Leela Naidu | |
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 Naidu on a 2011 stamp of India | |
| Born | 1930[1] |
| Died | 28 July 2009 (aged 79) Mumbai |
| Occupation | Actor, Model[citation needed] |
| Years active | 1960–1992 |
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| Awards | Femina Miss India |
Leela Naidu (Telugu: à°²ీà°²ా à°¨ాà°¯ుà°¡ు; 1930 – 28 July 2009) was an Indian actress who starred in a small number of Hindi and English films, including Yeh Raste Hain Pyar Ke (1963), based on the real-life Nanavati case, and The Householder, Merchant Ivory Productions' first film. She was Femina Miss India in 1954, and was featured in the Vogue along with Maharani Gayatri Devi in the list of "World's Ten Most Beautiful Women", a list she was continuously listed in from the 1950s to the 1960s in prominent fashion magazines worldwide. She is remembered for her stunning classical beauty and subtle acting style. Leela Naidu was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. Her father, Dr. Pattipati Ramaiah Naidu, a well known nuclear physicist, hailed from Madanapalle, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, and had worked under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Marie Curie for his doctoral thesis in Paris. He ran one of Madame Curie's labs in Paris. He was Scientific Advisor to UNESCO for Southeast Asia, and later, an advisor to the Tata group. Her mother, journalist and Indologist, Dr. Marthe Mange Naidu, was of Swiss-French origin, from Pont d'Avignon, South-France and earned her PhD from the Sorbonne.[2][3][4] Naidu was the only surviving child out of eight pregnancies as Marthe had seven miscarriages.
Naidu enjoyed the advantages of birth and the connections of her parents. She grew up in Europe, went to an elite school in Geneva, Switzerland, and in her teens, took acting lessons from Jean Renoir.
Leela met Salvador Dalà in Grand-hotel Opera, Paris where he painted a portrait of her. In 1956, at the age of 27, she married Tilak Raj Oberoi, son of Mohan Singh Oberoi, the founder of the luxury Oberoi Hotels chain.[17] Tilak Raj, known as "Tikki", was 33 years old at the time.[17][18] Naidu and Oberoi had twin daughters, Maya and Priya. The brief marriage ended in divorce, and Oberoi won custody of the girls. Subsequently, Naidu met philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti while in London, and was deeply attracted to his teachings.[19] In 1969, she was married for the second time, to Mumbai poet Dom Moraes. They lived in Hong Kong, New York City, New Delhi, and Mumbai for about 25 years. After the relationship ended, Naidu led a somewhat reclusive life in Colaba, Mumbai.[20]
Her grandsons are Adam Oberoi Bateman, born in June 1992 in New-Delhi to Maya Oberoi Naidu and John Bateman from London.[citation needed] And the other grandson of Leela is Erwan Shrikant Oberoi Guitton, born 11 February 1993 in New-Delhi to Priya Oberoi Naidu and Yvonnick Guitton De La Verrie, a French man.[citation needed]
Naidu also has a god-daughter of four decades, Oopali Operajita, whom she met at Rishi Valley School, and who is a Distinguished Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, a celebrated classical Odissi dancer, and a Senior Adviser to several of India's prominent leaders in the Lok Sabha. Leela Naidu's separation from her second husband Moraes caused her to retire from public life. She lived alone, in an elegant and large old flat bequeathed to her father by the TATAs, at Sargent House, in the quaint by-lane of the Colaba Causeway. Naidu spent most of her last decade indoors but, inevitably, she had a steady roster of visitors as she was an excellent conversationalist. She would call her friends and keep in touch with both her daughters and grandsons. Her daughter Priya died of a heart attack on 8 February 2008.
Leela Naidu died in Mumbai on 28 July 2009, due to lung failure after a prolonged bout of influenza, at the age of 79.[21][22] Her funeral was held on 29 July in Chandanwadi Crematorium attended by her daughter Maya, grandchildren and friends.
Leela Naidu Movies List:
Films[edit]
- Anuradha (1962), aka Love of Anuradha (International: English title) .... Anuradha Roy
- Ummeed (1962)
- Yeh Raste Hain Pyar Ke (1963) .... Neena
- The Householder (1963), aka Gharbar .... Indu
- Baghi (1964)
- Aabroo (1968) .... Sharda
- The Guru (1969) .... Girl at the Party
- Trikaal (Past, Present and Future) (1985) .... Dona Maria Souzasoares
- Electric Moon (1992) .... Socks
Television[edit]
- Man of the World .... Dr. Bahandi (1 episode – "The Frontier", 1962)
- Channing The Face in the Sun (1 episode – "The Young and the Bold", 1964) .... Anna
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