| 1. Nargis was born as Fatima Rashid in Calcutta, Bengal, which is now known as Kolkata, West Bengal. |
| 2. Her father, Abdul Rashid alias Mohan Babu, was a wealthy Mohyal Tyagi who converted to Islam. |
| 3. Her mother, Jaddanbai, was a trained Classical Music Singer and regarded as one of the Indian Cinema pioneers. |
| 4. Nargis began her acting career at six as a child artist in the film Talashe Haq. |
| 5. She earned the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her role in Mother India (1957). |
| 6. After marrying Sunil Dutt in 1958, Nargis retired from acting. |
| 7. In 1958, she became the first Indian Actress to win an International Film award at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. |
| 8. Nargis passed away from Pancreatic Cancer on 3 May 1981, just four days before her son Sanjay Dutt's debut film Rocky. |
| 9. She was among the highest paid actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. |
| 10. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema. |
| 11. She aspired to become a doctor but her mother encouraged her to pursue acting. |
| 12. Along with her husband Sunil Dutt, she founded the Ajanta Arts Cultural Troupe to perform for Indian soldiers at remote borders. |
