Manik Kamini Kadam (1933 – 2000), popularly known as Kamini Kadam, is an Indian actress who acted in several
Marathi
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*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
**Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
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,
Kannada
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and Hindi films in the 1950s and 1960s.
Biography
She made her debut in
Marathi films under the screen name of Smita in 1955 in ''
Yere Maazya Magalya''. She acted in a number of Marathi films before switching over to Hindi films. In 1958, Kadam changed her screen name to Kamini Kadam and made her debut in
Hindi films
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with ''
Talaq
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'' (1958) opposite
Rajendra Kumar
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. Other notable Hindi films to her credit include ''
Santan'' (1959), ''
School Master'' (1959) and ''
Sapne Suhane'' (1961). Kamini Kadam died on 29 June 2000 at the age of 66.
Filmography
Hindi Films:
* Talaq – 1958
* Santan – 1959
*
School Master – 1959
* Maa Baap – 1960
* Miya Bibi Razi – 1960
* Sapne Suhane – 1961
Marathi Films:
* Yere Maazya Magalya – 1955
* Sudharlelya Bayka – 1965
and many more
Kannada Films:
*
Kranthiveera Sangolli Rayanna – 1957
References
External links
Kamini Kadam biography on cineplot*
1933 births
2000 deaths
Indian film actresses
Marathi actors
Actresses from Mumbai
20th-century Indian actresses
Actresses in Marathi cinema
Actresses in Hindi cinema
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