The Shyam Benegal film Trikal featured Leela Naidu, Neena Gupta, Aneeta Kanwar and Soni Razdan
with Ila Arun, Sushma Prakash, Sabira Merchant, Jean Simeon and Alisha Chinai
Compiled by Vikram Phukan
Leela Naidu, recently deceased, and once included in LIFE magazine's list of the most beautiful women in the world.
Neena Gupta, one of the first television superstars, who quietly walked away with two of Shyam Benegal's films. This one, and Sooraj Ka Saatvan Ghoda.
Alisha Chinai, top of the charts in the near future, performs a peppy Goan number with Remo Fernandez.
Sushma Prakash made a splash in TV commercials of the 80s that called for wholesome women with an air of independence about them. That's about it.
Ila Arun was often called upon to deliver bawdy lines, and sing them. She did shine in some of her more atypical roles, Mahesh Bhatt's Swayam and in Rukmavati Ki Haveli, adapted from Lorca.
Soni Razdan, famous for her walk-on cameos in Mahesh Bhatt films. Her best role was in Sturla Gunnarsson's Such A Long Journey.
Sabira Merchant - what's the good word, anyone? Slightly stilted on film, coming off as she did from the theatre. Never got to play her dream role, that of Mrs Gandhi.
