8. Kalpana Kartik -- Baazi
Guru Dutt's uber-cool directorial debut saw suave street gambler Madan (Dev Anand) being sucked into a vortex of evil, with only the love of a noble lady doctor keeping him going.
The film remains eminently admirable, and Kartik's portrayal of Dr Rajani is so wonderfully self-assured that it's hard to believe the film is her first.
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