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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Indira Billi<br />
| image = <br />
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| caption = <br />
| birth_name = Indira Kaur<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|8|6|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dina Nagar]], [[Gurdaspur district]], [[Punjab, British India|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|06|16|1936|8|6|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = <br />
| other_names = Indira Billi, Indra Billi<br />
| known_for = <br />
| occupation = [[Actress]] in Hindi and Punjabi films<br />
}}<br />
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'''Indira Billi''' (6 August 1936 – 16 June 2025) was an Indian actress of Hindi and Punjabi language films.<br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
Born as Indira Kaur on 6 August 1936 at [[Dina Nagar]], [[Gurdaspur district]], [[Punjab, British India|Punjab]], [[British India]],<ref name=Cinemaazi>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/indira-billi-1|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 December 2021|access-date=19 February 2025|title=Indira Billi profile and filmography|website=Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation (Cinemaazi.com) website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201182303/https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/indira-billi-1}}</ref><ref name=Upperstall>{{cite web|url=http://www.upperstall.com/people/indira-billi|url-status=dead|title=Indira Billi filmography|website=Upperstall.com website|archive-date=20 July 2012|access-date=20 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720102643/http://www.upperstall.com/people/indira-billi}}</ref><ref name="l">{{cite web |url=http://www.likhari.org/archive/Likhari%20Pages%202009/5480%20mintu%20brar%20australia%203_luchharta%20toun%20kohan%20door%20uj%20dee%20punjabi%20Film%2026%20June%202009.htm |title=ਲੱਚਰਤਾ ਤੋਂ ਕੋਹਾਂ ਦੂਰ ਅੱਜ ਦੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਫ਼ਿਲਮ (Aaj Ki Punjabi Film)|publisher=likhari.org |access-date=20 February 2025|archive-date=18 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218172819/http://www.likhari.org/archive/Likhari%20Pages%202009/5480%20mintu%20brar%20australia%203_luchharta%20toun%20kohan%20door%20uj%20dee%20punjabi%20Film%2026%20June%202009.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> she acted in many [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] films<ref name="ph">{{cite web |url=http://www.punjabiherald.co.nz/news.php?NID=10 |title=ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਫਿਲਮਾਂ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਕਰੀਏ ਤਾਂ.... (Talking about Punjabi films)|publisher=punjabiherald.co.nz |access-date=20 February 2025|archive-date=19 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519165359/http://www.punjabiherald.co.nz/news.php?NID=10 |url-status=dead}}</ref> as a heroine and played minor roles in many Hindi films.<br />
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Indira Billi, as a child, grew up in [[Kharian]], [[Gujrat District]], Punjab, British India, now in Pakistan, when her family lived there before the [[Partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name=Cinemaazi/> Then her family migrated to India and settled in [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. However, her family later moved to Bombay in 1952 where her elder brother ran a business.<ref name=Cinemaazi/><br />
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Due to her beauty and big blue eyes, she was noticed by many film studio people, when she visited them and was offered film roles. Her namesake actress Indira Bansal was also active in the film industry, when she first started acting. So filmmakers chose to call her 'Indira Billi' due to her blue eyes.<ref name=Cinemaazi/><br />
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==Personal life and death==<br />
Billi married Shiv Kumar Mehra who owned Kumar Talkies and was from an affluent family of Delhi. After her marriage, she retired and quit the film world to fully devote herself to the home life and to her family.<ref name=Cinemaazi/><br />
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Billi died on 16 June 2025, at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RIP: Legendary Punjabi Actress Indira Billi ! – Punjabi Screen Magazine |url=https://punjabiscreen.com/rip-legendary-punjabi-actress-indira-billi/ |access-date=2025-06-22 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Filmography (selected) ==<br />
===Punjabi===<br />
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#'' Kiklee'' (1960)<ref name=Upperstall/><br />
#''[[Yamla Jat]]t'' (1960)<ref name=Upperstall/><br />
#''[[Do Lachhian]]'' (1960)<br />
#'' Chambe Di Kali'' (1960) Chambi<br />
#'' Billo'' (1961)<br />
#'' Khedan De Din Char'' (1962)<br />
#'' Lado Rani'' (1963)<br />
#''[[Jagga (film)|Jagga]]'' (1964)<br />
#''[[Mama Ji]]'' (1964)... as Laali<br />
#''Sassi Punnu'' (1965 film)... as Sassi<br />
#'' Shehar Di Kudi'' (1966)<br />
#'' Neem Hakeem'' (1967)<br />
#'' Pardesan'' (1969)......as Nikki<br />
#''[[Dupatta (film)|Dupatta]]'' (1970)<ref name=Upperstall/><br />
#''[[Kankan De Ohle]]'' (1971)<ref name=Upperstall/><br />
#'' Patola'' (1973)<ref name=Upperstall/><br />
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===Urdu/Hindi===<br />
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#''[[Shri Ganesh Mahima]]'' (1950) as Rukmini <br />
#''Rangeela'' (1953)<ref name=Cinemaazi/><br />
#'' [[Faraar (1955 film)|Faraar]]'' (1955)<br />
#''[[Milap (1955 film)|Milap]]'' (1955)<br />
#''[[Shree 420]]'' (1955)<ref name=Cinemaazi/><br />
#'' Jawab'' (1955)<br />
#''[[Basant Bahar (film)|Basant Bahar]]'' (1956)<ref name=Cinemaazi/><br />
#'' Laxmi'' (1957)... actors in theatre<br />
#''[[Paristan]]'' (1957)<br />
#''[[Yahudi]]'' (1958)... as Yasmin<ref name=Cinemaazi/><br />
#''Forty Days'' (1959)<br />
#''[[Dil Deke Dekho]]'' (1959)<ref name=Cinemaazi/><br />
#''Lalach'' (1960)<br />
#''Lucky Number'' (1961)<br />
#''[[Asli-Naqli]]'' (1962).. as Indira<br />
#''[[Meri Surat Teri Ankhen]]''(1963) as Bela<ref name=Cinemaazi/><ref name=Upperstall/><br />
#''Fauladi Mukka'' (1965)as Anguri<br />
#''Mujrim Kaun Khooni Kaun'' (1965)<br />
#''[[Do Dil]]'' (1965) ..as Radhika<ref name=Cinemaazi/><ref name=Upperstall/><br />
#''Teen Sardar'' (1965) ..as Rukhsana<br />
#'' Professor Aur Jadugar'' (1966)<br />
#[[Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (1966 film)|''Ali Baba aur 40 Chor'' (1966)]]<ref name=Upperstall/><br />
#''[[Phool Aur Patthar]]'' (1966)<ref name=Cinemaazi/><br />
#''Badrinath Yatra'' (1967) ..as Chandra <br />
#''[[Mere Huzoor]]'' (1968)<ref name=Cinemaazi/><ref name=Upperstall/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0408522|Indira}}<br />
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[[Category:1936 births]]<br />
[[Category:2025 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Actresses in Punjabi cinema]]<br />
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]<br />
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]<br />
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