{"id":270394,"date":"2025-11-08T17:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/270394\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T17:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:21:14","slug":"she-came-from-tibet-changed-religion-lived-in-an-orphanage-and-became-a-star-alongside-raj-kapoor-dilip-kumar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/270394\/","title":{"rendered":"She Came From Tibet, Changed Religion, Lived In An Orphanage, And Became A Star Alongside Raj Kapoor &#038; Dilip Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-2025-11-08T125659.755-2025-11-0f65de09882307f9adff555d763a8f38.jpg\" alt=\"Fate can take anyone anywhere, and that was the case with this 40s actress, who had never imagined that her life full of twists and turns would land her in front of the cameras.\" title=\"Fate can take anyone anywhere, and that was the case with this 40s actress, who had never imagined that her life full of twists and turns would land her in front of the cameras.\" class=\"jsx-4640df8826b8c323\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Fate can take anyone anywhere, and that was the case with this 40s actress, who had never imagined that her life full of twists and turns would land her in front of the cameras.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-08-at-12.57.30-2025-11-a015170b7a807cf2d9143b7da8cbe57a.jpeg\" alt=\"She came from Tibet and was raised in an orphanage. After she made her debut in Hindi cinema, she went on to work with legends like Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. Any guesses who she was?\" title=\"She came from Tibet and was raised in an orphanage. After she made her debut in Hindi cinema, she went on to work with legends like Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. Any guesses who she was?\" class=\"jsx-4640df8826b8c323 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> She came from Tibet and was raised in an orphanage. After she made her debut in Hindi cinema, she went on to work with legends like Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. Any guesses who she was?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-08-at-12.58.06-2025-11-c041afff645ea2655f32ceadaeab4427.jpeg\" alt=\"Her screen name was Latika. She was born as Hungu Lamu. Her father was an Australian, and her mother was from Tibet.\" title=\"Her screen name was Latika. She was born as Hungu Lamu. Her father was an Australian, and her mother was from Tibet.\" class=\"jsx-4640df8826b8c323 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Her screen name was Latika. She was born as Hungu Lamu. Her father was an Australian, and her mother was from Tibet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-08-at-12.59.22-2025-11-fc7c09d0c7bfa0a4df7541d9e0a19070.jpeg\" alt=\"She lost her father at a young age. Then, her mother remarried, and she was placed in a Scottish missionary orphanage, where she converted to Christianity.\" title=\"She lost her father at a young age. Then, her mother remarried, and she was placed in a Scottish missionary orphanage, where she converted to Christianity.\" class=\"jsx-4640df8826b8c323 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> She lost her father at a young age. Then, her mother remarried, and she was placed in a Scottish missionary orphanage, where she converted to Christianity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-2025-11-08T130006.172-2025-11-11f2f7873ceaa9847b0af5dc45cb7c8e.jpg\" alt=\"Her life took a turn when her stepfather moved the family to Mumbai for his transfer. \" title=\"Her life took a turn when her stepfather moved the family to Mumbai for his transfer. \" class=\"jsx-4640df8826b8c323 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Her life took a turn when her stepfather moved the family to Mumbai for his transfer. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-2025-11-08T130100.247-2025-11-d5803b872eed4bdf95ef4cec97763f4a.jpg\" alt=\"While Latika never had any aspirations of becoming an actress, a neighbour of hers, who was a Kathak dancer, piqued her interest. She soon dreamt of entering the film industry.\" title=\"While Latika never had any aspirations of becoming an actress, a neighbour of hers, who was a Kathak dancer, piqued her interest. She soon dreamt of entering the film industry.\" class=\"jsx-4640df8826b8c323 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> While Latika never had any aspirations of becoming an actress, a neighbour of hers, who was a Kathak dancer, piqued her interest. She soon dreamt of entering the film industry.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-08-at-13.01.48-2025-11-5b6809864045ffaf51697945db670fb6.jpeg\" alt=\"One fine day, she reached the Minerva Studio with the same dancer, who had inspired her. There, she met actor, director, and producer Sohrab Modi, a popular figure in the industry during the \u201830s and \u201860s.\" title=\"One fine day, she reached the Minerva Studio with the same dancer, who had inspired her. There, she met actor, director, and producer Sohrab Modi, a popular figure in the industry during the \u201830s and \u201860s.\" class=\"jsx-4640df8826b8c323 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> One fine day, she reached the Minerva Studio with the same dancer, who had inspired her. There, she met actor, director, and producer Sohrab Modi, a popular figure in the industry during the \u201830s and \u201860s.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-08-at-13.02.17-2025-11-8b5256cb54466ce8524ba6459496372c.jpeg\" alt=\"Sohrab Modi was the one who had named her Latika. He offered her the 1944 film Parakh.\" title=\"Sohrab Modi was the one who had named her Latika. He offered her the 1944 film Parakh.\" class=\"jsx-4640df8826b8c323 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Sohrab Modi was the one who had named her Latika. He offered her the 1944 film Parakh.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-2025-11-08T130447.131-2025-11-19f439bffc75bfaaf86b643a27f270c1.jpg\" alt=\"Latika\u2019s acting impressed people, and soon she was roped in for several projects. Over the course of her career, Latika worked with legendary actors Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar.\" title=\"Latika\u2019s acting impressed people, and soon she was roped in for several projects. Over the course of her career, Latika worked with legendary actors Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar.\" class=\"jsx-4640df8826b8c323 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Latika\u2019s acting impressed people, and soon she was roped in for several projects. Over the course of her career, Latika worked with legendary actors Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-2025-11-08T130542.061-2025-11-d0673de6fbb50e1166309c202ba1b02f.jpg\" alt=\"Between 1944 and 1949, she appeared in films such as Jugnu, starring Dilip Kumar, Noor Jehan, and Shashikala Jawalkar. The film was directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi.\" title=\"Between 1944 and 1949, she appeared in films such as Jugnu, starring Dilip Kumar, Noor Jehan, and Shashikala Jawalkar. The film was directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi.\" class=\"jsx-4640df8826b8c323 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Between 1944 and 1949, she appeared in films such as Jugnu, starring Dilip Kumar, Noor Jehan, and Shashikala Jawalkar. The film was directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-08-at-13.07.57-2025-11-269880c19a0210e445afeaeeba76f740.jpeg\" alt=\"She worked in the 1948 film Gopinath, starring opposite Raj Kapoor. The film, directed and produced by Mahesh Kaul, also featured Tripti Mitra.\" title=\"She worked in the 1948 film Gopinath, starring opposite Raj Kapoor. The film, directed and produced by Mahesh Kaul, also featured Tripti Mitra.\" class=\"jsx-4640df8826b8c323 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> She worked in the 1948 film Gopinath, starring opposite Raj Kapoor. The film, directed and produced by Mahesh Kaul, also featured Tripti Mitra.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-08-at-13.08.54-2025-11-c64de5964ba8bea4c2b31e00eac76a0c.jpeg\" alt=\"A few years after her stint in the industry, she married popular comedian Gop and chose love over limelight. She bid adieu to the world of cinema.\" title=\"A few years after her stint in the industry, she married popular comedian Gop and chose love over limelight. She bid adieu to the world of cinema.\" class=\"jsx-4640df8826b8c323 lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p> A few years after her stint in the industry, she married popular comedian Gop and chose love over limelight. She bid adieu to the world of cinema.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fate can take anyone anywhere, and that was the case with this 40s actress, who had never imagined&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[4073,49,48,361,75,124147],"class_list":{"0":"post-270394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bollywood","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-latika"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}