This actress was the first to set screen on fire!!!
It is no longer a big deal for actresses to wear bikinis on screen in films. Today, A-listers like Kareena Kapoor, priyanka chopra and deepika padukone also wear swimsuits for films. By the way, wearing swimsuit or bikini on screen started from the era of black and white. However, people feel that in the 60s and 70s, actresses like sharmila tagore and zeenat aman created a stir on the silver screen wearing bikinis. But do you know that bikini was introduced in indian cinema 90 years ago. Let us tell you that the grandmother of two bollywood actresses of the 90s was the first to create a stir in indian cinema by wearing a swimsuit on screen.
This actress was the first to wear a swimsuit in indian cinema
Yes, in 1938, in the first decade of talkies in indian cinema, a Marathi lead actress named 'Brahmachari' wore a swimsuit. This veteran actress was none other than Meenakshi Shirodkar, who had created a lot of headlines wearing a swimsuit in the song named 'Yamuna Jali Khelu Khel'. Meenakshi Shirodkar is seen wooing hero Master Vinayak in the song of the film. According to the report of Filmfare, the audience's eyes were left wide open after seeing this scene which was considered quite bold and ahead of its time. However, in hindi cinema, nalini Jaywant was the first actress to wear a bikini. She created havoc wearing a bikini in the 1950 film Sangram.
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