Bimal Roy’s Biraj Bahu (1954) based on Saratchandra Chattopadhyay’s novel remains a high spot in Kamini Kaushal’s life and career. Her portrayal as Biraj, the unwavering wife, who tries to keep her family together through distress, not only won her the Filmfare Award, it perhaps resonated her personal turmoil. In a strange twist of circumstance, Kamini was asked to marry her brother-in-law B.S.Sood after her older sister Usha died in a car accident. She was regarded as an ‘ideal’ second mother to Usha’s orphaned girls.