List of awards and nominations received by Vyjayanthimala
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Vyjayanthimala is a former Bollywood and Kollywood actress who also appears in Tollywood and Bengali films. With the multilingual film Vazhkai, Jeevitham and Bahar, she was introduced into the world of cinema by A. V. Meiyappan and discovered by M. V. Raman. She achieved stardom with the blockbuster Nagin (1954). After the success of that films, her career later focused more on Bollywood films where most of her films was commercially successful besides being received well by critics. She also occasionally made appearances in Tamil films where she was also regarded as one of the successful actresses in the industry.[1] Beside her ability as an actress, she was also accomplish dancer who introduced semi-classical dance in Bollywood films and predated the concept of item number. Furthermore, she was the first South Indian actress who becomes a national star which paved the way for other South Indian actress to foray into Bollywood.[2]
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Nominations | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In addition of acting recognition, Vyjayanthimala also receive some honors for her achievement in classical dance where she was a trained Bharata Natyam dancer. Apart from acting in film she was also occasionally perform her dance show in al over the India and abroad.