Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Gohar Kayoum Mamajiwala

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Jun 23, 2012, 6:58:47 AM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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+'''Gohar Kayoum Mamajiwala''' (1910-85)
+Mainly silent Hindi actress often billed as the
+Glorious Gohar. Born in Lahore. Daughter of
+actress; started on the stage as a child. Major
+star at Kohinoor. Left with Chandulal Shah
+to form Jagdish Film and then Ranjit. Her first
+hit was Homi Master’s Lanka Ni Laadi.
+Acted in several Master films in roles especially
+scripted for her by Mohanlal Dave with strong
+roots in popular Gujarati serial novels. Shah
+later used her screen persona for his famous
+satires on Gujarat’s urban business
+communities in Gohar’s best-known silents,
+Typist Girl/Why I Became a Christian and
+Gunsundari/Why Husbands Go Astray.
+Some later films, esp. those alongside Raja
+Sandow, developed mythological associations,
+e.g. Betaab’s scripts (Sati Savitri,
+Vishwamohini). Other films, in which she plays
+the upper-class socialite opposite the suave
+heroics of the brothers Bilimoria (Toofani
+Taruni, Barrister’s Wife) were important
+items in Ranjit’s popular film-novelettes.
+
+'''
+FILMOGRAPHY''': 1925: Baap Kamai; Ghar
+Jamai; Lanka Ni Laadi; 1926: Briefless
+Barrister; Lakho Vanjaro; Mumtaz Mahal;
+Prithvi Putra; Ra Kawat; Samrat Shiladitya;
+Sati Jasma; Shirin Farhad; Telephone Ni
+Taruni; Delhi No Thug; Typist Girl; Mena
+Kumari; 1927: Bhaneli Bhamini;
+Gunsundari; Sati Madri; Sindh Ni Sumari;
+1928: Grihalakshmi; Vishwamohini; 1929:
+Bhikharan; Chandramukhi; Pati Patni;
+Rajputani; 1930: Pahadi Kanya; Raj Lakshmi;
+Diwani Dilbar (all St); 1931: Devi Devayani;
+1932: Radha Rani; Sati Savitri; Sheilbala;
+1933: Miss 1933; Vishwamohini; 1934: Tara
+Sundari; Toofani Taruni; Gunsundari; 1935:
+Barrister’s Wife; Desh Dasi; Keemti
+Aansoo; 1936: Prabhu Ka Pyara; Sipahi
+Ki Sajni/Sipahini Sajni; 1937: Pardesi
+Pankhi; 1940: Achhut.
+
+[[Actor]]