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Indira Billi Age, Caste, Husband, Family, Biography

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Husband: Shiv Kumar Mehra
Age: 88 Years
Hometown: New Delhi

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Real NameIndira Kaur
ProfessionActor
Career
DebutHindi Film: Shri Ganesh Mahima (Shri Krishna Vivah) (1950) as Rukmini

Punjabi Film: Kiklee (1960)
Personal Life
Date of Birth6 August 2024 (Thursday)
Age (as of 2024)88 Years
BirthplaceDinanagar, Gurdaspur, Punjab, British India (now Punjab, India)
Zodiac signLeo
NationalityIndian
HometownNew Delhi
CasteKhatri
Relationships & More
Marital StatusMarried
Family
Husband/SpouseShiv Kumar Mehra (actor, producer)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Indira Billi

  • Indira Billi and her family were settled in Kharian, Gujrat, British India (now Gujrat District, Punjab Province, Pakistan) until the partition of India.
  • Her family faced financial losses when they shifted to Kanpur, India, after the partition.
  • Her family moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1952 as her brother had a business there.
  • She appeared in supporting roles in several Hindi films like Milap (1955), Shree 420 (1955), and Basant Bahar (1956).
  • The filmmakers named her Indira Billi because of her light-coloured eyes to identify her from another actress of the time Indira Bansal.
  • She was noticed for her roles as Yasmine in the film Yahudi (1958), Rekha in Asli-Naqli (1962) and Rukhsana in Teen Sardar (1965).

    Indira Billi with Dev Anand in the Hindi film Asli-Naqli

  • She also played the lead actress in low-budget Hindi films such as Tarzan Aur Jadugar (1963), Jungle Ki Hoor (1967), and CID Agent 302 (1968).

    Indira Billi on the poster of the film CID Agent 302

  • She was a popular lead actress in the Punjabi film industry. Some of those films were Mama Ji (1964) as Laali, Sassi Punnu (1965) as Sassi, and Pardesan (1969) as herself.
  • Her last released Hindi film was Mere Huzoor (1968) as Courtesan Firdous Begum.
  • Her last released Punjabi film was Patola (1973).