Akhtar pays a grand tribute

On the 87th birth anniversary of late actress Nirupa Roy on Friday, veteran lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar said she was the most iconic onscreen mother that Bollywood has seen. In the forthcoming episode of Zee Bollywood’s Classic Legends Season 5, Akhtar paid tribute to the actress and said, “Be it Leela Chitnis, Durga Khote or Achala Sachdev, there are many actresses in the industry who started their career as the young heroines and later specialised in playing the mother’s role. But it was Nirupa Roy who captured million of hearts with her on-screen roles of mother. She is an iconic mother of Bollywood.”

From playing mythological characters to becoming an on-screen mother to various artistes, Roy featured in over 200 movies and won many awards for her remarkable performances. Javed added, “When she portrayed the character of Goddess on screen, she looked like a mother and when she used to become mother in films, she always turned out looking like a Goddess.”After entertaining the audience for over five decades, Roy died in 2004.