Woh Bhooli Dastan | Smriti Biswas- A LEGENDARY ACTRESS OF YESTER YEAR CELEBERATING 100TH BIRTHDAY 

Woh Bhooli Dastan | Smriti Biswas- A LEGENDARY ACTRESS OF YESTER YEAR CELEBERATING 100TH BIRTHDAY
At the age of 100, the pixie-like actor of the 1950s - Smriti Biswas - who in the films of Guru Dutt, V Shantaram, Bimal Roy, Mrinal Sen, BR Chopra, and Raj Kapoor besides co-starring with Dev Anand, Kishore Kumar and Bhagwan Dada among others - is leading a hand-to-mouth existence in a one-room tenement in Nashik since nearly three years now.
The actor who started off as a child artiste and gamely took on lead and supporting roles, didn’t ever become a household name, even if she did appear as a cover girl on Filmfare magazine. Featuring in approximately 30 films, moreover the Bengal-born Smriti Biswas, retired prematurely on marrying the doctor-turned-film director SD Narang. She quit because on the day of the wedding itself, Narang had asserted, “I need a wife, not an actress.”
That she is virtually penniless today was found by actor Anju Mahendroo. Next, filmmaker and archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur tracked the once-feisty actor to a cramped apartment in Goregaon which was beyond her means. This compelled her to relocate in Nashik.
Smriti Biswas is not bitter at all about the film industry, saying, “I enjoyed myself thoroughly while my career lasted.” Retaining her zest for life, she does add ruefully that any form of medical and financial aid is essential to make ends meet currently, especially while the COVID-19 pandemic rages
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