Babita Kapoor

(1970), Kal Aaj Aur Kal (1971) and Banphool (1971). Following her marriage to actor Randhir Kapoor in 1971, she acted in Jeet (1972) and Ek Hasina Do Diwane (1972). Her subsequent release in 1973 was an average success, after which she decided to leave her career and became a housewife.

• Name — Babita • Birth Name — Babita Shivdasani • Born — 20 April 1947 • Birthplace — Karachi, Sind, British India (present-day Sindh, Pakistan) • Children — Karisma Kapoor Kareena Kapoor • Family — Kapoor family • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1966–1973

Babita was born in Karachi to actor Hari Shivdasani, who was from a Sindhi Hindu family (settled in Bombay prior to and after the partition of India) and a British Roman Catholic mother, Barbara. The iconic actress Sadhana Shivdasani was her paternal cousin and contemporary.

Babita appeared in nineteen films. Her first film to release was the 1966 successful film Dus Lakh, which also starred Sanjay Khan, Om Prakash and her future sister-in-law, Neetu Singh. However, the first film she had signed was actually Raaz co-starring Rajesh Khanna, which was released in 1967. Her biggest box office successes were Dus Lakh, Ek Shrimaan Ek Shrimati and Haseena Maan Jayegi (1968), (with her future uncle-in-law) Shashi Kapoor, Farz, Banphool and Ek Hasina Do Diwane with Jeetendra, Doli with Rajesh Khanna, Tumse Achha Kaun Hai (1969) with her future uncle-in-law Shammi Kapoor, Kismat with Biswajeet, Kab? Kyoon? Aur Kahan? (1970) with Dharmendra and Pehchaan with Manoj Kumar. In 1971, she acted opposite her future husband Randhir Kapoor, as well as father-in-law Raj Kapoor and grandfather-in-law Prithviraj Kapoor in Kal Aaj Aur Kal. After her marriage to Randhir, they were cast together by director K. Shankar in Jeet, which was the remake of En Annan, starring M. G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa. She left the film industry in 1973 following her husband's family tradition of women not working in the acting profession.

• Illustration — Babita with daughters Karisma and Kareena in 2003 Babita fell in love with Randhir Kapoor, while working with him in the film Kal Aaj Aur Kal (1971). They married in a lavish ceremony on 6 November 1971. They have two children, actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. In the 1980s, Randhir's career as an actor started to decline and things soured between them. She and Randhir lived in separate homes for several years, even though they are still legally married and had no intention of divorcing. The couple briefly reunited in 2007 after living separately for several years.

• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 1966 — Dus Lakh — Rita — Debut film • 1967 — Raaz — Sapna • Farz — Sunita • 1968 — Kismat — Roma • Haseena Maan Jayegi — Archana (Archie) • Aulad — Bharti • 1969 — Tumse Achha Kaun Hai — Asha • Ek Shrimaan Ek Shrimati — Deepali Lakhanpal • Doli — Asha • Anmol Moti — Manisha • Anjaana — Rachna Malhotra • 1970 — Kab? Kyoon? Aur Kahan? — Asha Prasad • Pehchan — Barkha • 1971 — Kal Aaj Aur Kal — Monica (Mona) — Appeared with Randhir Kapoor in his debut film • Bikhre Moti — Indrani • Banphool — Gulabi • 1972 — Jeet — Koyli / Rasili • Ek Hasina Do Diwane — Neeta • 1973 — Sone Ke Haath — Prema