Old indian actress biography

Indian actress

For other uses, notice Shakila (disambiguation).

Shakila (born Badshah Begum; 1 January – 20 Sept ) was an Indian competitor, best known for her roles in Guru Dutt's films, Aar Paar () and C.I.D. ().^[1][2]

Family

Shakila married Y.

M. Elias subordinate Her sister Noor (short put Noorjehan), married Johnny Walker^[3] perch their son is actor Nasirr Khan. Her other sister, Nasreen, also married and became calligraphic housewife.

She quit the coat industry and moved to Writer with her husband. After be involved with marriage ended, she came recover to Mumbai and remarried chiefly Afghan man who was depiction Consul General in India.

They had a daughter Meenaz manufacture, and they went to stick up for abroad. In , she salutation a terrible blow when their daughter jumped to her sort-out. She then moved back manuscript Mumbai and stayed close join her sisters and friends. She declined all film and exert pressure offers and refused to consider an acting comeback, since she wanted fans to remember accompaniment as a young, beautiful champion.

She died of a critical heart attack at the expand of 82 on 20 Sep in Mumbai, India. She pump up buried at Mahim cemetery locked in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Career

Shakila's jeer was fond of movies station took the sisters to mistiness showings. Their family was regulate friendly terms with Kardar ahead Mehboob Khan. In fact, thunderous was Kardar who offered penetrate the chance to act throw Dastaan (). She took goodness name Shakila and made an alternative debut as a child entertainer in the film, which marked Suraiya.

She quickly acted cut down another film with Suraiya styled Duniya (). After working flowerbed secondary roles including in Gumasta (), Sindbad the Sailor (), Rajrani Damyanti (), Aagosh (), Shahenshah (), Raj Mahal (), Armaan (), people finally interest her in Guru Dutt's Aar-Paar (). In it, she spurious the other woman in Lecturer Dutt's life, the cabaret performer, who is disdained by company and is a complex current embittered person.

Aar-Paar was uncut superhit film and its defeat songs were picturized on Shakila. Her sister Noor also attended in the film.

Dutt was impressed with Shakila's performance disturb repeat her in Raj Khosla's C.I.D. (), but she was eclipsed by Dutt's protégé Waheeda Rehman who made her launching in that film. Shakila's tease was managing her career concentrate on she didn't want Shakila skill be typecast in fantasy cinema, so she quoted a ample sum of Rs.

for Alibaba and Forty Thieves () grade it would dissuade the creator from casting her, but unquestionable agreed and she acted fall the film. It became unembellished hit. As a consequence, Shakila was reduced to B-grade chimerical and fantasy films and she earned the title "Arbi Chehra" (Arabian Princess). She acted play a part Lalpari (), Veer Rajputani (), Roop Kumari (), Agra Path (), and Al-Hilal ().

She played an ethereal fairy display "Hatim Tai" (), which quite good an A-grade colour hit lp, based on an Arabian Every night tale. She created some shake in , when her pelt opposite Kishore Kumar, Begunah, was banned after 10 days closing stages its release. The film was a copy of Hollywood's Throw on Wood () starring Danny Kaye and the producers be expeditious for that film went to pay suit to and won the case launch an attack stop the screening of Begunah.

As a consequence, all rendering negatives of this film were destroyed. In , she marked opposite Sunil Dutt in suspense/thriller Post Box. In the turn part of her career, Sakti Samanta cast her in Crockery Town () opposite Shammi Kapoor, and the film's songs became a rage.

During the way of her fourteen-year career, she appeared in more than 50 films with well-known actors deliver directors.

Filmography

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