Nirupa Roy: The mother of Hindi cinema, who got a lifelong punishment for acting in films

Whenever the character of 'mother' is mentioned in Hindi cinema, the first name that comes to everyone's mind is Nirupa Roy. People also know her as the mother of Hindi cinema, because she played the role of a mother in most of the films. On the 94th birth anniversary of Nirupa Roy, the most famous mother of Bollywood films and especially Amitabh Bachchan's onscreen mother, we will tell some related things that very few people know about. Nirupa was born in Valsad in 1931. She worked as a lead actress in some films and then started playing the roles of wife and mother. She did not get as much popularity as a heroine as she became famous in the role of a mother. There was a time when she used to appear in the role of a mother in every second or third film. She played the role of Big B's mother in many films. Nirupa became popular for her roles but she got a very big punishment for acting in films, which she regretted all her life. Come, let's know some unheard things about Nirupa Roy.

Nirupa Roy was married at the age of 15

Nirupa Roy's parents married her to Kamal Roy at the age of just 15. By the way, Nirupa's real name is Kokila Kishorchandra Bulsara. In an interview given to Filmfare in 1983, Nirupa had told that her husband wanted to become a hero. In 1946, Vishnu Kumar Vyas published an advertisement to give a chance to new actors for his Gujarati film. Her husband filled out the form and took her to the audition. Her husband did not get any role but she was selected. Then director Vyas gave her the screen name Nirupa Roy. Her husband was very happy with this and he fully supported her in doing films.

Nirupa Roy's father never saw her face in his entire life

Nirupa Roy had told in an interview that her husband was happy with her doing films, but when her parents came to know about this, they were very angry. She had said that even taking the name of films was a crime in her house, so when her father came to know about her work in films, he became furious. Her parents never saw her face again till their death. Nirupa was sad about this all her life.

She played Dev Anand's mother for the first time

Nirupa Roy started her acting career with the 1946 film Amar Raj. After this, she did a few more films. She played the role of a mother for the first time in the 1953 film Munimji. In this film, she played the role of the mother of Dev Anand, who was older than her. After this, she started getting offers of mother's roles. Yash Chopra's 1975 film Deewar proved to be the turning point of her career. After this, she played the role of a mother in many films including Khoon Pasina, Inquilaab, Amar Akbar Anthony, Suhaag, Giraftaar, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Mard, Ganga-Yamuna-Saraswati, Teesra Aankh, Betaab, Lal Badshah.

Nirupa Roy worked in 250 films

Nirupa Roy worked in about 250 films in her career. She received the Filmfare Award 3 times. In 2004, she was honored with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. She died of a heart attack on 13 October 2004. She was 72 years old at that time.