RIP: Leela Naidu, Actress and Beauty Queen
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 30th, 2009Category: Bollywood, Bombay/Mumbai, Books and Authors, People, YouTube Videos
Indian actress and former beauty queen Leela Naidu (69) passed away earlier this week in Mumbai.Described as one of the most elegant and beautiful Indian actresses Ms. Naidu’s was was a “delicate beauty.” At times she reminded you of Audrey Hepburn. She made her acting debut in 1960 in Anuradha directed by Hrishkesh Mukherjee with music by Pandit Ravi Shankar. Ms. Naidu’s film reportaire was not an extensive one, but it included some well known movies like Merchant Ivory’s The Householder (1963) and Shyam Benegal’s Trikaal made in the 1980s.Ms. Naidu was first married to BIki Oberoi, who is currently the head of Oberoi Hotels, a high-end luxury chain of hotels. The couple had twin daughters.In 1970 she married her childhood friend, the well-known writer and poet Dom Moraes from whom she later separated.May her soul rest in peace.
Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
