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Vyjayanthimala is the first South Indian actress who made it big in Bollywood and also opened the floodgates for agile and beauteous South Indian actresses (from Hema Malini to Aishwarya Rai) to capture the HIndi film industry.Immensely popular and a perceptive actress to boot especially in her 1960s, Vyjayanthimala's big ticket was Nagin (1954), where she acted opposite Pradeep Kumar; however, it was Devdas (1955) opposite Dilip Kumar that confirmed her stardom.Vyjayanthimala was romantically linked to Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor. She married Chamanlal Bali and bid goodbye to films and moved to Chennai. In the age of 5 she performed in front of Pope