According to media reports, it was because of the growing closeness of Meena Kumari and Dharmendra that Kamal Amrohi did not cast her opposite Meena Kumari, after which Rajkumar played the lead role in the film.Īt the same time, when Dharmendra was asked about this during an interview, ‘Kamal Amrohi did not cast you in Pakeezah because Meena Kumari was in it?’ In response, Dharmendra said, ‘People are jealous of me, man’. While Meena Kumari was the lead heroine in this film, Dharmendra was to be signed for the hero. The magic of the film’s story and music was said by the people. People liked the film ‘Pakeezah’ very much. Due to the closeness of Dharmendra and Meena Kumari, director Kamal Amrohi did not cast Dharmendra in the film ‘Pakeezah’. There was a lot of discussion about the affair of both of them. According to media reports, Meena Kumari, the tragedy queen of Hindi cinema, had a hand in Dharmendra’s success. Dharmendra started his career in Bollywood with the film ‘Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere’, after which he never looked back. He worked in more than one film in Bollywood in the 70s.
Shortly after her passing, the public took a renewed interest in 'Pakeezah' and the film subsequently went on to become a hit.Dharmendra, the famous actor of Hindi cinema, always won the hearts of people with his special style. Elizabeth's Nursing Home, but passed away on Madue to liver problems. A few weeks later Meena was hospitalized in St. 'Pakeezah' was finally completed and released on 4 February 1972, but flopped at the box office. Neither knew that the latter would take over 14 years to complete.Ī few years after the marriage, Kamal and Meena started having differences, and started to drift apart, and finally divorced during 1964, leaving 'Pakeezah' incomplete.
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The marriage was harmonious and resulted in joint movie ventures, namely 'Daera' and 'Pakeezah'. She become a household name after her performances in 'Baiju Bawra', 'Parineeta', 'Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam', 'Kaajal' as well as received 'Best Actress' awards for these titles. Meena Kumari went on to act in a total of 94 movies, in a career that spanned from 1939 through to 1972. She first appeared in a 1939 movie 'Leatherface' and was cast as Baby Meena in the predominantly Hindu movie industry in British India that was yet to see the day as Bollywood. Mahjabeen wanted to study in school but was compelled to act in Hindi movies as a child artiste, and ended up becoming the sole bread earner of the family.
Gadre's Clinic in Bombay, India to a Muslim father, Ali Bux, and a Hindu mother, Iqbal Begum (Nee Prabhavati Tagore). She battled alcoholism and loneliness and finally died, alone, in 1972. She was also an accompalished Urdu writer and had several poems published by Gulzar after her death. She was married to Kamal Amrohi with whom she started making "Pakeezah". Her major films are Daaera (1953), Baiju Bawra (1952), 0046164, and of course her most well known film, Pakeezah (1972). She was also thought to be the only actress who could sell a film on the strength of her name alone. She excelled at tragedy and was often shown in a white sari carrying the film with her emotive acting. She became personified as the archetypal good Hindu wife through many roles, long suffering and always true to the man. She did mythological films with Homi Wadia and then comedies like Miss Mary (1957).
Later she became Meena Kumari when cast for Bhatt's Baiju Bawra (1952). She was six when hired for Leatherface (1939) in 1939 by Vijay Bhatt and named Baby Meena. Entered films to support family in difficult times. Born 1933 into a poor Parsee theatre family of Ali Bux and dancer Iqbal begum in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
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