Veteran Bollywood actress Nimmi passed away on Wednesday evening after a prolonged illness. She was 87-years-old. Her death is not due to the Corornavirus pandemic. Her brother-in-law Ijhar Hussain informed a leading daily, “She had been unwell for some time now. We had celebrated her 87th birthday on March 18.”
As the news of her demise spread, Bollywood celebs took to social media to reminisce about the stalwart and pay their heartfelt tributes. Bollywood icons Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu have mourned the death of actress Nimmi, saying her demise feels like a deep sense of personal loss. Saira Banu took to Twitter to share a series of tweets about the veteran actress.
Message from Saira Banu Khan:
Dilip Sahab and I are feeling a deep sense of personal loss at the passing away of our beloved #Nimmi ji1/n
— Dilip Kumar (@TheDilipKumar) March 26, 2020
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#Nimmi ji was my elder. She had always maintained close contacts with Sahab and I through her beautiful, loving, prolific, hand-written personal letters in Urdu.
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— Dilip Kumar (@TheDilipKumar) March 26, 2020
#Nimmi ji spent good time with my mother #NaseemBanu and through my mother and my husband, I built a bond with her. Such stalwarts are rare. Nimmi ji will be missed. May Allah bless her with Jannat. I have tears in my eyes as I am dictating this to @faisalmouthshut
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— Dilip Kumar (@TheDilipKumar) March 26, 2020
Rishi Kapoor also paid his tribute to Nimmi and wrote that she was a part of the RK family.
RIP. Thank you Nimmi aunty for all the blessings and love for Bobby on its premiere release. You were part of the RK family. Barsaat was your first film. Allha aapko Jannat naseeb kare. Ameen. pic.twitter.com/nsTGhpCpac
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) March 25, 2020
Several other celebs like Naved Jafri, Mahesh Bhatt, Jaaved Jaaferi wrote heartfelt tributes for her. Check out the tweets below:
The beautiful soul Nimmi Ji passed away today, May the almighty give her family strength and patience to bear this irreplaceable loss #nimmi #ripnimmi #actress pic.twitter.com/XUj0nuA2Yh
— Naved Jafri (@NavedJafri_BOO) March 25, 2020
A beautiful and extremely talented actress and a a beautiful and humble human being passes on.#RIP #Nimmi jihttps://t.co/IK0lYbCsAA pic.twitter.com/7HFr9tkkxI
— Jaaved Jaaferi (@jaavedjaaferi) March 25, 2020
“ You may win your hearts desire, but in the end you are cheated of it by death.” Goodbye Nimmiji . Yesteryear’s dove-eyed actress Nimmi passes away at 88 https://t.co/fRoQWlbuKI
— Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) March 25, 2020
Through the fifties and the sixties, Nimmi worked in films with most top actors, notably the Bollywood Triumvirate of the era - Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand. One of her earliest releases was Fali Mistry's Sazaa starring Dev Anand in 1951. The same year, she worked with Dilip Kumar and Ashok Kumar in Nitin Bose's Deedar.
Her other notable films include Uran Khatola (1955) with Dilip Kumar, the Ashok Kumar-Kishore Kumar starrer Bhai-Bhai (1956), Sohrab Modi's Kundan (1955), the Rajendra Kumar-starrer Mere Mehboob (1963) and Akashdeep (1965). Among her memorable works also are Mehboob Khan's Amar (1954) starring Dilip Kumar and Madhubala, and Raja Nawathe's Basant Bahar (1956) co-starring Bharat Bhushan.
Nimmi's last release was K. Asif's much-delayed Love And God, a retelling of the Laila-Majnu story. Asif started the project in 1963, and the film released long after his death in 1986, after several changes in the cast and crew. The released film had Sanjeev Kumar and Nimmi in the lead roles.
(Source: IANS/Twitter)
