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Director: Kidar Nath Sharma Writers: Kidar Nath Sharma (dialogue) Rajinder Kumar Sharma (screenplay) Meena Kumari or Mahjabeen Bano (August 1, 1932 - March 31, 1972), was an Indian movie actress and poetess. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema. Pakeezah, starring Kumari and directed by her ex-husband Kamal Amrohi, took 14 years to reach the silver screen. First planned by Amrohi in 1958, the film went on the studio floors in 1964, but the shooting came to a standstill after their separation in March 1964, when it was more than halfway complete.[5] In 1969, Sunil Dutt and Nargis previewed some reels of the shelved film and convinced the estranged Amrohi and Kumari to complete it.[1] Hindustan Times described the meeting which Dutt had organised between the two: Not much was said, but streams of tears were shed... Amrohi greeted her with a token payment of a gold guinea and the promise that hed make her look as beautiful as the day she had started the film.[5] Gravelly ill, Kumari was determined to complete the film and, well aware of the limited time left for her to live, went out of her way to complete it at the earliest. Despite her rapidly deteriorating health, she gave the finishing touches to her performance. Initially, after its release in February 1972, Pakeezah opened to a lukewarm response from the public; however, after Meena Kumari's death less than two months later, people flocked to see it, making it a major box-office success. The film has since gained a cult and classic status, and Kumari's performance as a golden-hearted Lucknow prostitute drew major praise. She posthumously received her twelfth and last Filmfare nomination. Throughout her life, Kumari had a love-hate relationship with movies, and besides being a top-notch actress, she was a talented poetess, and recorded a disc of her Urdu poems, I write, I recite with music by Khayyam. She expressed her sorrows prominently in her poetry. About Kamal Amrohi she wrote: Tum kya karoge sunkar mujhse meri kahani Belutf zindagi ke kisse hain pheeke pheeke Why do you want to listen to my story: Colourless tales of a joyless life At the time of the divorce, she wrote: Talaak to de rahe ho Nazare kahar ke saath Jawani bhi mere lauta do Mehar ke saath You are divorcing me with rage in your eyes Return to me, also, my youth along with the bridal-price! She was inclined towards Dharmendra and had a close intimate relationship with him. Filmography 1) Gomti Ke Kinare (1972) .... Ganga 2) Pakeezah (1972) .... Nargis/Sahibjaan 3) Dushmun (1971) .... Malti R. Din 4) Mere Apne (1971) .... Anandi Devi/Auaji (Aunt) 5) Jawab (1970) .... Vidya 6) Saat Phere (1970) 7) Abhilasha (1968) .... Mrs. Meena Singh 8) Baharon Ki Manzil (1968) .... Nanda S. Roy/Radha Shukla 9) Bahu Begum (1967) .... Zeenat Jahan Begum 10) Chandan Ka Palna (1967) .... Shobha Rai 11) Majhli Didi (1967) .... Hemangini 'Hema' 12) Noorjehan (1967) 13) Phool Aur Patthar (1966) .... Shanti Devi 14) Pinjre Ke Panchhi (1966) .... Heena Sharma 15) Bheegi Raat (1965) 16) Jadui Angoothi (1965) 17) Kaajal (1965) .... Madhavi 18) Purnima (1965) .... Purnima V. Lal 19) Maain Bhi Ladki Hun (1964) .... Rajni 20) Benazir (1964) .... Benazir 21) Chitralekha (1964) .... Chitralekha 22) Gazal (1964) .... Naaz Ara Begum 23) Sanjh Aur Savera (1964) .... Gauri 24) Akeli Mat Jaiyo (1963) Seema 25) Dil Ek Mandir (1963) .... Sita 26) Kinare Kinare (1963)--------------------- 76) Anmol Ratan (1950) 77) Hamara Ghar (1950) 78) Magroor (1950) 79) Shri Ganesh Mahima (1950) 80) Veer Ghatotkach (1949) .... Surekha 81) Bichchade Balam (1948) 82) Piya Ghar Aaja (1947) 83) Bachchon Ka Khel (1946) 84) Duniya Ek Sarai (1946) 85) Lal Haveli (1944) 86) Pratiggya (1943) 87) Garib (1942) 88) Bahen (1941) (as Baby Meena) .... Bina 89) Kasauti (1941) 90) Nai Roshni (1941) 91) Ek Hi Bhool (1940) 92) Pooja (1940) 93) Leatherface (1939)
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