Lalita Pawar Iconic Characters Which Made Her Infamously Popular: Bin Manthara Ramayana Kaisi… Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana featured Ravana as the villain, but did you think that the real villain was Manthara. Wicked Manthara would not have attracted Kaikeyi’s ears and Rama would not had to go to exile.
People hate Manthara
Ramanand Sagar’s iconic mythological drama was made so interesting by Manthara that the viewers were literally forced to hate Manthara. In this character, veteran actress Lalita Pawar breathed her life with her performance. Apart from Manthara, Lalita Pawar played many such roles of villains, which made the actress immortal.
Lalita Pawar was a strong villain in films
Whenever there is talk of a strong villain in Hindi cinema, even today Lalita Pawar’s name is taken. On the birth anniversary of Lalita Pawar, let’s know about some such powerful characters played by her…
Started career with silent films
Lalita Pawar was born on 18 April 1916 in Nashik. His father’s name was Laxman Rao Shagun, who was a big silk merchant. Lalita Pawar’s real name is Amba Laxman Rao Shagun, which she later changed to Lalita Pawar. He started acting from the young age of 9 years. Lalita Pawar started acting with silent films and later worked in many films as a lead actress, but an accident changed her whole life.
A slap changed Lalita Pawar’s life
In the 1942 film Jung-e-Azadi, Lalita Pawar’s co-actor Bhagwan Dada had to slap her in a scene. During this, the actor slapped Lalita Pawar so hard that her face and left eye got damaged. After years of treatment there was a slight improvement, but now she had a scar on her beauty, one of her eyes always looked small on camera. In such a situation, he stopped being offered lead roles.
Take care of yourself in bad times
The film industry felt that Lalita Pawar would never come back to the acting world. That’s when she decided to make a grand comeback and came back as a villain, not a heroine. In the 1944 film Ramshastri, she played the role of an angry mother-in-law, which people liked very much. After this Lalita Pawar never looked back and played many memorable characters in her career.
Hundred days of mother-in-law
Sau Din Saas Ke was a 1980 family drama film in which Lalita Pawar played the role of a cruel mother-in-law. Actors like Asha Parekh, Reena Roy, Deven Sharma, Manmohan Krishan and Raj Babbar were in important roles in the film. In the film, Lalita Pawar tortures the elder daughter-in-law (Asha Parekh) a lot, but Reena Roy, seen in the character of the younger daughter-in-law, gives her a tough fight.
Dowry
In this 1950 film too, Lalita Pawar appeared in the role of a harsh mother-in-law. According to the name, the Ku Pratha of dowry was shown in a heart touching manner in the film. The film also featured Prithviraj, Karan Dewan, Jayshree, Ulhas, Keshavrao Date and Mumtaz Begum along with Lalita Pawar. In dowry, Jayshree would have been married to Lalita Pawar’s son. In the film, Lalitha played the character of a mother-in-law who tortures her daughter-in-law for dowry. Lalita Pawar has given a wonderful performance in this film full of spice and drama.
Mr and Mrs 55
This film with Guru Dutt and Madhubala’s love story was released in 1955. In Mr. and Mrs. 55, Lalita Pawar played the role of Madhubala’s greedy aunt, who wants to usurp Madhubala’s property and thus hinders her marriage to Guru Dutt. She even tries to get Madhubala fake married.
Professor
Lalita Pawar was seen in the role of strict Guardian in this film. Talking about the story of Professor in 1962, Lalita Pawar living in Darjeeling has the responsibility of two elder and two younger girls. All the anger of Lalita in the professor and these four girls have to bear the burn. Lalita is looking for a teacher for all four girls, who are above 50 years of age. In the film, Shammi Kapoor appeared in the role of a teacher, who becomes a teacher by lying and playing tricks.
Complete Ramayana
Before Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana, Lalita Pawar played the role of Manthara in the 1961 film Sampoorna Ramayana. He was accompanied by actors like Mahipal, Anita Guha, MB Vyas, Sulochana Katkar in the film. The entire Ramayana was directed by Babubhai Mistry. After this film, Lalita Pawar played the iconic character of the evil Manthara in Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana.