Indira Billi | |
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| Born | Indira Kaur (1936-08-06)6 August 1936 |
| Died | 16 June 2025(2025-06-16) (aged 88) |
| Other names | Indira Billi, Indra Billi |
| Occupations | Actress in Hindi and Punjabi films |
Indira Billi (6 August 1936 – 16 June 2025) was an Indian actress of Hindi and Punjabi language films.
Born as Indira Kaur on 6 August 1936 atDina Nagar,Gurdaspur district,Punjab,British India,[1][2][3] she acted in manyPunjabi films[4] as a heroine and played minor roles in many Hindi films.
Indira Billi, as a child, grew up inKharian,Gujrat District, Punjab, British India, now in Pakistan, when her family lived there before thePartition of India in 1947.[1] Then her family migrated to India and settled inKanpur,Uttar Pradesh. However, her family later moved to Bombay in 1952 where her elder brother ran a business.[1]
Due to her beauty and big blue eyes, she was noticed by many film studio people, when she visited them and was offered film roles. Her namesake actress Indira Bansal was also active in the film industry, when she first started acting. So filmmakers chose to call her 'Indira Billi' due to her blue eyes.[1]
Billi married Shiv Kumar Mehra who owned Kumar Talkies and was from an affluent family of Delhi. After her marriage, she retired and quit the film world to fully devote herself to the home life and to her family.[1]
Billi died on 16 June 2025, at the age of 88.[5]
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