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Sadhana Shivdasani

Date of birth: 1941-09-02

Place of birth: Karachi, British India [now Pakistan]

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Sadhana, Садхана Шивдасани, Садхана, Sadhna, साधना

Sadhana Shivdasani

Biography

Sadhana Shivdasani, known mononymously as Sadhana, was an Indian film actress active between 1960 and 1981. She is regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Indian cinema. Popularly known as "The Mystery Girl" for playing mysterious women in films like Woh Kaun Thi? (1964) and Mera Saaya (1966), Shivdasani ranked as the highest-paid actress in the country from mid-1960s to early 1970s. Sadhana was also noted for her exquisite beauty and trend-setting fashion statements.

Movie Credits

Chhote Sarkar
0

Chhote Sarkar

1974-01-01

Brothers Moti and Raja share a joint household until Moti's wife gets Raja thrown out.

Abana
0

Abana

1958-07-23

Two friends, one rich and one poor, are torn apart by love, jealousy, and the Partition of India. Mi

Arzoo
3.3

Arzoo

1965-01-15

After completing his medical studies, Gopal (Rajendra Kumar) takes a break and goes on holiday in Ka

Hum Dono
2.6

Hum Dono

1961-02-04

An Indian army captain must break bad news to a sick woman.

Intaquam
3

Intaquam

1969-01-01

Reeta Mehra gets a job at a department store to support her ailing mother. After she refuses sexual

Mera Saaya
3.8

Mera Saaya

1966-01-01

A lawyer's wife dies in his arms. Yet, another woman - identical in appearance and accused of aiding

Budtameez
0

Budtameez

1966-01-01

A young man of modest means romances a spoiled rich girl at the behest of her father. Complications,

Ek Phool Do Mali
3.8

Ek Phool Do Mali

1969-01-01

Tale of one child with two fathers, one who gave birth to him and another who raised him.

Love in Simla
3

Love in Simla

1960-01-01

After the untimely death of her father and step-mother, Sonia is orphaned and lives with her aunt an

Gaban
5

Gaban

1966-01-01

Based on novel by Munshi Prem Chand. Believing himself to be a suspect for embezzlement in British I

Rajkumar
3

Rajkumar

1964-10-20

Prince Bhanu Pratap returns from a decade in a foreign country, together with his friend Kapil. His

Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee
3.3

Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee

1971-01-02

Rohit, Whiskey, and Kumar (Rajendra Kumar, Rajendra Nath, and Prem Chopra respectively) are childhoo

Ek Musafir Ek Hasina
3.3

Ek Musafir Ek Hasina

1962-02-09

An army officer loses his memory, falls for a married woman, then regains part of his memory but for

Geetaa Mera Naam
3

Geetaa Mera Naam

1974-03-24

The film tells the story of four children who are separated at a fair and unknowingly reunite years

C.I.D. Nazir
2.8

C.I.D. Nazir

1971-04-14

After one of their elite officers Chandran (Raghavan) is brutally murdered, the CID force sends in t

Kandavarundo
0

Kandavarundo

1972-02-11

Pacha Nottukal
0

Pacha Nottukal

1973-09-09

Leelamma's wedding is thrown in jeopardy after her father loses the money he got after selling off h

Sambhavami Yuge Yuge
0

Sambhavami Yuge Yuge

1972-06-20

Three brothers, who are jobless, lead a carefree life and make money by cheating people. Their lives

Taxi Car
0

Taxi Car

1972-04-14

With the menace of a counterfeiting racket operating in Kerala on the rise, CID Inspector Nazir is t

Urvashi Bharathi
0

Urvashi Bharathi

1973-08-03

Dil Daulat Duniya
3

Dil Daulat Duniya

1972-01-01

Udharchand Shikarpuri is a homeless man who lives in Bombay albeit under the roof of multi-millionai

Woh Kaun Thi
3.6

Woh Kaun Thi

1964-02-07

One stormy night, a doctor offers a ride to a ghostly woman he meets on the side of the road. Later,

Waqt
3.4

Waqt

1965-07-28

A businessman's family is torn apart by an earthquake and reunited years later in a courtroom where

Prem Patra
3.3

Prem Patra

1962-01-01

Arun begins hating Kavita when he loses his scholarship due to a misunderstanding with her. But afte

Asli Naqli
2.8

Asli Naqli

1962-06-05

Renu lives a poor lifestyle with her family. Shattered and devastated with the deaths of her father

The Test
3

The Test

1960-08-05

The postmaster of a village receives a check for 500,000 rupees, for the purpose of bequeathing it t

Anita
0

Anita

1967-10-10

Anita is a weird girl, who either loses her memory or pretends to not remember.

Amaanat
2.8

Amaanat

1977-01-01

Balraj Sahani plays a professional Artist with wife Achala Sachdev and son Manoj Kumar caught in the

Mahfil
0

Mahfil

1981-05-26

Widower Raghunath Singh lives a very wealthy lifestyle with his daughter, Shalini. While making a pr

Mere Mehboob
2.8

Mere Mehboob

1963-01-02

While studying in Aligarh Muslim University, Anwar Hussain Anwar falls in love with a veiled woman a

Danger Biscuit
3.5

Danger Biscuit

1969-11-21

Madhuram Thirumadhuram
0

Madhuram Thirumadhuram

1976-10-07

Rajaankanam
0

Rajaankanam

1976-10-01

Maaya
0

Maaya

1972-03-09

based on 1963 novel of the same name by K. Surendran

Ishq Par Zor Nahin
0

Ishq Par Zor Nahin

1970-01-01

Amar Doraiswamy is the only child of multi-millionaire shipping company owner who lives in a palatia

Sachaai
0

Sachaai

1969-01-01

Ashok and Kishore are two roommates living in a hostel. While Ashok takes to crime and dishonesty, K

Vandana
4

Vandana

1975-01-02

VANDANA (1975)

Dulha Dulhan
0

Dulha Dulhan

1964-01-01

Chanda, unconscious for three days goes home only to realize a stranger by the name Rajkumar claims