{"id":2986,"date":"2006-02-10T08:28:48","date_gmt":"2006-02-10T13:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=2986"},"modified":"2006-02-10T06:45:46","modified_gmt":"2006-02-10T11:45:46","slug":"bollywood_actre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/10\/bollywood_actre\/","title":{"rendered":"Bollywood Actress Nadira Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Bollywood&#8217;s only Jewish actresses has died.  Born Florence Ezekiel but known as Nadira, she starred in &#8216;Aan&#8217;, &#8216;Shree 420&#8217;, &#8216;Dil Apna Preet Parayee&#8217; and later &#8216;Julie&#8217;.<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/world\/south_asia\/4696466.stm\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"_41313138_nadira203.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/_41313138_nadira203.jpg\" width=\"203\" height=\"152\" hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/world\/south_asia\/4696466.stm\">BBC<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>\nVeteran Bollywood actress Nadira, 75, has passed away in Mumbai (Bombay) after a prolonged illness.<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote>\nTributes have been pouring in for the former star, who is best remembered for her role in the film, Shri 420.<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>She had a golden career:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>\nShe had won several awards in a career spanning 50 years.<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote>\nShe will be best known for her portrayal of a Westernised woman and her arched eyebrows. Many critics considered her to be far ahead of her times. <\/blockquote>\n\n<!--more-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Bollywood&#8217;s only Jewish actresses has died. Born Florence Ezekiel but known as Nadira, she starred in &#8216;Aan&#8217;, &#8216;Shree 420&#8217;, &#8216;Dil Apna Preet Parayee&#8217; and later &#8216;Julie&#8217;. From the BBC: Veteran Bollywood actress Nadira, 75, has passed away in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/10\/bollywood_actre\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}