Bela Bose was a classical dancer and Bollywood actress who started her film career while still in school. She first faced the camera at the age of 14 when she went uncredited for featuring as a background dancer in Bhagam Bhag in 1956. She got her big break in Raj Kapoor’s Main Nashe Mein Hoon in 1959 after which she went on to play lead as well as supporting roles in Sautela Bhai (1962), Hawa Mahal (1962), Professor (1962) and Amrapali (1966), Shikar (1968), Yeh Gulistan Hamara (1972), and Jai Santoshi Maa (1975). She was married to Bollywood actor Ashish Kumar.