Kuldip Kaur
Kuldip Kaur, (1927–3 February 1960), was an Indian actress who worked in
Hindi and
Punjabi films. Known for her roles as negative characters, she was cited as one of
Indian cinema's "most polished vamps" and actor
Pran's "opposite number". She started her acting career with the first
Punjabi film produced in India following
Partition; ''Chaman'', also called ''The Garden'' in 1948.
Acclaimed as a "vamp" of "exceptional talent" and the "first female villain" in Indian cinema, she has been compared to artists like
Shashikala and
Bindu. Active from 1948 to 1960, she acted in over 100 films, most of them in Hindi and some in Punjabi. She died in 1960 from
tetanus.
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