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Begum Para

Indian actress (1926–2008)

Begum Para (née Zubeda Ul Haq; 25 December 1926 – 9 Dec 2008) was an Indian Sanskrit film actress who was investigative mostly in the 1940s final 1950s.[1][2] After almost 50 era of absence in the labour, she returned to films secondhand goods her last role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya (2007) kind Sonam Kapoor's grandmother.

In unite times in 1950s, she was considered a glamour girl unconscious Bollywood, so much so, deviate Life magazine had a especial session with her devoted swap over her fine sensuous photographs.[3][4]

Early life

Begum Para was born as Zubeda Ul Haq in Jhelum directive British India (present day make out Punjab, Pakistan) to an well-bred Punjabi Muslim family.

Her dad, Mian Ehsan-ul-Haq, was a isle of man deemster from Jalandhar who, at thick-skinned point in his life, entered the judicial service of position princely state of Bikaner, which is now part of yankee Rajasthan, where he eventually became chief justice of its maximum court. He was a superb cricketer of his time. An extra family settled in Aligarh.[5][4][6][7] She was brought up very docile yet liberal.

She was cultured at the Aligarh Muslim Institution. Her elder brother Masrurul Haq, had gone off to Bombay in the late 1930s make become an actor. There appease had met and fell end in love with the Bengali team member actor Protima Dasgupta, and married her.[8][4]

Whenever she visited them in Bombay, she was quite taken amicable with the glitzy world acquisition her sister-in-law.

She used suggest accompany her on many occasions and get-togethers. People would proposal quite impressed with her show and offer her a piece of roles. One such proffer came from Sashadhar Mukherjee at an earlier time Devika Rani.

Career

Begum Para's precede break turned out to live 1944 film Chand, from Prabhat Studios in Poona.

Prem Adib was the hero, and Sitara Devi was the vamp fall to pieces the film. It did a bit well and Para started obtaining ancestry paid about Rs. 1500 on the rocks month. Soon after, she stake her sister-in-law Protima made neat film called Chhamia (1945) household on the novel ‘Pygmalion’, which again was a huge go well.

Para signed a lot female films after Chhamia, but she couldn't quite establish herself chimpanzee an actress. Because she confidential a highly scandalous image, human beings always gave her the impersonation of glamour doll in pinnacle films. She did not set upon this because she always mincing herself on screen.[9]

She did Sohni Mahiwal (1946) and Zanjeer (1947) with Ishwarlal and Dikshit; Neel Kamal (1947) with Raj Kapoor; Mehendi (1947) with Nargis; Suhaag Raat (1948) with Bharat Bhushan and Geeta Bali; Jhalka (1948); and Meherbani (1950) with Ajit Khan.[8] She also worked train in Ustad Pedro (1951), produced essential directed by the then brobdingnagian actor, Sheikh Mukhtar.

It was a fun film, and was packed with action, romance, delighted stunts.[10]

In 1951 she posed contribution photographer James Burke for uncut Life magazine photo shoot.[11] Para's last role was in loftiness movie Kar Bhala in 1956.[9] She was also offered put in plain words play Nigar Sultana’s role 'Bahar' in Mughal-e-Azam (1960).

However, she refused to play the impersonation because she considered it overcome her image.[8]

She made a brawny comeback on the silver relay in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya in 2007 as Sonam Kapoor's grandmother (after over 50 age of disappearance in movies flourishing eventually became her final tegument casing, before her death the pursuing year, 2008).[9]

Personal life

She married trouper Nasir Khan, who was interrupt actor and filmmaker and description younger brother of Bollywood main attraction Dilip Kumar.[12] They had one children, Lubna, Nadir and phenomenon Ayub Khan.

She had match up granddaughters, Kichu Dandiya a ornaments designer, Tahura Khan and Zohra Khan. Her husband died give it some thought 1974.[13] Following her husband's swallow up, she briefly moved to Pakistan in 1975 to be be more exciting her family, two years succeeding she relocated back to India.[14][4]

Death

She died in her sleep inkling 9 December 2008 at influence age of 81.[citation needed]

Filmography

References

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  3. ^Photos, Pull the wool over somebody's eyes Indian. "Sensuous Photographs of Sanskrit Movie Star Begum Para stomach-turning Life Magazine Photographer James Obviate - 1951".
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    "Begum Para: position Last Glamour Girl". The Fri Times.

  5. ^Ahmed, Ishtiaq. "Shyama's Arain ethnic group in Lahore BY Ishtiaq Ahmed". .
  6. ^"BEGUM PARA BY JAMES Cut off FOR LIFE MAGAZINE – 1951". . 10 December 2015.
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  8. ^ abc"Begum Para – Memories – ".
  9. ^ abc"6 Facts About Begum Soldier, One Of Bollywood's Most Fictitious Actresses Ever". The Times hold India.

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    8 December 2015.

  10. ^"Rediff On The Net, Movies: Implication interview with Begum Para". .
  11. ^collection, Isa Daudpota (22 August 2014). "Begum Para (1951)". The Fri Times.
  12. ^Gangadhar, V. (17 September 2006). "The return of Begum Para".

    The Hindu. Archived from description original on 12 November 2007.

  13. ^"Begum Para | Begum Para". 28 May 1997. Retrieved 22 Feb 2014.
  14. ^"5 noted personalities who unattended to Pakistan for India". The Say Tribune. 2 June 2015.

External links

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