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Famous actress Leena Chandavarkar of the 60s and 70s had entered the film industry by winning the beauty pageant. Leena worked with every superstar of that era and worked in many films. But despite his career success, he had to face sorrows in personal life.
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Leena was born on 29 August 1950 in a Konkani Marathi family in Dharwad, Karnataka. His father Srinath Chandavarkar was an army officer. Leena’s inclination was started towards the glamor industry at an early age. After modeling for a few months, he participated in the fresh face beauty contest organized by Filmfare. Leena finished second in the contest.
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During modeling, Leena started working in several advertisements at the age of 18. After coming in contact with some film personalities, Leena auditioned for Sunil Dutt’s film Messiah (1967) and got a chance. But the film closed before the shooting started. In this way Sunil offered Leena in his second film Mana Meet. Released in 1968, the film made Leena an overnight star.
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Hema Malini and Mumtaz were considered the most famous actresses in the 70s, although Leena reached the top with her with some hit films. In 10 years from 1969 to 1979, Leena worked with every superstar of that era. He also worked with Mehboob’s Mehndi with Rajesh Khanna, Bairag along with Dilip Kumar and Hamjoli with Jeetendra.
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At the age of just 24, Leena married Siddharth Bandodkar. Siddharth belonged to a large political family. Leena left several films to marry her. But just 11 days after marriage… Siddharth accidentally shot and died while cleaning the house. He was immediately hospitalized. Siddharth died after 11 months despite all efforts and treatment. At that time, Leena was just 25 years old.
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After Siddharth’s death, Leena lived with her family. But the family members used to taunt him by telling him the reason for Siddharth’s death. Fed up with the behavior of family members, Leena wanted to commit suicide. But he felt that it would be better to do films again. After returning to films, he worked with Dilip Kumar in the film Bairag. This was Dilip Kumar’s last film as a hero. It failed at the box office. He then acted in films like Yaaron Ka Yaar, Awaha Goli, Nalayak.
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Kishore Kumar fell in love with Leena Chandavarkar while working together in the film Pyaar Ajnabi Hai. The two continued to spend time together and later Leena also started liking her, but Leena’s family was not happy with her relationship. Kishore Kumar was married three times before marrying Leena. He divorced his first wife Ruma Ghosh. His second wife Madhubala had passed away. He also divorced his third wife Yogita Bali. The second big reason was that Kishore was 20 years older than Leena.
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Leena’s father flatly refused that there would be no marriage. When Kishore came to know that Leena’s father was against marriage, he sat outside his house in Dharwad and started protesting. Kishore used to sing loudly while protesting. Leena’s father was an army officer and was very strict, but despite this, Kishore managed to convince her with his personality.
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Leena Chandavarkar and Kishore Kumar were married in 1980. In fact, Kishore and Leena got married in court a year ago with the consent of their family. Leena was 7 months pregnant when both of them married again in the presence of family members.
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Lina completely stopped working in films after marrying Kishore Kumar and becoming a mother. Her last film was in the 1989 film Mamta Ki Chhaon, in which she appeared with Rajesh Khanna. The film was released several years after his film industry.
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Leena Chandavarkar and Kishore Kumar lived on the warden road in Mumbai. But Kishore Kumar died on 13 October 1987. Just 7 years after marriage, Leena again became a widow. A few days after Kishore Kumar’s death, Leena Chandavarkar started living with his third wife Ruma Guha’s son Amit Kumar and his wife.
