Leela Desai is an actor and producer in Hindi and Bengali cinema, credited on Kabuliwala (1961).
Leela Desai, aka Lila Desai, was an Indian actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She was the daughter of Umedram Lalbhai Desai and his second wife Satyabala Devi, a musician of the early 1900s.
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Filmography.
| Year | Film | Role | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Kabuliwala | Producer | Hindi |
| 1946 | Dev Kanya | Actor | Hindi |
| 1946 | Kamala | Actor | Hindi |
| 1946 | Magadraj | Actor | Hindi |
| 1946 | Maharani Minaldevi | Actor | Hindi |
| 1945 | Meghdoot | Actor | Hindi |
| 1944 | Kaliyan | Actor | Hindi |
| 1944 | Miss Devi | Actor | Hindi |
| 1944 | Mujrim | Actor | Hindi |
| 1943 | Inkaar | Actor | Hindi |
| 1943 | Paraya Dhan | Actor | Hindi |
| 1943 | Sharafat | Actor | Hindi |
| 1942 | Tamanna | Actor | Hindi |
| 1940 | Nartaki | Actor | Hindi |
| 1939 | Dushman | Actor | Hindi |
| 1939 | Kapala Kundla | Actor | Hindi |
| 1937 | Adarsh Mahila | Actor | Hindi |
| 1937 | Bidyapati | Actor | Bengali |
| 1937 | President | Actor | Hindi |
Often works with.
- Agha5 films together
- Nitin Bose5 films together
- Pankaj Mullick4 films together
- Debaki Bose3 films together
- Pahari Sanyal3 films together
- Kidar Sharma2 films together
- Kundan Lal Saigal2 films together
- Motilal2 films together
- Phani Majumdar2 films together
- Prithviraj Kapoor2 films together
- Raichand Boral2 films together
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