Mumbai: Google on Tuesday paid tributes to the legendary actor-dancer Zohra Sehgal by dedicating a special doodle to her that perfectly captures the screen icon’s joie de vivre.
On this day in 1946, “Neecha Nagar”, starring Sehgal, was released at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Palme d’Or prize. The movie, according to Google is Indian cinema’s first international critical success.
Illustrated by guest artist Parvati Pillai, the doodle shows the late actor’s sketch replacing the O of ‘GOOGLE’ and showing one of her iconic dance step from the song ‘Jiya Jale’ from Mani Ratnam-directed “Dil Se”.
Born on April 27, 1912 in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh in a traditional Muslim family, Sehgal grew up in Chakrata, Uttarakhand and was sent to Lahore for higher education.
Sehgal started her career as a dancer with Uday Shankar in 1935. She had appeared in many Bollywood…