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As a pilot in Vijay Bhatt's Bijli opposite actor Jairaj. It was directed by Balwant Bhatt in 1939. |
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Meet Pramila, the first Miss India
August 28, 2006
Charting your own independent path was easier said than done. When she wanted to emulate the success of her cousin in Bollywood as a Kolkata teenager, she joined a Parsi travelling theatre company.
Her job was to keep the audiences quiet with her charms during the 15 minutes it took to change reels in the single-projector silent film. You can imagine the courage and conviction it took for someone, who had been a kindergarden headmistress and had pre-university art certificates from London.
Her orthodox father clobbered her for that but she did not care.
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