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beela Desai Has never Been In Love
New York Born Star Lives Like A Nun
By: Hyacinth
She's young attractive and talented but she lives as quietly as a nun and has never been in love. When I tell you that her name is Leela Desai you will be even more surprised, because you know her as a famous actress and dancer. She has left Calcutta and has come to Bombay trailing clouds of glory and numercus fans in her wake. Calcutta's loss is very definitely Bombay's gain because the gorgeous Leela has got what it takes to burn up the first cen rowr> of the audiences.
She took her first infant peck at the world in New York twentythree years ago. Her parents had gone to America because her father who was in the I.M.S. wanted to take a higher degree in New York. When the infant Leela was just three months old she was snatched away from New York arcl brought
Prithviraj looks smart as an l.M.S. officer in "Ek-Raat" a Shalimar picture.
to India before the fast tempo of American life could get into her blood. Her parents hoped that
She was snatched away from New
their daughter would grow up like any orthodox Indian girl and they never once dreamt that their
Miss Leela Desai, New York bom Indian film star.
squirming mewling brat would become a glamourous film star.
After returning to India Leela's father became state surgeon in Rampur State and his wife and six children went to Rampur with him. When Leela was six years old she went to Calcutta where she attended Bethun School, and she studied there up to the Fourth Standard. But she didn't keep very good health there, so she was sent to Dhow Hill College at Kurseong where she stayed until she had done her J.C. She was a mischievous child but she managed to get through her exams. After leaving Dhow Hill College she studied privately for her Matric and LA. and passed these examinations.
Leela always had a secret longing to join the films and partly satisfied this desire learning dancing. She started at fourteen and after she had done her I.A. went to Lucknow where she studied under the famous dance teacher Shambhu Maharaj. Leela's mother did not approve of these lessons (Leela's father was dead) but her daughter who was headstrong over-ruled these objections. She appeared in several charity shows and made a name for herself as a dancer. SPOTTED AND ROPED IN
Hemchandra. one of New Theatre's directors, happened to be in Lucknow at that time and hearing about her came to see her. He offered her a job in the films any
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