Thanks to actor-cousin brother, Hari Shivdasani (actress Babita's father), Sadhana, too, was drawn to the profession. The Shivdasanis saw difficult times but indulged Sadhana, named after the famed actress, Sadhana Bose, in her choice pastimes - eating golas and watching films, especially those starring her favourites, Dev Anand and Nutan. Sadhana Shivdasani's trek to stardom began when her family fled Karachi during the post-Partition riots and set up residence in the barracks near Sion, Mumbai. Hasrat Jaipuri showered epithets like Nargis-e-mastaana and Phoolon ki rani, baharon ki malika on her in Arzoo.
As the burkha-clad beauty Husna in Mere Mehboob, she inspired Shakeel Badayuni to compose Mere mehboob tujhe meri mohabbat ki kasam/ Phir mujhe un nargisi aankhon ka sahara de de. Tu jahan jahan chalega, mera saaya saath hoga Mere mehboob tujhe meri mohabbat ki kasam Sadhana once told me, "R K Nayyar, and later my husband said they loved my nose - one could land a helicopter on it!" She added with characteristic candour, "I was attractive but never beautiful."Ībhi na jaao chhodkar, ke dil abhi bhara nahin She was a gamine, fragile beauty in the Audrey Hepburn-Leslie Caron mould (think Gigi) - heart-breakingly waifish or heart-stoppingly glamorous. She was also an undervalued actress who bared her soul in two Bimal Roy films and was tantalisingly enigmatic in Woh Kaun Thi and Mera Saaya. Best-tressed of the 1960s heroines, Sadhana was more than just that sophisti-cut fringe or the mascot of many a shot-in-colour-in-Kashmir musical.
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