She married doctor who treated her…, won Best Actress award!!!


Vaijayanthi Mala is counted among the veteran actresses of Bollywood. She earned a big and special name in her film career. She has been in the news a lot for her films and acting as well as her personal life. There were talks of Vaijayanti Mala's affair with veteran actors like raj kapoor and dilip Kumar. However, she married a doctor who treated her.


Debuted at the age of 16

Vaijayanthi Mala recently celebrated her 91st birthday. The actress was born on 13 august 1933 in Triplicane, Chennai. Let us tell you that her mother Vasundhara Devi was a famous actress. Following her mother's footsteps, Vaijayanti also made a career in the film world. The actress made her debut in the film world at the age of 16. However, her debut was from South Cinema. She was first seen in the 1949 tamil film 'Vadakai'.


Stepped into bollywood at the age of 18

After debuting in South cinema, Vaijayanti soon turned to hindi cinema. She debuted in bollywood at the age of 18 with the film 'Bahaar' which was released in the year 1951. Vaijayanti's brilliant films include 'Sangam', 'Sadhana', 'Prince', 'Madhumati', 'Sooraj', 'Sadhana', 'Ganga Jamuna' and 'Amrapali' etc.

Won the Best Actress Award three times

Vaijayanti was such a great actress of her time that she was awarded the Best Actress Award for three films 'Madhumati', 'Ganga Jamuna' and 'Sangam'. While she received the Best Supporting Actress Award for the 1957 film 'Devdas'.

She married the doctor who treated her

Vaijayanti Mala's name was once associated with raj kapoor and dilip Kumar. However, her love with both remained incomplete. Later she fell in love with a doctor Chamanlal Bali. Actually Chamanlal treated the actress when she had pneumonia. But the actress fell in love with him. Later both of them got married in the year 1968.

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