"My parents had an inter-reli'gious marriage. My father is a Gujarati and my mother a Bohri Muslim. I am an only child. My par'ents loved me very much, but were very strict: I was a tomboy, always among boys, playing, fighting."
Indian actress, director, and producer who was among Hindi cinema's leading stars in the 1960s and 1970s. She later received major national honors including the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. She was born in 1942.