The emotion that emboldens her is gratitude. Having lost her writer husband S Ali Raza in 2007, she’s accepted the reality of living alone. No tales of heartbreak define her narrative. She laughs as she reveals her unabashed admiration for Dilip Kumar, her vibe with Raj Kapoor. The Lucknowi Urdu, is intact and so is her penchant for shayri.
![shamshad begum virginia dss shamshad begum virginia dss](https://i1.wp.com/www.lyricsbogie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dil-ki-duniya-title-lyrics.jpg)
Today, her face holds a resonance of yesterday. K Asif’s colossal but time-lagged love and God is remembered perhaps for an odd reason – the stills of the film remain the hard copies of Nimmi’s beauty. The larger-than-life histrionics eventually gave way to mellow performances in films like Sohrab Modi’s Kundan and V Raman’s Bhai Bhai. While she went on to play heroine to Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand, it was her tragic chemistry with Dilip Kumar in Deedar, Daag, Amar and Udan Khatola that made her the delight of the ticket-window and tabloids. The second lead in Barsaat, she walked away with all the hit songs and the sympathy. In an age, dominated by statuesque beauties like Nargis, Madhubala, Meena Kumari and Vyjayanthimala, came in the petite and crystal-eyed Nimmi. The 1950s… where music, poetry, romance… all serenaded hope in a neo-independent nation.
![shamshad begum virginia dss shamshad begum virginia dss](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NVgCt3cDHyk/mqdefault.jpg)
As an ode to her, Filmfare presents to you our last interview with her, read on… The actress’ captivating smile still remains fresh in the minds of the audience. She was 88 and had been ailing for some time. The last rites of the actress took place this afternoon. Nimmi acted in films from 1949 to 1965 and has some memorable films to her name like Barsaat, Aan Udan Khatola, Basant Bahar Mere Mehboob and Love and God.
![shamshad begum virginia dss shamshad begum virginia dss](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mjg9nNULK3g/maxresdefault.jpg)
Veteran actress Nimmi passed away in a local hospital in Mumbai on March 25, 2020. Fatahbad (Agra), UTTAR PRADESH / Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA :