Babita Kapoor

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Babita was born in Bombay to actor Hari Shivdasani, who was from a Hindu Sindhi family which had migrated from Pakistan to India after the partition and a British Christian mother, Barbara Shivdasani. Her sister, Meena Advani, is the owner of Powermaster Engineers Private Limited and Power-master tools Private Limited.The late actress Sadhana Shivdasani was her first cousin and contemporary.

Babita married Randhir Kapoor on 6 November 1971.They have two children, actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. She and Randhir Kapoor lived in separate homes for several years, even though they were still legally married and had no intention of divorcing. The couple united in 2007 after living separately for several years.

In her movie career, she appeared in nineteen films. Her first film to release was the 1966 successful film Dus Lakh, which also starred Sanjay Khan, Om Prakash and her sister-in-law to be Neetu Singh. However, the first film she had signed was actually Raaz (1967) co-starring Rajesh Khanna, which was released in 1967. Her biggest box office successes were Dus Lakh with Sanjay Khan, Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati and Haseena Maan Jayegi (1968), (with her future uncle-in-law) Shashi Kapoor, Farz, Banphool and Ek Hasina Do Diwane with Jeetendra, Doli with Rajesh Khanna, Tumse Achha Kaun Hai (1969) with her future uncle in law Shammi Kapoor, Kismat with Biswajeet and Kab? Kyoon? Aur Kahan? (1970) with Dharmendra. In 1971, she acted opposite her future husband Randhir Kapoor, as well as father in-law Raj Kapoor and grandfather-in-law Prithviraj Kapoor in Kal Aaj Aur Kal. After her marriage to Randhir Kapoor, they were cast together by director K. Shankar in Jeet, which was the remake of En Annan, starring M. G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa. She left the film industry in 1973 following her husband's family tradition.