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[[File:Geeta Bali in Naya Ghar (1953).jpg|thumb|Bali in the 1953 film ''Naya Ghar'']]

[[Geeta Bali]] (born '''Harkirtan Kaur'''; 1930 ‒ 21 January 1965) was an Indian actress who worked in [[Hindi]] films. Bali is regarded among the finest actresses in the history of [[Indian cinema]],<ref name=rediff>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/apr/09dinesh.htm |title= Geeta Bali: That Amazing Vivaciousness |website=Rediff.com|author=Dinesh Raheja|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref> Bali acted in over 75 films in a career spanning over two decades. Bali has received two [[Filmfare Awards]] nomination.

Bali started her career as a child artist with ''The Cobbler'' (1942) and had her first success with ''[[Suhaag Raat|Sohag Raat]]'' (1948). After working in ''[[Badi Bahen]]'' (1949), Bali went onto establish herself as a leading lady of the 50s with films such as ''[[Bawre Nain]]'' (1950), ''[[Albela (1951 film)|Albela]]'' (1951), ''[[Baazi (1951 film)|Baazi]]'' (1951), ''[[Jaal (1952 film)|Jaal]]'' (1952), ''[[Anand Math]]'' (1952), ''[[Vachan]]'' (1955), ''[[Milap (1955 film)|Milap]]'' (1955), ''[[Faraar (1955 film)|Faraar]]'' (1955), ''[[Jailor (1958 film)|Jailor]]'' (1958) and ''[[Mr. India (1961)|Mr. India]]'' (1961). For ''Vachan'', she received [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] nomination. Bali died in 1965 due to [[small pox]]. Her last release was the 1963 film ''Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/how-shammi-kapoor-married-geeta-bali-she-took-out-lipstick-asked-him-to-apply-it-on-her-maang-1639689-2020-01-24|title=How Shammi Kapoor married Geeta Bali: She took out lipstick, asked him to apply it on her maang|website=India Today|accessdate=20 January 2020}}</ref>

== Films ==
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
! class="unsortable"| Ref.
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| 1942
| ''The Cobbler''
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| Child artist
|<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja/page/52/|url-access=registration|page=54|access-date=|year=1999|work=[[British Film Institute]]|isbn=9780851706696|quote=(1930-65) Hindi actress, dancer and singer, originally Harikirtan Kaur. Born in Amritsar, Punjab.}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2"|1946
| ''Badnaami''
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| ''Kahan Gaye''
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| rowspan="3"|1948
| ''[[Suhaag Raat|Sohag Raat]]''
| Kamini "Kammo"
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|<ref>{{cite journal|title=Our Review-"Geeta Bali's Sohag Raat"|journal=Filmindia|date=August 1948|volume=14|issue=8|pages=51|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194612unse#page/n595/mode/2up/search/Sohag+Raat|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref>
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| ''Jalsa''
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| ''Nai Reet''
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| rowspan="8"|1949
| ''[[Neki Aur Badi (1949 film)|Neki Aur Badi]]''
| Baby
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| ''[[Dulari (film)|Dulari]]''
| Kasturi
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| ''[[Badi Bahen]]''
| Kiran
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|<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/nfai-adds-bari-behen-to-its-collection/articleshow/57167690.cms NFAI adds Suraiya's 1949 film Bari Behen to collection 26 February 2017] ''Times of India'', Retrieved 23 May 2020</ref>
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| ''Bansariya''
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| ''Garibi''
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| ''Bholi''
| Bholi
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| ''Dil Ki Duniya''
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| ''Girls' School''
| School student
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| rowspan="7"|1950
| ''[[Nishana (1950 film)|Nishana]]''
| Chanda
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| ''Chhai''
| Gujri
| [[Punjabi cinema|Punjabi]] film
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| ''[[Bawre Nain]]''
| Tara
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|<ref>{{cite book |author=Ritu Nanda |year=2002 |chapter=Filmography-Raj Kapoor |title=Raj Kapoor: Speaks |publisher=Penguin Books India |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FnyaW9L6cKYC&pg=PP198 |pages=198– |isbn=978-0-670-04952-3}}</ref>
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| ''[[Bhai Bahen]]''
| Bahen
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| ''Gulnar''
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| ''Shadi Ki Raat''
| Dulhan
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| ''Balo''
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| rowspan="6"|1951
| ''[[Baazi (1951 film)|Baazi]]''
| Leena
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 10, 2011|title=Dev Anand saga: When Navketan went noir |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/dev-saga-when-navketan-went-noir/articleshow/21631974.cms|access-date=2021-04-12|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
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| ''Ghayal''
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| ''[[Albela (1951 film)|Albela]]''
| Asha
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|<ref>{{cite web|author=Box Office India|title=Top Earners 1951|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=156&catName=MTk1MQ==|work=boxofficeindia.com|accessdate=7 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121001128/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=156&catName=MTk1MQ==|archive-date=21 January 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| ''Nakhare''
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| ''Bedardi''
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| ''Johari''
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| rowspan="8"|1952
| ''[[Jaal (1952 film)|Jaal]]''
| Maria
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| ''Raag Rang''
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| ''[[Anand Math]]''
| Shanti Dev Sharma
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|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/us/features/topten/profiles/index.shtml |title=Anand Math's song Vande Mataram - The World's Top Ten |access-date=15 November 2008 |work=BBC World Service}}</ref>
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| ''Betaab''
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| ''Jalpari''
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| ''Najariya''
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| ''Neelam Pari''
| Pari
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| ''Zalzala''
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| rowspan="6"|1953
| ''Bahu Beti''
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| ''[[Baaz (1953 film)|Baaz]]''
| Nisha
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| ''[[Jhamela]]''
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| ''Firdaus''
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| ''Gunah''
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| ''Naina''
| Naina
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| rowspan="3"|1954
| ''Kashti''
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| ''Ferry''
| Juhi
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| ''Daku Ki Ladki''
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| rowspan="9"|1955
| ''Jawab''
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| ''[[Vachan]]''
| Kamla
| Nominated – [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]]
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Melodrama was his forte|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jul16/art-trib.htm#1|date=16 July 1999|author=Bir Kaur, Devinder|access-date=2009-09-25|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]}}</ref>
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| ''Sau Ka Note''
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| ''[[Miss Coca Cola]]''
| Ganga
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|<ref>{{cite book|author=Deepa Gahlot|title=Shammi Kapoor: The Dancing Hero|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8EFXKA2PIOwC&pg=PT82|accessdate=29 October 2015|date=1 January 2008|publisher=SCB Distributors|isbn=978-81-8328-228-4|pages=82–}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Milap (1955 film)|Milap]]''
| Asha Dayal
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|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/milap-1955/article2699554.ece | title=Milap (1955) | work=The Hindu | first=Vijay | last=Lokapally | date=9 December 2011 | access-date=20 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620165952/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/milap-1955/article2699554.ece | archive-date=20 June 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref>
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| ''[[Albeli (1955 film)|Albeli]]''
| Geeta
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| ''[[Faraar (1955 film)|Faraar]]''
| Kitty
| Also producer
|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blast-from-the-past-faraar-1955/article3528220.ece | title=Blast from the past: Faraar (1955) | work=The Hindu | first=Suresh | last=Kohli | date=14 June 2012 | access-date=20 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620165607/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blast-from-the-past-faraar-1955/article3528220.ece | archive-date=20 June 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''Kavi''
| Basanti
| Nominated – [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
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| ''Bara Dari''
| Gauri
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| rowspan="5"|1956
| ''Hotel''
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| ''[[Inspector (1956 film)|Inspector]]''
| Varsha
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| ''[[Pocket Maar (1956 film)|Pocket Maar]]''
| Shukal
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|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhatia|first=Uday|date=2019-09-07|title=Who killed the Hindi gangster film?|url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/who-killed-the-hindi-gangster-film-1567771875756.html|access-date=2021-08-13|website=mint|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Sailaab (1956 film)|Sailaab]]''
| Kanchan
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| ''Rangeen Raaten''
| Gulu
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| 1957
| ''Coffee House''
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| rowspan="3"|1958
| ''[[Jailor (1958 film)|Jailor]]''
| Chhaya
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| ''Aji Bas Shukriya''
| Geeta Kumar
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| ''[[Do Mastane]]''
| Geeta Kumar
|
|<ref>[[List of Bollywood films of 1958]]</ref>
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| 1959
| ''C. I. D. Girl''
| Chand
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| 1960
| ''Bade Ghar Ki Bahu''
| Lata
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| rowspan="2"|1961
| ''[[Mr. India (1961)|Mr. India]]''
| Bembi
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| ''Sapne Suhane''
| Jamuna
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| 1963
| ''Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai''
| Mohini
| Last film
|<ref>{{cite book|author=Adrian Room|title=Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C&pg=PA44|access-date=22 April 2012|date=26 July 2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4373-4|pages=44–}}</ref>
|-
| 1965
| ''Rano''
|
| Filming abandoned
|<ref>[[Geeta Bali]]</ref>
|}

== Discography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Song
! Composer
! class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
| 1956
| ''Rangeen Raaten''
| "Main Ek Shola Aag Babola Re"
| [[Roshan (music director)|Roshan]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Listen to Main Ek Shola Aag Babola Re from 1965 film 'Rangeen Raaten' |url=https://www.hungama.com/song/main-ek-shola-aag-babola-re/54980714/ |work=Hungama |accessdate=22 November 2020}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0050188}}
* [http://www.junglee.org.in/sk.html I am Shamsher Raj Kapoor - The Kapoor Family Website by Shammi Kapoor]

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