Nirmala Devi, also known as Nirmala Arun, was an Indian film actress in the 1940s and a Hindustani classical vocalist of the Patiala Gharana, in far northern India.
Background
Nirmala Devi was born on 7 June 1927, in the holy city of Varanasi (then known as Banares), in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Her father, Vasdev Prashad Singh, a jeweler by profession, belonged to the Gaharwar Rajput Vansh (Gaharwar Rajput Clan) and owned a prosperous business in the city.
Career
She is the mother of Bollywood actor Govinda. Nirmala Devi was the wife of the 1940s actor Arun Kumar Ahuja. She has six children, including Indian film actor Govinda and film director Kirti Kumar.
She died in 1996.
Devi Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985) Bawarchi (1972) Zara Bachke (1959) Shama Parwana (1954).