She starred opposite Shashi Kapoor in Columbia Pictures' Siddhartha, an English-language movie based on the novel by Hermann Hesse. During the 1960s and '70s, she was in several notable Indian films, working with leading directors such as Mehboob Khan's Son of India, Raj Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker (1970), Satyajit Ray in Aranyer Din Ratri ( Days and Nights in the Forest), Mrinal Sen in Padatik ( The Guerilla Fighter) and Raj Khosla in Do Badan. Her performance was good enough for her to fetch many more film offers. A 15-year-old, Garewal made her debut alongside Feroz Khan in this film in 1962. Her fluency in the English language induced the makers of the English-language film Tarzan Goes to India to offer her a role. Film and television career Īfter spending much of her childhood in England, Garewal returned to India while a teenager.
Simi grew up in England and studied at Newland House School with her sister Amrita. Simi's mother Darshi and Pamela's father Mohinder Singh were siblings. Simi is a cousin of Pamela Chopra, wife of film-maker Yash Chopra.
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