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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
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{{Infobox person
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| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]
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| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1961–1996
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'''Padma Khanna''' (born 10 March 1949) is an Indian actress, dancer and director. She appeared mainly in [[Hindi]] and [[Bhojpuri film]]s in the 1970s and 1980s. She is most remembered for her role in the film ''[[Saudagar (1973 film)|Saudagar]]'' with [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and also as Queen [[Kaikeyi]] in [[Ramanand Sagar]]'s epic series ''[[Ramayan (1987 TV series)|Ramayan]]'' (1987–1988). She has acted in two Telugu films with [[N. T. Rama Rao]] ''[[Desoddharakulu|Desoddarakulu]]'' and ''Rajaputra Rahasyam''.

==Early life==
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Khanna started her [[Kathak]] training when she was about 7, from Pandit [[Birju Maharaj]].<ref name=er/> She was born in [[Varanasi|Banares]] and was introduced to Bollywood under the suggestions of actresses [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] and [[Vyjayanthimala]].<ref>{{cite web|author= Admin |url=http://cineplot.com/padma-khanna-interview/ |title=Padma Khanna – Interview |publisher=Cineplot.com |date=2011-05-20 |access-date=2012-01-29}}</ref>

==Career==
Khanna debuted as an actress in the 1962 Bhojpuri film ''Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo''. She got her break in 1970 when she played a cabaret dancer in Johnny Mera Naam. She often played dancers, appearing in films like ''Loafer'', ''[[Jaan-E-Bahaar]]'' and ''[[Pakeezah]]'' in which she acted as a [[Body double|double]] for [[Meena Kumari]] in the opening sequence and the songs ''Chalo Dildaar Chalo'' and ''Teer-E-Nazar Dekhenge''. In the 1980s, she played Queen Kaikeyi in Ramanand Sagar's ''Ramayan'' which aired on [[Doordarshan]].

In 2008, she choreographed and acted in a musical based on the epic [[Ramayana]] with 64 actors and dancers at [[Avery Fisher Hall]], [[New York City]], directed by her husband, Jagdish L. Sidana.<ref name=er>{{cite news |title=Indian epic, universal resonance |url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2008/oct/23ia.htm |publisher=[[Rediff.com]], News |date=23 October 2008 }}</ref> She also directed a [[Bhojpuri]] film, ''Nahir Hutal Jaya'' (2004).<ref>{{cite news |title=Mr Fancy-foot in national spotlight |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041231/asp/ranchi/story_4194616.asp |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]] |date=31 December 2004 |access-date=15 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033114/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041231/asp/ranchi/story_4194616.asp |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==
She was married to the late film director Jagdish L. Sidana.<ref name=er/> The couple moved to the state of [[New Jersey]] in United states in the 1990s where they opened a kathak academy. Khanna's adult children help her to run the academy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sen |first1=Mayukh |title=THE NAUTCH QUEEN OF NEW JERSEY |url=https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2016/the-nautch-queen-of-new-jersey/ |website=roadsandkingdoms.com |access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Padma Khanna: From Bollywood dancer to classical dance guru |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2013/india-abroad/padma-khanna-from-bollywood-dancer-to-classical-dance-guru.html |access-date=20 December 2020 |work=Daily Pioneer |issue=14 June 2013}}</ref>

==Filmography==

;Television
*''[[Pehchaan (2006 TV series)|Pehchaan]]'' (2006) on Hum TV
*''[[Taank Jhaank]]'' on Sony TV
*''[[Ramayan (1986 TV series)|Ramayan]]'' on [[Doordarshan]] as [[Kaikeyi]]
*''[[Metha Zaher]]'' on [[Doordarshan]]

;Hindi films
*''[[Biwi Aur Makaan]]'' (1966)
*''[[Yeh Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai]]'' (1966)
*''[[Baharon Ke Sapne]]'' (1967)
*''[[Chand Par Chadayee]]'' (1967)
*''[[Heer Raanjha]]'' (1970)
*''[[Johny Mera Naam]]'' (1970)
*''[[Seema (1971 film)|Seema]]'' (1971)
*''[[Dastaan (1972 film)]]'' (1972)
*''[[Pyar Diwana]]'' (1972)
*''[[Rampur Ka Lakshman]]'' (1972)
*''[[Pakeezah]]'' (1972) (body double of Meena Kumari)
*''[[Saudagar (1973 film)|Saudagar]]'' (1973)
*''[[Daag (1973 film)|Daag]] (1973 film)
*''[[Joshila]]'' (1973)
*''[[Anokhi Ada]]'' (1973)
*''[[Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar]]'' (1973)
*''[[Loafer (1973 film)|Loafer]]'' (1973)
*''[[Kashmakash (1973 film)|Kashmakash]]'' (1973)
*''[[Hera Pheri (1976 film)|Hera Pheri]]'' (1976)
*''[[Paapi (1977 film)|Paapi]]'' (1977)
*''[[Lakhan (1979 film)|Lakhan]]'' (1979)
*''[[Jaan-E-Bahaar]]'' (1979)
*''[[Noorie]]'' (1979)
*''[[Banmanush]]''(1980)
*''[[Anubhav (1986)|Anubhav]]'' (1986)
*''[[Ghar Sansar]]'' (1986)
*''[[Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani (1988 film)|Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Farz Ki Jung]]'' (1989)
*''[[Yaar Meri Zindagi]]'' (2008)

;Bhojpuri films

*''[[Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo]]'' (1963)
*''[[Bidesiya (film)|Bidesiya]]'' (1963)
*''[[Balam Pardesia]]'' (1979)
*''[[Basuria Baje Ganga Teer]]'' (1986)
*''[[Dharti Maiya]]''
*''[[Mai (1989 film)|Mai]]'' (1989)
*''[[Dagabaj Balma]]''
*''[[Bahuria]]''
*''[[Godna]]''
*''[[Tulsi Sorhe Hamar Angna]]''
*''[[Kajari]]''
*''[[Rangali Chunaria Rang Me Tohar]]''
*''[[Bhauji De Da Aacharawa Ke Chao]]''
*''[[Bhaiya Dooj]]''
*''[[Hey Tulsi Maiya]]''

;Gujarati Films

*''[[Gher Gher Maati na chula]]'' (1977)

;Punjabi films
* ''[[Jindri Yaar Di]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Sher Puttar]]'' (1978)

;Marathi film
*''[[Devta (1983 film)]]'' Cameo in song "Khel Kunala Daivacha Kalala"
* ''[[Maaficha Sakshidar]]'' (1986) - Cameo in song "Shama Ne Jab Aag"

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0451387}}
* [http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/filmography/9945/index.html Padma Khanna, Filmography] at [[Bollywood Hungama]]

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