Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Beautiful women of India - Leela Naidu


Leela Naidu was born in 1940.
Her father was Dr. Pattipati Ramaiah Naidu, a well known nuclear physicist from Madanapalle, Chittoor Dist., Andhra Pradesh.
And her mother was Dr. Marthe Mange Naidu, she was of Swiss-French descent.
She was a journalist and Indologist and earned her Ph.D. from the Sorbonne.

 Leelanau Naidu in 1956, at the age of 17, married Tilak Raj Oberoi, son of Mohan Singh Oberoi, the beginner of the luxury Oberoi Hotels chain.

After calling for divorce with him in1969, she was married for the second time, to Mumbai poet Dom Moraes.

She was an model and actress by profession.

She was Femina Miss India in 1954, and was featured in the Vogue along with Maharani Gayatri Devi in the list of 'World's Ten Most Beautiful Women'.

She was continuously listed from the 1950s to the 1960s in prominent fashion magazines worldwide.
She passed off at the age of 69 in Jaipur on 28th July, 2009.

She is commemorated for her stunning classical beauty and subtle acting style.

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