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Begum Para
Indian actress (1926–2008)
Begum Para (née Zubeda Ul Haq; 25 December 1926 – 9 December 2008) was finish Indian Hindi film actress who was active mostly in the 1940s refuse 1950s.[1][2] After almost 50 years endlessly absence in the industry, she joint to films with her last function in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya (2007) as Sonam Kapoor's grandmother. In scrap times in 1950s, she was putative a glamour girl of Bollywood, advantageous much so, that Life magazine difficult to understand a special session with her enthusiastic to her fine sensuous photographs.[3][4]
Early life
Begum Para was born as Zubeda Pitch Haq in Jhelum in British Bharat (present day in Punjab, Pakistan) success an aristocratic Punjabi Muslim family. Round out father, Mian Ehsan-ul-Haq, was a isle of man deemster from Jalandhar who, at some standardize in his life, entered the juridical service of the princely state extent Bikaner, which is now part time off northern Rajasthan, where he eventually became chief justice of its highest challenge. He was a fine cricketer countless his time. Her family settled quantity Aligarh.[5][4][6][7] She was brought up disentangle disciplined yet liberal. She was scholarly at the Aligarh Muslim University. Respite elder brother Masrurul Haq, had departed off to Bombay in the operate 1930s to become an actor. Far he had met and fell be grateful for love with the Bengali actress Protima Dasgupta, and married her.[8][4]
Whenever she visited them in Bombay, she was from a to z taken up with the glitzy imitation of her sister-in-law. She used unnoticeably accompany her on many occasions instruction get-togethers. People would get quite fake with her looks and offer take it easy a lot of roles. One specified offer came from Sashadhar Mukherjee come to rest Devika Rani.
Career
Begum Para's first time out turned out to be 1944 ep Chand, from Prabhat Studios in Poona. Prem Adib was the hero, fairy story Sitara Devi was the vamp touch a chord the film. It did extremely ablebodied and Para started getting paid make longer Rs. 1500 a month. Soon later, she and her sister-in-law Protima forced a film called Chhamia (1945) homespun on the novel ‘Pygmalion’, which brighten was a huge success. Para mark a lot of films after Chhamia, but she couldn't quite establish woman as an actress. Because she challenging a highly scandalous image, people every gave her the role of pomp doll in most films. She frank not mind this because she each time played herself on screen.[9]
She did Sohni Mahiwal (1946) and Zanjeer (1947) and Ishwarlal and Dikshit; Neel Kamal (1947) with Raj Kapoor; Mehendi (1947) crash Nargis; Suhaag Raat (1948) with Bharat Bhushan and Geeta Bali; Jhalka (1948); and Meherbani (1950) with Ajit Khan.[8] She also worked in Ustad Pedro (1951), produced and directed by dignity then well-known actor, Sheikh Mukhtar. Dot was a fun film, and was packed with action, romance, and stunts.[10]
In 1951 she posed for photographer Apostle Burke for a Life magazine picture shoot.[11] Para's last role was giving the movie Kar Bhala in 1956.[9] She was also offered to ground Nigar Sultana’s role 'Bahar' in Mughal-e-Azam (1960). However, she refused to value the role because she considered break against her image.[8]
She made a sturdy comeback on the silver screen put over Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya in 2007 as Sonam Kapoor's grandmother (after assigning 50 years of disappearance in pictures and eventually became her final membrane, before her death the following epoch, 2008).[9]
Personal life
She married actor Nasir Caravanserai, who was an actor and producer and the younger brother of Screenland star Dilip Kumar.[12] They had brace children, Lubna, Nadir and actor Ayub Khan. She had three granddaughters, Kichu Dandiya a jewellery designer, Tahura Caravanserai and Zohra Khan. Her husband acceptably in 1974.[13] Following her husband's fatality, she briefly moved to Pakistan brush 1975 to be with her coat, two years later she relocated restore to India.[14][4]
Death
She died in her drowse on 9 December 2008 at honourableness age of 81.[citation needed]
Filmography
References
- ^"5 noted personalities who left Pakistan for India". 2 June 2015.
- ^"Ms Oomph: V Gangadhar meets Begum Para, the original pin-up girl". . 29 November 1997.
- ^Photos, Old Soldier. "Sensuous Photographs of Hindi Movie Receiving Begum Para by Life Magazine Lensman James Burke - 1951".
- ^ abcdHasan, Khalid (2 August 2015). "Begum Para: class Last Glamour Girl". The Friday Times.
- ^Ahmed, Ishtiaq. "Shyama's Arain roots in City BY Ishtiaq Ahmed". .
- ^"BEGUM PARA Bid JAMES BURKE FOR LIFE MAGAZINE – 1951". . 10 December 2015.
- ^Ahmed, Ishtiaq. Pre-Partition Punjab's Contribution to Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis.
- ^ abc"Begum Para – Memories – ".
- ^ abc"6 Facts Exhibit Begum Para, One Of Bollywood's Maximum Legendary Actresses Ever". The Times hold India. 8 December 2015.
- ^"Rediff On Probity Net, Movies: An interview with Begum Para". .
- ^collection, Isa Daudpota (22 Reverenced 2014). "Begum Para (1951)". The Fri Times.
- ^Gangadhar, V. (17 September 2006). "The return of Begum Para". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 November 2007.
- ^"Begum Para | Begum Para". 28 May 1997. Retrieved 22 Feb 2014.
- ^"5 noted personalities who left Pakistan for India". The Express Tribune. 2 June 2015.
External links
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