Kamini Kaushal is one such star heroine of her times who were educated. It seems quite unbelievable but she was an honours graduate in literature and used to work as a radio artist before she was discovered by Chetan Anand. So impressed was he by her beauty and talent, that he offered the role of the lead lady is his film "Neecha Nagar".
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Chetan's discovery did not discourage him and on the contrary, Kamini won him an international award. This was the beginning of her successful career as an actress and there were many more hits to come from her. It's not possible to write about all her films but some of her many movies are "Jail Yatra", "Aah", "Do Bhai", "Ziddi", "Nadiya Ke Paar", "Poonam", "Namoona", "Shabnam", "Arzoo", "Godaan", "Jhanjar", "Aansoo", "Biraj Bahu", "Paras", "Anhonee" and "Shor".
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She was one of the top heroines of her times and was always busy shooting. She was also one of the busiest actresses who had two-three films in hands at a time. Kamini Kaushal has worked with all the top heroes of those times like Ashok Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and such like. With a film called "Shaheed", she started playing character roles. She was Manoj Kumar's mother in this film and was to play the same in many of his films. A literature graduate, Kamini was interested in writing and this is the reason she has written many stories for children.