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The Hindi heroine of the ’70s was unique. Neither prudish like her predecessor nor bohemian enough to disown her. She was shy like your neighbourhood lass, yet flirty like your crush in the campus. Conventional enough to be taken home to mother, yet glamorous enough to flaunt as arm candy. And Bindiya Goswami with her quiet but compelling beauty fit in that mould. In fact, she seemed sort of customised for Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s (Gol Maal) and Basu Chatterjee’s (Khatta Meetha) brand of cinema loved for its bittersweet take on life. But a teenaged Bindiya, who suddenly found herself celebrated on reel, couldn’t rein in her fascination for romance in the real.After a whirlwind marriage and divorce with Vinod Mehra at 18, she finally quit films to make a home with the ‘dark and brooding’ filmmaker JP Dutta in her early ‘20s. She’s happy dreaming her husband’s dreams and now her daughters’ as Nidhi and Siddhi plan to plunge into films with JP Gene Productions. That doesn’t take away the pride in her own innings. “I was blessed to work with the likes of Anil Ganguly (Khandan), Hrishida and Basuda. They proved that one doesn’t have to expose to be successful. You could play a girl-next-door, you could express with your eyes, you didn’t have to show cleavage and yet the film makes it to the 100 best,” she says referring to Gol Maal and Khatta Meetha, which featured in Filmfare’s list of iconic films.The doe-eyed teen with velvety tresses, cavorting at the birthday party of composer Pyarelal’s (of Laxmikant-Pyarelal fame) son, grabbed guest Jaya Chakravarthy’s attention. She was startled by the girl’s resemblance to her superstar daughter Hema Malini. “My mother had recreated Zeenat Aman’s white outfit in Chura liya hai (Yaadon Ki Baarat, 1973) for me for the party,” recalls Bindiya who was Pyarelal’s neighbour. “Few days later, Jayaji sent across a message whether I’d be interested in doing her film. My sister Pearl was an airhostess. I too wanted to be one. Also, I was still studying and was just 14,” says Bindiya daughter of a South Indian father and Catholic mother. “Jayaji was known to be protective about Hemaji. My mother felt I too would be in safe hands. Jayaji was dynamic. Her kajal bhari eyes and quiet presence was compelling.” Soon, Bindiya was signed for Jaya Chakravorthy’s production Jeevan Jyoti (1976) opposite Vijay Arora. This was followed by three more films. “Jeevan Jyoti was my debut though Mukti (1977) released first. I began my career by playing Shashiji’s (Kapoor) daughter in Mukti and played his beloved in Shaan (1980) towards the end,” she smiles. “I was young and walked through my films. I don’t think I ever acted. I was my natural self.”It was Bindiya’s stint with Basu Chatterjee that brought gravitas to her career. Khatta Meetha (1977), where she was paired with Rakesh Roshan, remains memorable. “I played a Parsi girl, Zarine. We were shooting in Juhu for the song Tumse mila tha pyaar. But Basuda thought my long hair didn’t suit my character. So we reshot the scene with a wig. He was not happy with that either. Finally, my hair was upturned to give it a shorter effect.” She later did Prem Vivaah (1979) and Hamari Bahu Alka (1982) with the director. “Basuda began his shoot at 7 am. He gave us a free hand and held no rehearsals. But he himself would be nervous. He had this habit of chewing his handkerchief while taking the shots By the time he finished he’d have swallowed half his handkerchief,” she laughs.
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