Nakhat Khan grew up in a conservative Muslim household in Bombay. In the late seventies, her mother’s friend, a film producer, asked if she would let Nakhat play a small part in his film as a child artist. Her mom, a devout Muslim, reluctantly agreed to let her act.
A one-film endeavour continued into long innings. Nakhat saw early success as a child artist, receiving accolades for her role as a twelve-year-old stricken with cancer. Encouraged, she dropped out of school and carried on with acting. But sadly, there were few takers for the grown-up girl in Bollywood, the hub of Hindi cinema. But the young struggling actress wouldn’t have dreamt, even in her wildest dreams, of what was to come.
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