Entertainment News Desk – Veteran actress Himani Shivpuri, who has left her acting mark from Bollywood to television, is celebrating her 63rd birthday today i.e. on 24th October. Himani played the role of ‘mother’ so many times in films that she came to be called the ‘mother’ of Bollywood. Himani (Himani Shivpuri Film), who has won everyone’s hearts with her strong acting in many films like ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’, ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’, ‘Mehndi’ and ‘Prem Granth’, needs no introduction. Apart from films, he worked in many TV serials like ‘Happu Ki Ultan Palan’, ‘Hamari Betiyon Ka Vivah’, ‘Baat Hamari Pakki Hai’, ‘Ghar Ek Sapna’ and ‘Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi’. Today we are going to tell you many interesting things related to Himani’s life, which you might have never heard about.
Was fond of acting since childhood
Very few people know that Himani, born on 24 October 1960 in Dehradun, is the daughter of famous writer Dr. Haridutt Bhatt ‘Shailesh’. He was fond of acting since childhood, he worked in drama during school and college. Apart from this, he studied acting from the National School of Drama and also worked in theater for a long time. He started his acting career in Bollywood with the film ‘Kab Aayega Maza’ and after this film, he did films like ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’, ‘Raja’, ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’, ‘Deewana Mastana’, ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’. Worked in many superhit films like ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’.
Used to get taunted at home after studying acting
Himani has shared the screen with Bollywood’s top superstars Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan. Although it was not so easy for Himani to enter Bollywood, even after doing theatre, she had to run from pillar to post for films. Himani had told in an interview that her mother wanted her to help as much as possible in the household chores. After studying acting, his family members taunted him a lot, although he got full support from his father to enter films. The financial condition of his house was also not good.
Himani has seen financial crisis
The actress has also seen such days when she did not even have new clothes to go to a wedding or party. She used to cry a lot. Talking about Himani Shivpuri’s personal life, she married Kashmiri Pandit actor Gyan Shivpuri. In the year 1995, a mountain of sorrow fell on Himani when her husband said goodbye to this world. In the 90s, Himani used to be the life of almost every film, these days she has definitely distanced herself from the big screen, but is entertaining fans with her acting in TV serials.