- She recounted how Filmistan studios was like a wasteland when she took over for her husband Tolaram Jalan'. It was getting just about five shifts a month of business. Paanwallahs and dhobis used the premises for all their activity while ironmongers conducted business from there. Neena recalled clearing nearly 1,000 truckloads of garbage. She then got a compound wall and a gate constructed and made all illegal inhabitants move out. She got the make-up rooms and other services back in working order. She beautified the premises with flowers and greenery. And with one masterstroke, opened the newly-finished studio at a 20 per cent discount. She soon began to get five shifts a day.
- When she was young, she liked going on picnics and writing Hindi poetry.
- She is the Vice Chairperson of the Dadasaheb Phalke Film Academy.
- She married film financier Tolaram Jalan, owner of Filmistan studios, and then quit acting in films.
- Her father was a barrister and wanted to train her as either a lawyer or a medico. Being free, happy- go-lucky and jovial, Neena was able to break the conventions in the family. The family is a conservative type and her elder sisters have all been married. Her father found her a different type and could not bring her to his way of thinking and ultimately agreed to her choosing the career she liked. That was how she has become a film actress.
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