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{{short description|Indian actress (1929–1981)}}
{{About|the Indian actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Nargis
| native_name        = 
| image              = Nargis, Best Actress for Raat Aur Din.jpg
| image_size         = 
| caption            = Nargis, {{circa|1968}}
| birth_name         = Fatima Rashid
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|06|01}}
| birth_place        = [[Calcutta]], British India
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=yes|1981|05|03|1929|06|01}}
| death_place        = [[Bombay]], India
| resting_place      = [[Bada Qabrastan Mumbai]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|politician}}
| years_active       = 1935–1936<br />1942–1968
| works              = [[Nargis filmography|Full list]]
| other_names        = {{plainlist|
* Nargis Dutt
* Nirmala Dutt
* Baby<ref name="Meena & Nargis">{{cite web |title=Why Nargis said 'Meena, Maut Mubarak Ho!' |website=The Times of India |date=2 December 2018 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/why-nargis-said-meena-maut-mubarak-ho/articleshow/66898473.cms |access-date=2 December 2018}}</ref>
* Baby Nargis<ref name="indianexpress.com"/>
}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Sunil Dutt]]|1958}}
| children           = 3, including [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Priya Dutt]]
| mother             = [[Jaddanbai]]
| family             = [[List of Hindi film clans#Dutt family (of Sunil Dutt)|Dutt family]] (by marriage)
| awards             = {{ubl|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] (1958)|[[National Film Award]] (1968)}}
| honours            = [[Padma Shri]] (1958)
| module             = {{Infobox officeholder
| embed              = yes
| office             = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| termstart          = 3 April 1980
| termend            = 3 May 1981
| predecessor        = [[Vidya Prakash Dutt]]
| successor          = [[Asima Chatterjee]]
| nominator          = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
| constituency       = [[List of nominated members of Rajya Sabha|Nominated (Arts)]]
}}
}}

'''Nargis Dutt'''<ref name="indianexpress.com"/><ref name=raj>{{cite web |url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/publ/pandp/book2.htm |title=NOMINATED MEMBERS OF THERAJYASABHA |access-date=19 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501143356/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/publ/pandp/book2.htm |archive-date=1 May 2009}}</ref> (born '''Fatima Rashid''', also known as '''Nirmala Dutt'''; 1 June 1929 – 3 May 1981) known mononyomusly as '''Nargis''' was an Indian actress and politician who worked in [[Hindi cinema]]. Regarded as one of the finest and greatest actresses in the history of [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sanjay Dutt writes a heartfelt note for mom Nargis Dutt on her 39th death anniversary {{!}} Entertainment - Times of India Videos |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/hindi/sanjay-dutt-writes-a-heartfelt-note-for-mom-nargis-dutt-on-her-39th-death-anniversary/videoshow/75519137.cms |access-date=5 September 2021 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> Nargis often portrayed sophisticated and independent women in a range of genres, from [[screwball comedy]] to literary drama. She was among the highest paid actresses of the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name="ever" />

In a career spanning three decades, Nargis made her screen debut in a minor role at the age of six with ''[[Talashe Haq|Talash-E-Haq]]'' (1935),<ref name="Ghosh">{{Cite web |last=Ghosh |first=Biswadeep |date=3 May 2019 |title=Nargis Dutt: The woman and the actress |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/obituary/nargis-dutt-the-woman-and-the-actress |access-date=5 September 2021 |website=National Herald |language=en}}</ref> but her acting career actually began with the film ''[[Tamanna (1942 film)|Tamanna]]'' (1942).<ref name="The Economic Times">{{Cite news |title=Nargis Dutt: From a child actor to 'Mother India' |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/nargis-dutt-from-a-child-actor-to-mother-india/articleshow/47500212.cms?from=mdr |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref> Nargis had her first leading role with ''[[Taqdeer (1943 film)|Taqdeer]]'' (1943). Nargis had her breakthrough with the romance film {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Andaz (1949 film)|Andaz]]}} (1949) and the musical ''[[Barsaat (1949 film)|Barsaat]]'' (1949). Following this she starred in [[Raj Kapoor|Raj Kapoor's]] crime drama ''[[Awaara]]'' (1951), which was a major critical and financial success. After a brief setback in the early 1950s, she reemerged with the comedy-drama ''[[Shree 420]]'' (1955) and the romantic comedy ''[[Chori Chori (1956 film)|Chori Chori]]'' (1956). Nargis starred in [[Mehboob Khan]]'s Oscar-nominated epic drama ''[[Mother India]]'' (1957), the [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest-grossing film in India]] at that point of time, for which she won [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]]. Her last film was the drama ''[[Raat Aur Din]]'' (1967), for which she received the inaugural [[National Film Award for Best Actress]].

Nargis married her ''Mother India'' co-star [[Sunil Dutt]] in 1958. Together they had three children, including the actor [[Sanjay Dutt]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 June 2021 |title=The Nargis and Sunil Dutt love story: When he saved her from fire and she found the love of her life |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/the-nargis-and-sunil-dutt-love-story-when-he-saved-her-from-fire-and-she-found-the-love-of-her-life-101622508383898.html |access-date=5 September 2021 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> Along with her husband, Nargis formed the Ajanta Arts Culture Troupe which hired several leading actors and singers of the time and held stage shows at border areas. In the early 1970s, Nargis became the first patron of [[The Spastic Society of India]] and her subsequent work with the organisation brought her recognition as a social worker and later a [[Rajya Sabha]] nomination in 1980.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Nargis Dutt: Lesser known facts |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/nargis-dutt-lesser-known-facts/photostory/47496947.cms |access-date=5 September 2021 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

Nargis died in 1981 of [[pancreatic cancer]], only three days before her son Sanjay Dutt made his debut in [[Hindi films]] with the film ''[[Rocky (1981 film)|Rocky]]''.<ref name="The Economic Times"/> In 1982, the ''Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Foundation'' was established in her memory. The award for Best Feature Film on National Integration in the Annual Film Awards ceremony is called the [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration|Nargis Dutt Award]] in her honour. In 2011, ''[[Rediff.com]]'' listed her as the greatest Indian actress of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nargis' 86th Birthday |url=https://doodles.google/doodle/nargis-86th-birthday/ |access-date=5 September 2021 |publisher=Google |language=en}}</ref>