Sadhana, one of the top Bollywood heroines of the 1960s whose fringe-on-the forehead hairstyle inspired by Audrey Hepburn had set a trend among women of that era in India, died here on Friday, aged 74.
Born in a Sindhi family in Karachi in undivided India as Sadhana Shivdasani , she made her screen debut as heroine under the Filmalaya Production banner in their 1960 romantic film Love in Simla.
In 1955 she, however, had first appeared before arc lights when she played a chorus girl in the iconic song "Mur mur ke na dekh mur mur ke" in Raj Kapoor's Shree 420.
She in 1964 became a big name with her mysterious role in the suspense-thriller trilogy, Woh Kaun Thi?. Acting opposite Manoj Kumar she also got her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress.
The same director Raj Khosla cast her in two more mystery films, Mera Saaya(1966) and Anita (1967) and she became the famous "Mystery girl" of Bollywood.
Her contemporaries Waheeda Rehman and cabaret queen Helen were her close friends among other heroines of her time and they rushed to her residence to pay last respects
She was detected with a tumor and had been battling cancer for long.
Sadhana was married her Love in Simla director Ram Krishna Nayyar. They were married for nearly thirty years, until Nayyar died in 1995 from asthma. The couple had no children.
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