Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Meena Kumari

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Jun 25, 2012, 4:19:47 PM (12 years ago)

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+'''Meena Kumari (1933-72)'''
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+Hindi-Urdu star born in Bombay; daughter of
+the Parsee theatre actor, singer and music
+teacher Ali Bux and the dancer Iqbal Begum.
+Having hit upon hard times and living near the
+Rooptara Studios, Ali Bux sought to get his
+three daughters into films. The middle
+daughter, Mahajabeen, was hired aged 6, renamed
+Baby Meena and cast by Vijay Bhatt in
+Leatherface. Later, for Bhatt’s big musical
+Baiju Bawra, she was named Meena Kumari.
+Acted in mythologicals by e.g. Homi Wadia
+and Nanabhai Bhatt. Best known in the 50s
+for comedies (Miss Mary) and socials
+(Parineeta), even appearing in Do Bigha
+Zameen. Her main persona was constructed
+via Kamal Amrohi’s Daera, Bimal Roy’s
+Yahudi and Guru Dutt’ Sahib Bibi Aur
+Ghulam, culminating in her most famous film,
+Pakeezah. Deploying the image of the
+‘innocent’ courtesan first developed by
+Zubeida, her arched body, limpid eyes and
+tremulous voice combined with the lavish sets
+and costumes to create the classic image of the
+exotic Oriental, an icon achieved by mixing the
+Urdu stage historical with European neoclassical
+ornamentation (cf. Aga Hashr
+Kashmiri), e.g. in the mise en scene of the Na
+jao saiyan song in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam.
+Married Amrohi, director of her best work, but
+then broke with him in 1964. The couple
+eventually completed the film they had jointly
+conceived, Pakeezah, in 1971 just before her
+death. Her off-screen life extended her image
+as the lovelorn woman who drowns her
+passion in drink. Wrote poems in Urdu using
+the pen-name Naaz, a collection of which,
+Tanha Chand [The Solitary Moon], compiled
+by Gulzar, was published after her death. In
+their Women Writing in India (vol. 2, 1993),
+which includes one of the star’s poems, Susie
+Tharu and K. Lalitha describe her as ‘an
+exceptionally beautiful and talented actress,
+always dressed in white’, and they quote Afeefa
+Banu’s comment that she is ‘an object of
+fantasy and a motif of melancholy’.
+
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1939: Leatherface; 1940:
+Ek Hi Bhool; Pooja; 1941: Kasauti; Bahen;
+Nai Roshni; 1942: Garib; 1943: Pratigya;
+1944: Lal Haveli; 1946: Bachchon Ka Khel;
+Duniya Ek Sarai; 1947: Piya Ghar Aaja; 1948:
+Bichhade Balam; 1949: Veer Ghatotkach;
+1950: Magroor; Shri Ganesh Mahima; Hamara
+Ghar; 1951: Hanuman Pataal Vijay; Lakshmi
+Narayan; Madhosh; Sanam; 1952: Alladdin
+And The Wonderful Lamp; Baiju Bawra;
+Tamasha; 1953: Daera; Dana Pani; Do
+Bigha Zameen; Footpath; Naulakha Haar;
+Parineeta; 1954: Baadbaan; Chandni
+Chowk; Ilzaam; 1955: Adl-e-Jehangir; Azad;
+Bandish; Rukhsana; 1956: Bandhan; Ek Hi
+Raasta; Halaku; Mem Sahib; Naya Andaz;
+Shatranj; 1957: Miss Mary; Sharada; 1958:
+Farishta; Sahara; Savera; Yahudi; 1959:
+Ardhangini; Chand; Char Dil Char
+Raahein; Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan; Jagir;
+Madhu; Satta Bazaar; Shararat; 1960:
+Bahana; Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi; Kohinoor;
+1961: Bhabhi Ki Chudiyan; Pyar Ka Sagar;
+Zindagi Aur Khwab; 1962: Aarti; Main Chup
+Rahungi; Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam; 1963:
+Akeli Mat Jaiyo; Dil Ek Mandir; Kinare Kinare;
+1964: Benazir; Chitralekha; Ghazal; Main
+Bhi Ladki Hoon; Sanjh Aur Savera; 1965:
+Bheegi Raat; Kajal; Purnima; 1966: Phool Aur
+Patthar; Pinjre Ke Panchhi; 1967: Bahu
+Begum; Chandan Ka Palna; Manjhli Didi;
+Noorjehan; 1968: Abhilasha; Baharon Ki
+Manzil; 1970: Jawab; Saat Phere; 1971:
+Dushman; Mere Apne;Pakeezah; 1972:
+Gomti Ke Kinare.
+
+[[Actor]]