
Sadhana Shivdasani
Acting
Biography
Sadhana Shivdasani, known mononymously as Sadhana, was an Indian film actress active between 1960 and 1981. She is regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Indian cinema. Popularly known as "The Mystery Girl" for playing mysterious women in films like Woh Kaun Thi? (1964) and Mera Saaya (1966), Shivdasani ranked as the highest-paid actress in the country from mid-1960s to early 1970s. Sadhana was also noted for her exquisite beauty and trend-setting fashion statements.
Known For

A businessman's family is torn apart by an earthquake and reunited years later in a courtroom where father and sons stand opposed in the roles of accused, lawyer, and witness.
Waqt

Arun begins hating Kavita when he loses his scholarship due to a misunderstanding with her. But after his new fiancé asks Kavita to write Arun letters on her behalf, Kavita falls in love with him. An accident intertwines their futures.
Prem Patra

One stormy night, a doctor offers a ride to a ghostly woman he meets on the side of the road. Later, he discovers his intended bride is identical in appearance to the ghost. Who was she and why does she haunt him?
Woh Kaun Thi

An Indian army captain must break bad news to a sick woman.
Hum Dono

Tale of one child with two fathers, one who gave birth to him and another who raised him.
Ek Phool Do Mali

Reeta Mehra gets a job at a department store to support her ailing mother. After she refuses sexual favours to an important business partner, her boss Sohanlal has her framed for shoplifting. When Reeta gets out of prison, her mother has died. She meets Heeralal, who has also been cheated by Sohanlal, and together they work out a plot for revenge. Reeta is to marry Sohanlal's son and then reveal her history, disgracing Sohanlal's name. Things quickly become more complicated than anticipated.
Intaquam

Prince Bhanu Pratap and his friend, Kapil, decide to dress incognito and mingle with the general public and find out if anyone is conspiring to dethrone the king; what they find out will change their lives, and endanger the lives of their loved ones.
Rajkumar

The postmaster of a village receives a check for 500,000 rupees, for the purpose of bequeathing it to the village’s most upstanding citizen.
The Test

An army officer loses his memory, falls for a married woman, then regains part of his memory but forgets her.
Ek Musafir Ek Hasina

Anand, the grandson of a rich businessman, walks out of his home to avoid an arranged marriage. But his grandfather goes to great lengths to bring the boy back, even if it means exploiting the sore spots of Anand's newfound lady love.
Asli Naqli

The film tells the story of four children who are separated at a fair and unknowingly reunite years later when Geeta (Sadhana) meets Nita (also Sadhana) in prison. Nita has been wrongly accused of murder. Geeta is then caught up in a scheme to find the true killer which leads her to her brother Johnny's (Sunil Dutt) gang.
Geetaa Mera Naam

Two friends, one rich and one poor, are torn apart by love, jealousy, and the Partition of India. Misunderstandings separate them, but years later, a hidden act of sacrifice leads to forgiveness and reunion.
Abana

After the untimely death of her father and step-mother, Sonia is orphaned and lives with her aunt and paternal uncle (Mrs. and General Rajpal Singh). Sonia is plain-looking as her real mother, and often invites unappreciative, taunts, and critical remarks from her aunt and cousin-sister, Sheela. Sheela has a boyfriend, Dev Kumar Mehra, and she plans to marry him. Fed-up of hearing frequent taunts and adverse remarks about her plain-looks, Sonia challenges Sheetal that she will make Dev fall in love with her.
Love in Simla

A lawyer's wife dies in his arms. Yet, another woman - identical in appearance and accused of aiding a gang of bandits - claims to be the lawyer's wife. A courtroom drama ensues.
Mera Saaya

After completing his medical studies, Gopal (Rajendra Kumar) takes a break and goes on holiday in Kashmir. There he meets with Usha (Sadhana) and both fall in love with each other. Back home, Gopal has a close friend, Ramesh (Feroze Khan), whose dad (Brahm Bhardwaj) wants him to marry Usha as an arranged marriage. Ramesh likes Usha and is willing to marry her. In the meantime, Gopal finds out that Ramesh is going to be married to Usha and decides not to pursue his romance with Usha. When Ramesh and Gopal's sister, Sarla (Nazima) convince Gopal that Usha only loves him, he reveals a dark secret to them, which may convince them that he is not right for Usha.
Arzoo

Chanda, unconscious for three days goes home only to realize a stranger by the name Rajkumar claims to be her husband and calls her by the name of Rekha. Will Chanda be able to solve this mystery?
Dulha Dulhan

Three brothers, who are jobless, lead a carefree life and make money by cheating people. Their lives take a turn when they learn that one of them is the son of a rich man.
Sambhavami Yuge Yuge

While studying in Aligarh Muslim University, Anwar Hussain Anwar falls in love with a veiled woman and is unable to get her out of his mind. En route to Lucknow, they meet with Nawab Buland Akhtar Changezi, and subsequently meet with him a few days later so that he can use his influence to secure an editor's job for Anwar with a magazine. Nawab then asks Anwar to teach his sister, Husna, some poetry, to which he agrees, and eventually finds that she is the very same veiled woman. Both fall in love with each other and the Nawab approves of this alliance, even though Anwar lives a poor lifestyle. The formal engagement ceremony takes place and arrangements are made for the wedding to take place soon. The heavily indebted Nawab does not realize that soon he will find Anwar in the company of a lowly courtesan, Najma; and pressure will be brought on him to get Husna to marry wealthy Munne Raja - who is all set to auction the former's mansion as well as belongings.
Mere Mehboob

Balraj Sahani plays a professional Artist with wife Achala Sachdev and son Manoj Kumar caught in the trap of Rehman and Shashikala who for the payment of a large Life insurance policy frame him in the murder of Rehman - who escapes to a world of crime after becoming a dead man for the world.
Amaanat

Anita is a weird girl, who either loses her memory or pretends to not remember.