Sheila Ramani | |
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| Born | Sheila Ramani (1932-03-02)2 March 1932 Sindh, British India |
| Died | 15 July 2015(2015-07-15) (aged 83) Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1952–1967 |
| Works | Taxi driver Funtoosh |
Sheila Ramani (2 March 1932[1][2] – 15 July 2015), also known as Sheila Kewalramani, was an Indian actress who was introduced intoBollywood by the film-makerChetan Anand. She is known for her role in the movieTaxi Driver. She was born inSindh and was one of the few actresses from Sindh to join the Indian film industry.
Ramani was crowned Miss Shimla in the early 1950s. She was mostly seen as an upper-class mod girl in the roles she portrayed in many movies.[3] She played the lead in a Pakistani film. Ramani went back to India and starred in further movies in Mumbai. In the later part of her career, she was reduced to obscure films.[4]
Later on in her life Ramani married and moved to the United States. She lived her last years in Mhow, a small cantonment town in the Indore district of Madhya Pradesh. She died on 15 July 2015.[5] Ramani's husband Jall Cowasji, a noted industrialist, died about three decades ago. She was survived by her two sons Rahul and Zal.[6]