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Real Name - Vimlesh Wadhawan
Born - 1943, Jalandhar
Died - 22 August 1977 (age 34 years), Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai
Husband - Shiv Agarwal (Shivraj), Jolly
Son - Rajneesh Bharti, Ozon Rajneesh (Rajneesh Bharti Swami)
Daughter - Shona
Vimi (1943 - 22 August 1977) was an Indian actress who acted in Indian films such as Aabroo, Hamraaz and Patanga. She starred with Sunil Dutt in Hamraaz and became notable.
Career
Vimi debuted opposite Sunil Dutt in the B. R. Chopra-directed Hamraaz in 1967. The film was a hit, but did not help her career. She appeared with Shashi Kapoor in Patanga (1971) and Vachan (1974). She was the leading lady in Aabroo (1968), opposite Deepak Kumar. She appeared in the Punjabi film Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai in 1973. Her last film was Krodhi, released four years after her death in 1977.
Vimi was a Punjabi Sikh girl who married Shiv Agarwal, son of an Industrialist, with whom she had one son and one daughter. Music Director Ravi got introduced to her at a party in Calcutta and later invited her and Shiv to Mumbai. He introduced them to B. R. Chopra and that is how Vimi got her first film. Even though her husband supported her decision, her parents and relatives abandoned the couple, due to them being against Vimi joining the film industry. As Sunil Dutt sang to her ("Na Sar Jhuka Ke Jeeo, Na Munh Chhupako Jeeo"), the enchanting image of Vimi won the viewers' hearts. She owned a huge house, luxury cars and a huge wardrobe. Soon after the success of Humraaz, her next big project Aabroo was released in 1968. This film, however, bombed at the box office. Even veteran actors like Ashok Kumar and Nirupa Roy who were also part of the film couldn't do much to save it. After the failure of Aabroo things went downward spiral for Vimi who was now reduced to pose for photoshoots in magazines. Patanga, her 1971 film with Shashi Kapoor, also failed to strike a chord with the audience. Thus after successive flop films, she went into oblivion.
In an obituary released after her death, several hostile details were revealed which included her being physically abused by her husband and their eventual divorce. Following her separation, she started a textile business in Calcutta but that too failed miserably. She had started a relationship with a film broker but he had allegedly sold her into prostitution. Devastated by her professional and personal life, Vimi took refuge in alcohol.
Finally, after a tumultuous and tragic life, Vimi died on 22 August 1977 due to liver disease caused by alcohol consumption in the general ward of the Nanavati hospital in Mumbai. Her body was taken to the crematorium in a thela hand cart.
Songs picturised on her:
"Tum Agar Saath Dene Ka Wada Karo" - Hamraaz (1967)
"Na Muh Chupaake Jiyo" - Hamraaz (1967)
"Neele Gagan Ke Tale" - Hamraaz (1967)
"Kisi Pathar Ki Moorat Se" - Hamraaz (1967)
"Aap Se Pyar Hua" - Aabroo (1968)
"Jinhe Hum Bhulna Chahe" - Aabroo (1968)
"Thoda Ruk Jayegi To Tera Kya Jayega" - Patanga (1971)
1967 Hamraaz
1968 Aabroo
1969 Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai (Punjabi film)
1971 Patanga Renu
1971 Guddi
1971 Kahin Aar Kahin Paar
1973 Kahani Hum Sab Ki
1974 Vachan
1978 Premi Gangaram
1981 Krodhi
Trivia-
1. Husband named Shivraj.
2. Her death is still considered a mystery today
3. BR Chopra discovery.
4. Has a son named Rajneesh Bharti Swami (Born January 20,1961)(Swami Ozen Rajneesh) aka Rajnish Aggarwal. He is a follower of Rajneesh Osho and has written a book called " Tears of the Mystic Rose". He was born in 1961. Became a sanyasi and devotee of Rajneesh in 1981. Many controversial stories about him are online. The controversy is about his relationship his his devotee Myrthe Jansen.
5. Much married Vimi rose to fame with Humraaz 1967,her declining career did not stop her and her husband from living a lavish life,her husband left her when she lost everything from money to movies following which she turned alcoholic and,started living with a small time producer Jolly (director S.D. Narang's brother) ,when she died she had nothing left with her, Jolly took her dead body on a Thela and left it outside Santacruz crematorium.
6. Changed her name from Vimlesh Wadhawan to Vimi for her career.
8. Daughter named Shona. Born January 19,1963.
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