Google Doodle features Zohra Segal, Bollywood's iconic actress and dancer

Over the years, India has recognised Zohra Segal's prolific contributions with some of the nation's highest awards: the Padma Shri (1998), the Kalidas Samman (2001), and the Padma Vibhushan (2010)

Today’s Google Doodle celebrates Indian actress and dancer Zohra Segal, one of the country’s first female actors to achieve recognition on the international stage. This day marks the anniversary of the release of her 1946 film Neecha Nagar at the Cannes International Film Festival.

Widely considered Indian cinema’s first international critical success, Neecha Nagar won the festival's highest honor: the Palme d’Or prize.

Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan was born on April 27, 1912, in Saharanpur, British India. She attended a prestigious ballet school in Dresden, Germany, in her early 20s and later toured internationally with the Indian dance pioneer