Geeta Bali

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{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Geeta Bali
| image = Geeta Bali in Naya Ghar (1953).jpg
| caption = Geeta Bali in the film ''Naya Ghar'' (1953)
| birth_name = Harikirtan Kaur
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|11|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja/page/52/|url-access=registration|page=54|access-date=|year=1999|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|isbn=9780851706696|quote=(1930-65) Hindi actress, dancer and singer, originally Harikirtan Kaur. Born in Amritsar, Punjab.}}</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|01|21|1930|11|30|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| height =
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Shammi Kapoor]]|1955|1965|reason=her death}}
| children = 2, including [[Aditya Raj Kapoor]]
| relatives =
| imagesize =
| yearsactive = 1950–1964
| nationalfilmawards=
}}

'''Geeta Bali''' (born '''Harkirtan Kaur'''; 30 November 1930 ‒ 21 January 1965) was an Indian film actress who appeared in [[Hindi]] language films.<ref name=rediff>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/apr/09dinesh.htm |title= Geeta Bali: That Amazing Vivaciousness |website=[[Rediff.com]]|author=Dinesh Raheja|access-date=9 May 2018|author-link= Dinesh Raheja }}</ref>

==Early life==

Geeta Bali was born as Harikirtan Kaur in [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]] in 1930.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999"/><ref name="Room2010">{{cite book|author=Adrian Room|title=Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C&pg=PA44|access-date=22 April 2012|date=26 July 2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4373-4|pages=44–}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Portrait Geeta Bali.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Geeta Bali from ''[[Bari Behen]]'']]
Geeta Baali started her film career as a child actress, at the age of 12, with the film ''The Cobbler''. She made her debut as a heroine in ''Badnaami'' (1946).<ref name="Kapoor2002">{{cite book|author=Subodh Kapoor|title=The Indian Encyclopaedia: Gautami Ganga -Himmat Bahadur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nt4nbp1VIhsC&pg=PA2575|access-date=22 April 2012|year=2002|publisher=Cosmo Publications|isbn=978-81-7755-266-9|pages=2575–}}</ref>

Bali became a star in the 1950s. She had also worked earlier with her future brother-in-law [[Raj Kapoor]] in [[Bawre Nain]] (1950) and with her future father-in-law [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] in [[Anand Math]]. Unlike other actresses who gave up films after marrying into the Kapoor family, Bali kept acting until her death. Her last film was ''Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai'' in 1963. She did more than 70 films in a 10 year career.<ref name=rediff/>

Bali helped [[Surinder Kapoor]] become a producer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/may/04/surinder-kapoor-on-life-and-times.htm |title=Sonam Kapoor is a better actor than Anil |date=4 May 2009 |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pandya|first=Sonal|date=21 January 2017|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2017/jan/21/3927/10-things-you-didn-t-know-about-geeta-bali|title=10 things you didn't know about Geeta Bali|website=Cinestaan|access-date=30 June 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==

On 23 August 1955, Geeta married [[Shammi Kapoor]], with whom she was working in the film ''Coffee House''.<ref name="Dawar2006">{{cite book|author=Ramesh Dawar|title=Bollywood Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TO6Fmi8FraUC&pg=RA1-PT11|access-date=22 April 2012|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Star Publications|isbn=978-1-905863-01-3|pages=1–}}</ref> They had two children, a son ([[Aditya Raj Kapoor]]) and a daughter (Kanchan).<ref name=rediff/>

She died on 21 January 1965 due to [[smallpox]].

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Notes
|-
| 1942 || ''The Cobbler''|| child actress at age 12
|-
| 1946 || ''Badnaami''|| debut as heroine
|-
| 1948 || ''[[Suhaag Raat|Sohag Raat]]'' || with [[Bharat Bhushan Bhalla|Bharat Bhushan]]
|-
|1949
|[[Neki Aur Badi (1949 film)|Neki Aur Badi]]|| co-starring [[Madhubala]]
|
|-
| 1949 || ''[[Dulari (film)|Dulari]]'' || co-starring [[Madhubala]]
|-
| 1949 || ''[[Badi Bahen]]'' || co-starring [[Suraiya]], [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] and [[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
|-
|1950
|[[Nishana (1950 film)|Nishana]]
|co-starring [[Madhubala]]
|-
| 1950 ||''Chhai''|| Punjabi film, co-starring [[Sunder (actor)|Sunder]]
|-
| 1950 || ''[[Bawre Nain]]'' || with future brother-in-law [[Raj Kapoor]]
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Baazi (1951 film)|Baazi]]'' || with [[Dev Anand]]
|-
| 1951 || ''Ghayal''|| with [[Sheikh Mukhtar]]
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Albela (1951 film)|Albela]]'' || with [[Bhagwan Dada]]
|-
| 1952 || ''[[Jaal (1952 film)|Jaal]]'' || with [[Dev Anand]]
|-
| 1952 || ''Raag Rang''|| with [[Ashok Kumar]]
|-
| 1952 || ''[[Anand Math]]'' || with future father-in-law [[Prithviraj Kapoor]]
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Baaz (1953 film)|Baaz]]'' || with [[Guru Dutt]]
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Jhamela]]''|| with [[Bhagwan Dada]]
|-
| 1954 || ''Kashti''|| with Dev Anand
|-
| 1955 || ''Jawab'' || with Nasir Khan
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Vachan]]''|| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress]]
|-
| 1955 || ''Kavi''|| Nomination as Best Supporting Actress
|-
|-1955 || ''Milap''||with [[Dev Anand]]
| 1955 || ''Bara Dari''|| with [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]]
|-
| 1957 || ''Coffee House''|| with husband [[Shammi Kapoor]]
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Jailor (1958 film)|Jailor]]'' || with [[Sohrab Modi]]
|-
| 1958 || ''[[Aji Bas Shukriya (1958 film)|Aji Bas Shukriya]]'' || with [[Suresh]]
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Mr. India (1961)|Mr. India]]'' || with [[I. S. Johar|I S Johar]]
|-
| 1963 || ''Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai''|| Last film
|-
| 1965 || ''Rano''|| Filming abandoned
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0050188}}
* [http://www.junglee.org.in/sk.html I am Shamsherraj Kapoor - The Kapoor Family Website by Shammi Kapoor]
* [http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/apr/09dinesh.htm rediff.com, Movies: Geeta Bali]

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[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:1965 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Deaths from smallpox]]
[[Category:Infectious disease deaths in India]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Amritsar]]

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