
Controversies & scandals
Geeta Bali: all 2 major controversies
Each controversy of Geeta Bali's life and career, explained on its own page — what was alleged, what was proven, and what was only ever a rumour.
- 1Documented1964–1965The fatal shoot of RanoGeeta Bali contracted smallpox while shooting the Punjabi film Rano, which she had insisted on completing, and died within days in January 1965 at just 34.
- 2Documented1955A star marrying a not-yet-starWhen Geeta Bali married Shammi Kapoor in 1955 she was the bigger star of the two; his own superstardom came only afterwards, and her early death left him devastated.