573/ |url-status=live}}
- 2015: Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/60th-britannia-filmfare-awards-2014-live-updates-on-times-of-india/liveblog/45979909.cms |title=60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014 Live Updates on Times of India |website=The Times of India |access-date=19 September 2020 |archive-date=12 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012033527/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/60th-britannia-filmfare-awards-2014-live-updates-on-times-of-india/liveblog/45979909.cms |url-status=live}}
- 2015: BBC's 100 Women.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-34745739 |title=BBC 100 Women 2015: Who is on the list? |date=17 November 2015 |work=BBC News |access-date=3 August 2019 |language=en-GB |archive-date=11 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011073712/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-34745739 |url-status=live}}
- 2020: Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress : Kabir Singh
- 2020: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress : Kabir Singh (nominated)
Legacy
Kaushal is regarded as one of the greatest actresses of Indian cinema.{{Cite news |title=Top heroines of Bollywood |work=India Today |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/cinema/100-years-of-indian-cinema/photo/top-actresses-of-bollywood-ever-367543-2012-05-01/20 |url-status=live |access-date=24 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128234730/https://www.indiatoday.in/cinema/100-years-of-indian-cinema/photo/top-actresses-of-bollywood-ever-367543-2012-05-01/20 |archive-date=28 November 2020}} One of the highest paid actress of the late 1940s, she appeared in Box Office India{{'}}s "Top Actresses" list twice, 1947 and 1948.{{cite web |title=Top Actresses |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actress |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104144753/http://boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actress |archive-date=4 January 2012 |access-date=24 September 2020 |work=Box Office India}} In 2022, she was placed in Outlook India{{'}}s "75 Best Bollywood Actresses" list.{{Cite web |title=75 Bollywood Actresses Who Ruled The Silver Screen With Grace, Beauty And Talent |work=Outlook India |access-date=16 August 2022 |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/75-bollywood-actresses-who-ruled-the-silver-screen-with-grace-beauty-and-talent-news-216694/amp |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816142138/https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/75-bollywood-actresses-who-ruled-the-silver-screen-with-grace-beauty-and-talent-news-216694/amp |url-status=live }}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="4" scope="col"|Films as actor | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946
| {{Lang|hi-latn|Neecha Nagar}} | Roopa | ||
| rowspan="2"|1947 | |||
| Do Bhai | |||
| rowspan="5"|1948
| Aag | Nirmala | ||
| Shaheed | Sheela | ||
| Pugree | |||
| Nadiya Ke Par | Phoolwa | ||
| Ziddi | Asha | ||
| rowspan="5"|1949
| Shair | Beena | ||
| Shabnam | Shanti | ||
| Rakhi | |||
| Paras | Geeta | ||
| Namoona | |||
| 1950
| Arzoo | Kamini | ||
| 1951 | |||
| 1952
| Poonam | |||
| rowspan="5"|1953 | Princess Noor | ||
| Raja Ratan | |||
| Jhanjhar | |||
| Aansoon | |||
| Aas | Asha | ||
| rowspan="4"|1954 | |||
| Biraj Bahu | Biraj Chakravarty | ||
| Sangam | |||
| Radha Krishna | |||
| 1956
| Aabru | |||
| rowspan="2"|1957 | Rashmi | ||
| Bada Bhai | |||
| rowspan="3"|1958 | |||
| Jailor | Kamal | ||
| Great Show of India | |||
| 1959 | |||
| 1963
| Godaan | Jhuniya | ||
| rowspan="3"|1965
| Shaheed | Mrs. Kishan Singh | ||
| Janam Janam Ke Saathi | |||
| Bheegi Raat | Pushpa | ||
| 1967
| Upkaar | Radha | ||
| 1968 | Maya | ||
| rowspan="8"|1969
| Vishwaas | |||
| Meri Bhabhi | Shanti | ||
| Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati | Rama | ||
| Aadmi Aur Insaan | Mrs. Khanna | ||
| Do Raaste | Madhavi Gupta | ||
| Waris | Rukmini | ||
| Beti | Mrs. Verma | ||
| Yakeen | |||
| rowspan="5"|1970
| Yaadgaar | Bhanu's Mother | ||
| {{Lang|hi-latn|Purab Aur Paschim}} | Bharat's Mother | ||
| Ishq Par Zor Nahin | |||
| Heer Raanjha | |||
| Dharti | |||
| rowspan="2"|1971
| Uphaar | Anup's mom | ||
| Bikhre Moti | Sulochana | ||
| rowspan="3"|1972 | Laxmi | ||
| Shor | Shankar's Mother | ||
| Haar Jeet | |||
| rowspan="2"|1973 | |||
| Anhonee | |||
| rowspan="2"|1974 | Bharat's Mother | ||
| Prem Nagar | |||
| rowspan="4"|1975
| Do Jhoot | |||
| Sanyasi | Champa's Mother | ||
| Qaid | Jai's Mother | ||
| Apne Rang Hazaar | Sunil's Mother | ||
| rowspan="6"|1976 | |||
| {{Lang|hi-latn|Maha Chor}} | |||
| Kabeela | |||
| Dus Numbri | Arjun's Mother | ||
| Bhanwar | Rosy D'Souza, Roopa's Mother | ||
| Do Shatru | |||
| rowspan="2"|1977 | |||
| Gyanji | |||
| rowspan="5"|1978 | Vinod's mother | ||
| Rahu Ketu | Chandramukhi | ||
| Heeralal Pannalal | |||
| Dil Aur Deewaar | |||
| Ahutee | |||
| rowspan="2"|1979 | |||
| Ahinsa | |||
| 1980
| Takkar | |||
| rowspan="2"|1987
| Jalwa | |||
| Gulami Ki Zanjeerain | |||
| 1989
| Santosh | Shanti | ||
| 1991
| Deshwasi | |||
| 1992 | Sunil's Mother | ||
| 1993 | Sharda's Mother | ||
| 1990s
|Children series for Doordarshan{{cite web |url=https://www.filmfare.com/magazine/may-2020/profiling-the-life-of-veteran-actress-kamini-kaushal-41751-2.html |title=Profiling the life of veteran actress Kamini Kaushal |access-date=1 January 2023 |publisher=Filmfare |author=Farhana Farook |date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=26 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226015400/https://www.filmfare.com/magazine/may-2020/profiling-the-life-of-veteran-actress-kamini-kaushal-41751-2.html |url-status=live}} |Khel Khilone, Chaat Pani, Chand Sitare, Chandamama, Hari Bhari Phulwari | | |||
| 2000 | Biji | ||
| rowspan="2"|2003 | Beeji | ||
| Hawayein | |||
| 2007 | Rohan and Vivaan's grandmother | ||
| 2013 | Neetu Mithaiwala (Rahul's grandmother) | ||
| 2019 | Kabir's grandmother | ||
| 2022
|Cameo appearance |
Bibliography
- {{cite book |author1=Braham S. Sood |author2=B. K. Karanjia |author-link2=B. K. Karanjia |title=An alien in Bollywood: an autobiography (of the spouse of Kamini Kaushal) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JEHbAAAAMAAJ |date=2000 |publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors |isbn=9788174762764}}
References
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Category:Screen Awards winners
Category:20th-century Indian women