D O B January 17,1951
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Mumbai
Known For Actor
Married Yes

Biography Bindu born January is an Indian actress popular during the s s and s Bindu was born to film producer Nanubhai Desai and his wife Jyotsna at a small village called Hanuman Bhagda in the district of Valsad in the Western Indian state of Gujarat Bindu's road to success was not an easy one With her father's demise at the young age of and being the eldest daughter the burden of earning a daily meal fell on her young frail shoulders It was only after her marriage to Gujarati businessman Champaklal Zaveri that she got her first major role in a film Before that she did act in the movie 'Anpadh' starring Dharmendra and Mala Sinha The film directed by Raj Khosla who also directed Do Raaste From here she went on to write her success story with Shakti Samanta's Kati Patang where she had a sizzling cabaret dance Mera Naam Shabnam to her credit a number which is even today remembered as the highlight of the film Kati Patang Bindu announced her arrival on the scene as a vamp an image which her contemporaries Helen and Aruna Irani were famous for around that time In Anpadh Bindu plays a More young college graduate br There's no way a -year old could have played that role That places her birth date in dispute Kati Patang was only the beginning followed by Ittefaaq and Imtihaan with her mesmerizing performances as a seductress in Imtihaan and as a nymphomaniac in Hawas left audiences asking for more With a string of hits behind her she successfully managed to break out of the myth that married actresses usually do not go to become sex symbols especially in the Hindi film industry Bindu was much more than just a sex symbol Her acting ability was seen in films like Hrishikesh Mukherjee's films Arjun Pandit and Abhimaan where she won raves for playing a very sympathetic character She also acted in Chaitali She proved to be just as convincing as the crippled woman in Chaitali and as the deglamourised role of wife to Ashok Kumar in Arjun Pandit She played the villains valet in Zanjeer and became famous as Mona Darling Unfortunately the ' tall Bindu was never offered roles as the leading lady despite being extremely photogenic blessed with a flawless complexion and sharp features Her being married perhaps came in the way of her being offered roles as the main female lead Thus she lost out on the chance of being the leading lady in her films An impending pregnancy followed by an unfortunate miscarriage brought about a lull in her career and on the advice of her doctors she had to end her stint as the glamorous vamp dancing and all However she did not stay away for long and returned back to the silver screen with character roles Hero Biwi Ho To Aisi and Kishen Kanhaiya and with many other such movies she managed to re-establish herself as the unmerciful and cruel ma-in-law or the cynical bua chachi mausi Today Bindu leads a low-profile life and makes fewer on-screen appearances like the one in Shola Aur Shabnam which brought to the forefront the comic trait to her as an actress She followed this with her light performance as the tip-top chachi in Hum Aapke Hain Kaun and Main Hoon Na Bindu married her childhood sweetheart and next door neighbour Champaklal Zaveri she has no children