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The actress did more than 300 films in a career spanning 5 decades and appeared with the same grace every time. She had only once condition to work and that was..
. Published: April 11, 2025 8:37 AM IST By There are some actors who leave a deep impression despite playing supporting roles. Today, we will tell the story of one such actress.
She worked as a character actor in over 200 Hindi films across five decades and is best remembered for playing stock characters such as aunts (Chachi or Mausi). She got married at the age of 12 and became a mother of two by the age of 17. Her career’s best performance was in (1981), for which she received the Best Actress award at the age of 73.
She is also best known for her role as “Mausi” in the blockbuster. You must have guessed by now who we are talking about. The actress was Leela Mishra.
She played the role of a mother at a young age, and after that, she never got the chance to play a lead role. Whenever is discussed, her character is always remembered. Leela Mishra did more than 300 films in a career spanning 5 decades.
But she appeared with the same grace every time. She was often seen in the role of an ordinary woman with a pallu (veil) covering her head. The role was undoubtedly ordinary but she played it with such power that she brought life into it.
Leela had one condition to work in films and that was she won’t do romantic scenes. Leela used to earn more than her husband Leela Mishra was discovered by a man called Mama Shinde, who was working for Dadasaheb Phalke’s Nasik Cinetone. He persuaded her husband to make her work in films.
During those days there was a severe scarcity of women actors in films; this was evident in the paychecks that the Mishras received when they went to Nasik for the shooting. While Ram Prasad Mishra was hired on a salary of Rs. 150 per month, Leela Mishra was offered Rs.
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