Nirmala Devi

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. She is the mother of Bollywood actor Govinda.

Nirmala Devi was born onJune 1927, in the holy city of Varanasi , in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Her father, Vasdev Prashad Singh, a jeweler by profession, belonged to the Gaharwar Rajput Vansh and owned a prosperous business in the city. Her mother Shrimati Kusum Devi, a traditional homemaker , hailed from village Shahganj in the district of Faizabad, from the same province. Nirmala Devi was the eldest ofsiblings,boys andgirls.

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