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{{Infobox person
| name = Kamini Kaushal
| image = Kamini Kaushal in December 2019 (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Kamini Kaushal in 2019
| birthname = Uma Kashyap
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| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
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| occupation = [[Actress]]
| years_active = 1946–present
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'''Kamini Kaushal''' (born '''Uma Kashyap''', 24 February 1927) is an Indian actress who worked in [[Hindi]] films and television. She is noted for her roles in films such as ''[[Neecha Nagar]]'' (1946), which won the 1946 [[Palme d'Or]] (Golden Palm) at [[Cannes Film Festival]] and ''[[Biraj Bahu]]'' (1955), which won her the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] in 1955.

She played lead heroine in films from 1946 to 1963, wherein her roles in ''[[Do Bhai (1947 film)|Do Bhai]]'' (1947), ''[[Shaheed (1948 film)|Shaheed]]'' (1948), ''[[Nadiya Ke Paar (1948 film)|Nadiya Ke Paar]]'' (1948), ''[[Ziddi (1948 film)|Ziddi]]'' (1948), ''[[Shabnam (1949 film)|Shabnam]]'' (1949), ''[[Paras (1949 film)|Paras]]'' (1949), ''Namoona'' (1949), ''[[Arzoo (1950 film)|Arzoo]]'' (1950), ''Jhanjar'' (1953), ''Aabroo'' (1956), ''[[Bade Sarkar]]'' (1957), ''[[Jailor (1958 film)|Jailor]]'' (1958), ''Night Club'' (1958) and ''[[Godaan]]'' (1963) are considered her career's best performances. She played character roles since 1963, and was critically acclaimed for her performance in [[Shaheed (1965 film)|''Shaheed'']] (1965). She appeared in three films of Rajesh Khanna, namely ''[[Do Raaste]]'' (1969), [[Prem Nagar (1974 film)|''Prem Nagar'']] (1974), ''[[Maha Chor]]'' (1976), in [[Anhonee (1973 film)|''Anhonee'']] (1973) with [[Sanjeev Kumar]] and in eight films with [[Manoj Kumar]] namely ''Shaheed'', ''[[Upkar]]'' (1967), ''[[Purab Aur Paschim]]'' (1970), ''[[Shor (film)|Shor]]'' (1972), ''[[Roti Kapda Aur Makaan]]'' (1974), ''[[Sanyasi (1975 film)|Sanyasi]]'' (1975), ''[[Dus Numbri]]'' (1976) and ''[[Santosh (film)|Santosh]]'' (1989). In the 2010s decade, she took brief but praised supporting roles in the action comedy ''[[Chennai Express]]'' (2013) and the romantic drama ''[[Kabir Singh]]'' (2019), both of which rank among the [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest grossing Indian films]].

==Early life==
Kamini Kaushal was born in Lahore.<ref name="telegraph2014"/> She is the youngest of two brothers and three sisters.<ref name="Filmfare2014">{{Cite web |url=http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/i-wasnt-obsessed-with-the-mirror-5238.html |title=Entertainment » Kamini Kaushal |publisher=Filmfare |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=10 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710224005/http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/i-wasnt-obsessed-with-the-mirror-5238.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is the daughter of Prof. [[Shiv Ram Kashyap]], Professor of Botany, [[University of the Punjab|University of Punjab]] at [[Lahore]], [[British India]] (now in [[Pakistan]]). Prof. Kashyap is widely regarded as the father of Indian Botany.<ref>"College Botany" by Ganguli, das and Dutta (Calcutta 1972)</ref> Her father was a distinguished botanist who discovered six species of plants. She was only seven when her father died on 26 November 1934.<ref name="telegraph2014"/> She did her B.A.(honors) in English literature from '''Government College''' in Lahore. She got an offer to act in films through Chetan Anand in 1946 with ''Neecha Nagar''.

Talking about her teenage years, she said in an interview, "I had no time to fool. I didn't have any crush. I was busy swimming, riding, skating and doing radio plays on Akashwani, for which I was paid Rs 10."<ref name="Filmfare2014"/> When her elder sister died in a car accident,<ref name="Filmfare2014"/> leaving behind two daughters, Kaushal had to marry her brother-in-law, B.S. Sood in 1948. She set up home in Bombay where her husband was a chief engineer in Bombay Port Trust.<ref name="telegraph2014"/><ref name="Filmfare2014"/> Her elder sister's daughters are Kumkum Somani and Kavita Sahni. Kumkum Somani has written a book for children on Gandhi's philosophy and Kavita Sahni is an artist.<ref name="telegraph2014"/> Kamini had three sons after 1955, Rahul, Vidur and Shravan.<ref name="Filmfare2014"/>

In the 1950s, the couple lived in a spacious manor-type house "Gateside" in [[Mazagaon]], which was allotted to her husband by BPT.<ref>[http://cineplot.com/stars-at-home-kamini-kaushal/ Stars At Home – Kamini Kaushal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303071842/http://cineplot.com/stars-at-home-kamini-kaushal/ |date=3 March 2014 }}, "cineplot.com"</ref>

==Career==
Kamini had been a stage actress in Delhi during her college days from 1942 to 1945. She worked as a radio child artist with the name "Uma" in Lahore before the Partition, from 1937 to 1940.<ref name="Rediff2007"/> She said in an interview about whether she wanted to be an actress in her childhood: "I come from a very intellectual family. My dad, S. R. Kashyap, was a professor at Government College, Lahore and the President of the Science Congress. He'd written about 50 books on botany. Growing up, our family concentrated more on knowledge, but he never deterred us from doing anything we wanted as long as it was positive."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cineblitz.in/nostalgia/detail/just-grand-kamini-kaushal |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721211139/http://www.cineblitz.in/nostalgia/detail/just-grand-kamini-kaushal |archive-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Though she had no dreams of joining the film industry while being in college, she was a fan of actor Ashok Kumar. Once she said in an interview: "We were to perform for the war relief fund in college. Ashok Kumar and Leela Chitins were the chief guests. After the show we went to meet him. I thought of having some fun. As he stood talking to the students, I pulled his hair from behind."<ref name="Filmfare2014"/>
[[File:Kamini_Kaushal_1946.jpg|thumbnail|right|Kamini Kaushal in 1946 Hindi film Pugree]]
[[Chetan Anand (producer and director)|Chetan Anand]] gave her the role of the leading heroine in his film ''[[Neecha Nagar]]''. This movie was done by her before marriage and released in 1946.<ref name="Rediff2007">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/kamini/20071011.htm |title=Entertainment » Kamini Kaushal |publisher=Rediff |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145702/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/kamini/20071011.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She quoted in an interview, when asked about why her name was changed from Uma to Kamini: "Chetan's wife Uma Anand was also part of the film. My name also being Uma, he wanted a different name for me. I asked him to give me a name beginning with 'K' to match with the names of my daughters Kumkum and Kavita."<ref name="Filmfare2014"/> She won an award at the Montreal Film Festival for her performance in her debut film.<ref name="Kamini Kaushal, legend"/>
She quoted in an interview about how she got her debut film: "Ravi Shankar was new, he had not done music for anybody. It was Zohra Segal's debut. Uma Anand (Chetan's wife) was with us in college — we were together. Chetan had been teaching at The Doon School and got to me through my brother.".<ref name="telegraph2014"/>

After ''Neecha Nagar'', she returned to Lahore, but offers started coming in, hence she used to come for shooting from Lahore. After her sudden marriage in 1947, she settled in Bombay with her husband. She became the first leading heroine to continue working as lead film heroine after her marriage as well. Kamini was one of the first well educated heroines (BA in English) in Hindi cinema.<ref name="Kamini Kaushal, legend"/> She learnt [[Bharatnatyam]] at Mumbai's Sri Rajarajeswari Bharata Natya Kala Mandir, where Guru T. K. Mahalingam Pillai, doyen among [[nattuvanar]]s taught.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/03/stories/2003010301520800.htm |title=Life dedicated to dance |date=3 January 2003 |work=The Hindu |access-date=13 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202113401/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/03/stories/2003010301520800.htm |archive-date=2 December 2008 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Since 1948, Kamini Kaushal worked with all the top leading men of her time, such as [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Dev Anand]], [[Raaj Kumar]] and [[Dilip Kumar]].

In every film starring her as lead heroine, except when opposite Ashok Kumar, in the period 1947 to 1955, her name used to appear first in the credits before the leading hero's name appeared. Her pairing opposite Dilip Kumar was popular with audiences with box office hits such as ''[[Shaheed (1948 film)|Shaheed]]'' (1948), ''Pugree'', ''Nadiya Ke Paar'' (1949), ''Shabnam'' (1949) and ''Arzoo'' (1950)).<ref name=red>[http://www.rediff.com/entertai/apr/04kam.htm "Hindi cinema still has a place for the Bimal Roy kind of films"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219085554/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/apr/04kam.htm |date=19 February 2005 }}, [[Rediff.com]]</ref> The popularity as an actress increased with Filmistan's ''Do Bhai'' (1947), aided by Geeta Roy's impassioned singing of songs such as "Mera sundar sapna", which, incidentally, was shot in a single take.<ref name="Kamini Kaushal, legend"/> Kamini was paired opposite Dev Anand in his very first success, Bombay Talkies' production ''Ziddi'' (1948), a light romance. The pair followed this up with ''Namoona''. Kamini played the third angle to the Dev-Suraiya pair in ''Shayar''. In Raj Kapoor's directorial debut ''Aag'' (1948), she did a cameo as one of his three heroines (Nargis and Nigar were the other two), whose relationship with the hero doesn't fructify. She also starred with Raj Kapoor in ''Jail Yatra''.<ref name="Kamini Kaushal, legend"/>

Kamini Kaushal was the first lead heroine for whom [[Lata Mangeshkar]] ever sang for and it was for the film ''Ziddi'' in 1948. Kamini quoted in an interview: "Lata sang for me in ''Ziddi'' for the first time. That was the first time she sang for the leading lady in a film. Before that, she sang for actresses in supporting roles. Shamshad Begum and Surinder Kaur — whose voices had more bass — used to sing my songs. On the music credits on the record, Lata's name was not mentioned. Instead, it was mentioned that Asha sang the songs — Asha was my screen name (in the film ''Ziddi''). That's why people thought I had sung it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/kamini-kaushal-on-lata-mangeshkar/20090922.htm|title='Lata has long and gorgeous hair'|website=Rediff|access-date=19 September 2020|archive-date=7 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707201819/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/kamini-kaushal-on-lata-mangeshkar/20090922.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The playback singers - Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar recorded their first duet - "Ye Kaun Aya Re" together in the 1948 film ''Ziddi''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realbollywood.com/2011/08/lata-dev-anand-recall-kishore-birth-anniversary.html |title=Lata, Dev Anand recall Kishore Kumar on his birth anniversary |publisher=Realbollywood.com |date=4 August 2011 |access-date=22 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923112313/http://www.realbollywood.com/2011/08/lata-dev-anand-recall-kishore-birth-anniversary.html |archive-date=23 September 2013 }}</ref>

Her other successful films as lead heroine in films from 1946 to 1963 include ''[[Paras (1949 film)|Paras]]'' (1949), ''Namoona'', ''Jhanjar'', ''Aabru'', ''Night Club'', ''[[Jailor (1958 film)|Jailor]]'', ''[[Bade Sarkar]]'', ''Bada Bhai'', ''Poonam'' and ''[[Godaan]]''. Kamini became a producer and signed on then-matinee idol Ashok Kumar in ''Poonam'' and ''Night Club''.<ref name="Rediff2007"/> She did lighthearted roles in ''Chalis Baba Ek Chor'' (1954) and also did serious tragedy genre roles in ''Aas'', ''Ansoo'' and ''Jailor''. In the Sohrab Modi-directed ''Jailor'' (1958), Kamini gave a goosebump-raising performance as Modi's wife, who is pushed towards adultery by his ruthless tyranny.<ref name="Kamini Kaushal, legend">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/dinesh/20030218.htm |title=Entertainment » Kamini Kaushal |publisher=Rediff |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145502/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/dinesh/20030218.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Trilok Jetley, who adopted Premchand's famous story ''Godaan'' on screen, put his film on hold, while Kamini was pregnant with her second child, because he wanted to capitalise on the softness in her voice. Pandit Ravi Shankar composed the score for her first (''Neecha Nagar'' in 1946) and last (''Godaan'' in 1963) films as a heroine.<ref name="Kamini Kaushal, legend"/>

[[File:Portrait Kamini Kaushal.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Kamini Kaushal in 1949]]
In 1965, she moved to playing character roles with a film called ''[[Shaheed (1965 film)|Shaheed]]''. She made the transition from playing leading heroine roles to character roles very easily. Her performances were appreciated in [[Waris (1969 film)|''Waris'']], ''[[Vishwas]]'', [[Yakeen (1969 film)|''Yakeen'']], ''[[Aadmi Aur Insaan]]'', ''[[Uphaar]]'', ''[[Qaid (film)|Qaid]]'', ''[[Bhanwar]]'', ''[[Tangewala]]'' and ''[[Heeralaal Pannalaal (1978 film)|Heeralaal Pannalaal]]''. As a character artist she was a fixture in seven [[Manoj Kumar]] films - ''[[Shaheed (1965 film)]]'', ''[[Upkar]]'', ''[[Purab Aur Paschim]]'', ''[[Sanyasi]]'', ''[[Shor (film)|Shor]]'', ''[[Roti Kapda Aur Makaan]]'', ''[[Dus Numbari]]'' and ''[[Santosh (film)|Santosh]]'' (1989). Kaushal has had a long stint in films with releases till 2014.<ref>idiva.com/news-love--dating/rules-of-arranged-dating-before-marriage/4654 2003</ref> She stunned audiences by playing a mercenary vamp with aplomb in the film [[Anhonee (1973 film)|''Anhonee'']] (1973).<ref name="Kamini Kaushal, legend"/> Kamini Kaushal played mother to [[Rajesh Khanna]] in [[Prem Nagar (1974 film)|''Prem Nagar'']] in 1974, and in ''[[Maha Chor]]'' in 1976, and as sister in law to Khanna in ''[[Do Raaste]]''.

Dilip Kumar, in his biography, has admitted his attraction to her while they acted in films together, but Kamini rejected his proposal as she was already married to her elder sister's widower and was taking care of her elder sister's kids.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031221/spectrum/book5.htm Excerpts from Dilip Kumar's biography, Dilip Kumar: The Star Legend of Indian Cinema by Bunny Reuben] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927040808/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031221/spectrum/book5.htm |date=27 September 2013 }}, ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', 21 December 2003.</ref> Dilip said that she was his first love.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/feb/18dinesh.htm Kamini Kaushal, legend] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802113509/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/feb/18dinesh.htm |date=2 August 2009 }}, [[Rediff.com]], 18 February 2003.</ref><ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/oct/11kamini.htm Kamini Kaushal: Kal Aaj Aur Kal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923174750/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/oct/11kamini.htm |date=23 September 2009 }}, [[Rediff.com]], 11 October 2007.</ref> Kamini quoted in an interview on this: "We were both shattered. We were very happy with each other. We shared a great rapport. But what to do? That's life. I can't dump people and say 'Enough now, I'm going!' I had taken on the girls. I wouldn't be able to show my face to my sister. My husband, a fine human being, understood why it happened. Everyone falls in love."<ref name="Filmfare2014"/>

She made a popular puppet show broadcast on the national channel at the time, "Doordarshan", which ran for a year (1989 to 1991), and was the first such children's series in Hindi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://asianculturevulture.com/portfolios/kamini-kaushal-bollywood-dame/|title=Kamini Kaushal: Bollywood Dame - Asian Culture Vulture | Asian Culture Vulture|access-date=19 July 2015|archive-date=19 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119040238/http://asianculturevulture.com/portfolios/kamini-kaushal-bollywood-dame/|url-status=live}}</ref> She stepped into writing children's stories. Her stories used to be published in the children's magazine ''Paraag'', featuring the antics of 'Bunty', and 'Chotbhai' and 'Motabhai' – who were all loosely based on her own son and his cousin contemporaries. She dabbled in television doing serials such as ''Chand Sitare'' on [[Doordarshan]]. In 1986, Kaushal made an animation film, ''Meri Pari''.

She appeared in "The Jewel in the Crown" (1984), a popular British television serial, as Aunt Shalini.<ref name="telegraph2014">{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140803/jsp/7days/18682135.jsp |title=Kamaini Kaushal |publisher=Telegraph |access-date=19 July 2015 |archive-date=10 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710064605/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140803/jsp/7days/18682135.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kaushal worked in the highly popular serial ''Shanno Ki Shaadi'', on [[STAR Plus]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.santabanta.com/bollywood/19604/raj-kapoor-was-a-prankster-kamini-kaushal/|title=Raj Kapoor was a prankster: Kamini Kaushal|website=www.santabanta.com|access-date=19 July 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924094130/http://www.santabanta.com/bollywood/19604/raj-kapoor-was-a-prankster-kamini-kaushal/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nowrunning.com/news/news.aspx?it=14760 Kamini Kaushal 2008 Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212232208/http://www.nowrunning.com/news/news.aspx?it=14760 |date=12 February 2012 }} "nowrunning.com."</ref> She played Bebe, the grandmother of Shanno, the main protagonist played by [[Divya Dutta]]. She also acted in Sri Adhikari Brothers' TV Serial ''Waqt Ki Raftaar'' (DD National).

She said in an interview: "I, along with only few Indian heroines like [[Saroja Devi]], [[Bhanumathi Ramakrishna]], [[Sowcar Janaki]], [[Mala Sinha]], [[Moushumi Chatterjee]], [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] and [[Sharmila Tagore]] were the few who got married early and had success in the film industry even after our marriages as well as led a happy married life."

==Awards==
* [[3rd Filmfare Awards|1956]]: [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]]: ''[[Biraj Bahu]]''
* 1964: [[BFJA Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Hindi)]]: ''[[Shaheed (1965 film)|Shaheed]]''
* 2011: Kalakar Awards: Lifetime Achievement
* 2013: [[Kalpana Chawla]] Excellence Award<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/veteran-actress-kamini-kaushal-to-receive-kalpana-chawla-excellence-award/1173573/ |title=Veteran actress Kamini Kaushal to receive Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award |date=24 September 2013 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=18 October 2014 |archive-date=27 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627201926/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/veteran-actress-kamini-kaushal-to-receive-kalpana-chawla-excellence-award/1173573/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2015: [[Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/60th-britannia-filmfare-awards-2014-live-updates-on-times-of-india/liveblog/45979909.cms|title=60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014 Live Updates on Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=19 September 2020|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012033527/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/60th-britannia-filmfare-awards-2014-live-updates-on-times-of-india/liveblog/45979909.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2015: [[100 Women (BBC)|BBC's 100 Women]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-34745739|title=BBC 100 Women 2015: Who is on the list?|date=17 November 2015|work=BBC News|access-date=3 August 2019|language=en-GB|archive-date=11 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011073712/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-34745739|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[26th Screen Awards|2020]]: [[Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress]] : ''[[Kabir Singh]]''
* [[65th Filmfare Awards|2020]]: [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress]] : ''[[Kabir Singh]]'' (Nominated)

==Filmography==
[[File:Kamini Kaushal in 1950 Hindi film Arzoo.jpg|thumbnail|right|Kamini Kaushal in 1950 Hindi film ''Arzoo'']]
{|class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" scope="col"|'''Films as actor'''
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|1946
| ''[[Neecha Nagar]]'' || Roopa ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1947
| ''[[Jail Yatra (1947 film)|Jail Yatra]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Do Bhai (1947 film)|Do Bhai]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="4"|1948
| ''[[Aag (1948 film)|Aag]]'' || Nirmala||
|-
| ''[[Shaheed (1948 film)|Shaheed]]'' ||Sheela ||
|-
| ''Pugree'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Nadiya Ke Paar (1948 film)|Nadiya Ke Par]]'' || Phoolwa ||
|-
|rowspan="6"|1949
| ''[[Ziddi (1948 film)|Ziddi]]'' || Asha ||
|-
| ''[[Shair (film)|Shair]]'' || Beena ||
|-
| ''[[Shabnam (1949 film)|Shabnam]]'' || Shanti ||
|-
| ''[[Rakhi (1949 film)|Rakhi]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Paras (1949 film)|Paras]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Namoona]]'' || ||
|-
|1950
| ''[[Arzoo (1950 film)|Arzoo]]'' || Kamini ||
|-
|1951
| ''[[Bikhre Moti (1951 film)|Bikhre Moti]]'' || ||
|-
|1952
| ''[[Poonam (1952 film)|Poonam]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="5"|1953
| ''[[Shahenshah (1953 film)|Shahenshah]]'' || Princess Noor ||
|-
| ''[[Raja Ratan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Jhanjhar (film)|Jhanjhar]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Aansoon]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Aas (film)|Aas]]'' || Asha ||
|-
|rowspan="4"|1954
| ''[[Chalis Baba Ek Chor]]'' ||||
|-
| ''[[Biraj Bahu]]''|| Biraj Chakravarty ||
|-
| ''[[Sangam (1954 film)|Sangam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Radha Krishna (1954 film)|Radha Krishna]]'' || ||
|-
|1956
| ''[[Aabru]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1957
| ''[[Bade Sarkar]]'' || Rashmi ||
|-
| ''[[Bada Bhai]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|1958
| ''Night Club'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Jailor (1958 film)|Jailor]]'' || Kamal ||
|-
| ''[[Great Show of India]]''|| ||
|-
|1959
| ''Bank Manager'' || ||
|-
|1963
| ''[[Go Daan]]'' || Jhuniya ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|1965
| ''[[Shaheed (1965 film)|Shaheed]]'' || Mrs. Kishan Singh ||
|-
| ''[[Janam Janam Ke Saathi]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Bheegi Raat]]'' || Pushpa ||
|-
|1967
| ''[[Upkaar]]''|| Radha (Bharat's Mother) ||
|-
|1968
| ''[[Aanchal Ke Phool]]''||Maya ||
|-
|rowspan="8"|1969
| ''[[Vishwaas]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Meri Bhabhi]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati]]'' || Rama ||
|-
| ''[[Aadmi Aur Insaan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Do Raaste]]''||Madhavi Gupta ||
|-
| ''[[Waris (1969 film)|Waris]]'' || Rukmini ||
|-
| ''[[Beti (1969 film)|Beti]]'' ||mother ||
|-
| ''[[Yakeen (1969 film)|Yakeen]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="5"|1970
| ''[[Yaadgaar (1970 film)|Yaadgaar]]'' || Bhanu's Mother ||
|-
| ''[[Purab Aur Paschim]]'' || Bharat's Mother ||
|-
| ''[[Ishq Par Zor Nahin]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Heer Raanjha]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Dharti (1970 film)|Dharti]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1971
| ''[[Uphaar]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Bikhre Moti]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|1972
| ''[[Tangewala]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Shor (film)|Shor]]'' || Shankar's Mother ||
|-
| ''[[Haar Jeet (1972 film)|Haar Jeet]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1973
| ''[[Ek Mutthi Aasmaan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Anhonee (1973 film)|Anhonee]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1974
| ''[[Roti Kapda Aur Makaan]]'' || Bharat's Mother ||
|-
| ''[[Prem Nagar (1974 film)|Prem Nagar]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="4"|1975
| ''[[Do Jhoot]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sanyasi (1975 film)|Sanyasi]]'' ||Champa's Mother ||
|-
| ''[[Qaid (film)|Qaid]]'' ||Jai's Mother ||
|-
| ''[[Apne Rang Hazaar]]'' ||Sunil's Mother ||
|-
|rowspan="5"|1976
| ''[[Nehle Pe Dehla]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Maha Chor]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Kabeela]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Dus Numbri]]'' ||Arjun's Mother ||
|-
| ''[[Bhanwar]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1977
| ''[[Chandi Sona]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Gyanji]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="5"|1978
| ''[[Swarg Narak]]'' || Vinod's mother ||
|-
| ''[[Rahu Ketu]]'' || Chandramukhi ||
|-
| ''[[Heeralaal Pannalaal (1978 film)|Heeralal Pannalal]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Dil Aur Deewaar]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ahutee]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1979
| ''[[Bagula Bhagat]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ahinsa (1979 film)|Ahinsa]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1980
| ''[[Takkar (1980 film)|Takkar]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Do Shatru]]'' || ||
|-
|1984
|''[[Prerana (film)|Prerana]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1987
| ''[[Jalwa]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Gulami Ki Zanjeerain]]''|| ||
|-
|1989
| ''[[Santosh (film)|Santosh]]'' || Shanti ||
|-
|1991
| ''[[Deshwasi]]'' || ||
|-
|1992
| ''[[Humshakal (1992 film)|Hamshakal]]'' || Sunil's Mother ||
|-
|1993
|''[[Gumrah (1993 film)|Gumrah]]''|| Sharda's Mother||
|-
|2000
| ''[[Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega]]'' || Biji ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2003
| ''[[Chori Chori (2003 film)|Chori Chori]]'' || Beeji ||
|-
| ''[[Hawayein (2003 film)|Hawayein]]'' || ||
|-
|2007
| ''[[Laaga Chunari Mein Daag]]'' || Rohan and Vivaan's grandmother ||
|-
|2013
| ''[[Chennai Express]]'' || Rahul's Grandmother ||
|-
|2019
| ''[[Kabir Singh]]'' || Kabir's Grandmother ||
|-
|}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|author1=Braham S. Sood|author2=B. K. Karanjia|author-link2=B. K. Karanjia|title=An alien in Bollywood: an autobiography (of the spouse of Kamini Kaushal)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JEHbAAAAMAAJ|date=2000|publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors|isbn=9788174762764}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0442470}}

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