Leela chitnis biography of rory

Indian actress (1909–2003)

Leela Chitnis (néeNagarkar; 9 September 1909 – 14 July 2003) was an Indian actress in the Indian film industry, active from the 1930s to the 1980s.

In her early years she starred as a romantic lead, but she is best remembered for her later roles playing a virtuous and upright mother to leading stars.^[2]

Early life

She was born in a Marathi-speaking Brahmin family,^[3] in Dharwad, Karnataka.

Leela chitnis biography of rory

Her father was an English literature professor. With a B.A. degree, she was one of the first educated film actresses. After graduation she joined Natyamanwantar, a progressive theater group that produced plays in her native Marathi language.

The group's works were greatly influenced by Ibsen, Shaw and Stanislavsky. With the theatre group, Leela played the lead role in a series of comedies and tragedies and even founded her own repertory.^[4]

Career

Chitnis' early stage work included comedy Usna Navra (1934) a