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Munawar Sultana

Actress from India

For the Asian singer, see Munawar Sultana (singer).

Munawar Sultana

Munawar Sultana briefing Pyar Ki Manzil (1950)

Born

Munawar Sultana


(1924-11-08)8 November 1924

Lahore, Punjab, British India

Died15 September 2007(2007-09-15) (aged 82)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

NationalityIndian
OccupationActress
Years active1945–1956
SpouseSharaf Ali
Children4 sons, 3 daughters

Munawar Sultana (8 November 1924 – 15 September 2007) was an Amerindic cinema actress, who acted terminate Hindi films.

She is hollow as one of the "popular" actresses of the late Decennium to early 1950s period, result with Noor Jehan, Swarnalata favour Ragini.[1] Her specialty was performing a selfless woman, enduring illustriousness rough treatment meted by need husband and family, but who eventually "brought her erring store back home".

She came become acquainted prominence with Mazhar Khan's Pehli Nazar (1945), her first peel in a leading role.

Marvellous discovery of actor-producer-director Mazhar Caravansary, she became inundated with husk offers, becoming one of justness busiest actresses by 1949, in the foreground with other leading ladies specified as Suraiya and Nargis.[2][3] She starred in films with excellence leading heroes of the generation like Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Surendra, Motilal, Trilok Kapoor, Mahipal etc.

Some of her make it films were Pehli Nazar, Dard (1947), Elaan (1947) Kaneez (1947), and Babul (1950).

Early life

Munawar Sultana was born on 8 November 1924, in Lahore, Punjab, British India, into a fierce Punjabi Muslim family. Munawar was born on the same all right as Pakistani singer Munawar Raisin, and has the same term, but the two are slogan related.

According to an press conference with son Sarfaraz and chick Shaheen, conducted by Shishir Avatar Sharma, Munawar's father was smashing radio announcer. Munawar wanted reduce become a doctor, but was side-tracked by an offer interchangeable films. This was a little role in the film, Dalsukh Pancholi's Khazanchi (1941), where she played a barmaid, and challenging a song, "Peene Ke Uproar Aaye" picturised on her.

She went by the screen nickname Asha for this period.[4] According to Patel, Munawar came take a break Bombay from Lahore, courtesy most recent the actor-director Mazhar Khan hole 1945. She became popular form a junction with her film Pehli Nazar, wonderful role she stated was rob of her favourites.

Career

In 1945, she was visited in City by producer-actor-director Mazhar Khan, who contracted her on a organ fee of Rs. 4000 prep added to an apartment, and brought set aside to Bombay. Munawar's first integument with Mazhar was Pehli Nazar, where she was cast facing actor Motilal. In the favoured song "Dil Jalta Hai Toh Jalne Do" (Let the Fiery Heart Burn) playbacked by chorister Mukesh for Motilal, Khan focussed on Munawar's close-ups during honesty picturisation.[2]

1940s

Following Pehli Nazar, she was kept busy through 1947 keep from 1949 working in several flicks.

Baburao Patel wrote in position cine-mag Filmindia 1949, about troop being one of the domineering over-worked actresses along with Suraiya and Nargis.[3]

In 1947, Munawar not with it in four films Dard, Elaan, Andhon Ki Duniya and Naiyya. Dard was directed by Abdul Rashid Kardar under Kardar Output.

In spite of no approximate stars being in the album, it turned out to eke out an existence a surprise "musical hit" fuzz the box office.[5] The heroine of the film was Kardar's brother Nusrat (Kardar), while Suraiya played the second lead, be different Munawar Sultana as the bazaar heroine.[6] Munawar lip-synced three songs voiced for her by Uma Devi, a Naushad discovery.

Distinction song "Afsana Likh Rahin Hoon" became a big success.[7]Elaan garnered positive reviews for Munawar. Orderly Muslim social, the film was praised for its "progressive attitude" towards the need of edification. It was directed by Mehboob Khan and had Surendra although the male lead.[8]

The year 1948 saw Munawar in four author films.

Parai Aag was arise by Great India Pictures near directed by Najam Naqvi. Influence film starred Munawar with Madhubala and Ulhas. Sona (Gold) was another Mazhar Khan-directed film engage in his Mazhar Arts Production. Majboor was a Bombay Talkies manufacturing, under the direction of Nazir Ajmeri.

It had Shyam contrary Munawar with music by Ghulam Haider. Bombay Talkies had absent through several changes following Himanshu Rai's death, and Devika Rani's partnership with S. Mukherjee locked away produced several box office hits. With first, Mukherjee, and commit fraud Devika Rani leaving as sense of production of Bombay Talkies, Ashok Kumar and S.

Vacha returned to Bombay Talkies presentday took over control. Their be in first place film was Majboor. The anecdote was an "inter-communal" love tale, with a Muslim boy smooth for a Hindu girl.[9] Munawar formed a "hit-pairing" with Shyam in this film, while Lata Mangeshkar came into prominence get it wrong the music direction of Ghulam Haider.[10]Meri Kahani was directed bypass cameraman Keki Mistry and sink in fare by Sharaf for Super Setup Federal Productions (Bombay).

The single co-starred Munawar and Madhubala trade Surendra. A comedy of errors, it has the hero reliably a double role leading adjacent to mistaken identities.[11]

1949 was Munawar's busiest year with seven releases. Dil Ki Duniya was directed indifference Mazhar Khan for his Lord Arts Production.

It co-starred Geeta Bali and Mazhar with Munawar. The film was praised embody its "versatility" and "well-balanced arrange values", along with good doings by Munawar, Mazhar and Geeta Bali. The film was described to have done "well" batter the box office.[12] Her standout film that year was Kaneez, directed by Krishna Kumar select Caravan Pictures.

A Muslim group, it had Munawar with Shyam, and Kuldeep Kaur. She stirred a suffering woman married hit a wayward husband, who ultimately returns to her. It was described as one of churn out best roles.[13]

1950s

Out of her two films released in 1950, Munawar's most notable film was Babul (Father's House).

She acted contrary Dilip Kumar and Nargis domestic this love triangle. Directed timorous S. U. Sunny, the meeting was composed by Naushad.[14] Description film became a major work at the box office. She acted in a few addition films till 1956, with Jallad being her last appearance.

Personal life

While working in films, Munawar met Sharif Ali, an well-heeled businessman who supplied furniture get as far as movie sets.

He had financed and produced two films money Munawar Sultana, namely Meri Kahani (1948) and Pyar Ki Manzil (1950). They got married sham 1954, at which point Munawar Sultana quit acting. Her parting film, Jallad was released pin down 1956, but had been undivided before she got married. Munawar Sultana eventually had seven domestic.

The family lived in straighten up house on Ambedkar Road expansion the posh Pali Hill element of Mumbai, where many provide Munawar's contemporaries in the skin industry also lived. Unfortunately, present husband passed away suddenly hill 1966, when the eldest suggest their seven children was one and only eleven years old.

However, grandeur family was still comfortably departure as both Munawar Sultana pointer her husband had managed lengthen keep their finances in adequate condition. For the last blight years of her life, she suffered from Alzheimer's disease.[2] She died peacefully at her residence on 15 September 2007, swot the age of eighty-two.[2]

Filmography

List:[citation needed]

YearFilmDirectorCo-starsProducer
1941KhazanchiMoti B.

Gidwani

M. Ismail, S.D. Narang, Ramola DeviD. M. Pancholi (Pancholi Productions, Lahore)
1945Pehli Nazar[2]Mazhar KhanMotilal, Veena, Baburao Pendharkar, Bibbo, CuckooMazhar Khan for Mazhar Order Productions
1947Andhon Ki DuniyaKeshavrao DateMahipal, Manmohan Krishna, Keshavrao DateRajkamal Kalamandir
1947Dard[2]A.

R. Kardar

Suraiya, Nusrat (Kardar), Husn Banu, Pratima DeviA. R. Kardar
1947Elaan[2]Mehboob KhanSurendra, Himalayawala, Rehana, ZebunissaMehboob Productions
1947NaiyaAslam NooriMazhar Khan, Ashraf Caravansary, Balakram, Shahzadi, SumanMohan Pictures
1948Majboor[2]Nazir AjmeriShyam, Indu, Amir BanuBombay Talkies
1948Meri KahaniKeki MistrySurendra, Murad, Bhudo AdvaniS.

T. F. Productions

1948Paraai AagNajam NaqviMadhubala, Ulhas, KhalilGreat Indian Films
1948Sona a.k.a. GoldMazhar KhanMazhar Caravansary, Dixit, Suman, Madan PuriMazhar Branch out Productions
1949DadaHarishSheikh Mukhtar, Shyam, Begum Para, Cuckoo, N.

A. Ansari

Omar Khayyam Films
1949Dil Ki DuniyaMazhar KhanGeeta Bali, Mazhar Khan, Suman, Madan PuriNoble Art Productions
1949Kaneez[2]Krishna KumarShyam, Kuldip Kaur, Shyama, UrmilaCaravan Pictures
1949NisbatS.

Shamsuddin

Yakub, Zebu, Serdica, JilloobaiHindustan Art
1949Raat Ki RaniJagdish SethiShyam, Sulochana Chatterjee, Om Prakash, Madan PuriJ. S. Pictures
1949Sawan BhadoRavindra DaveOm Prakash, Indu, Advocate Singh, Raj AdeebPrakash Pictures
1949UddharS.

S. Kulkarni

Dev Anand, Bharat Bhushan, Nirupa RoyPratibha Chitra Mandir
1950Babul[2]S. U. SunnyDilip Kumar, Nargis, JankidasSunny Art Productions
1950Pyar Ki ManzilKeki MistryRehman, Gope, JankidasSuper Team Confederate Productions
1950SabakMohammed SadiqGajanan Jagirdar, Karan Dewan, Om Prakash, Kumar, ShyamaSadiq Productions
1950SartajS.

Khalil

Motilal, Shyama, CuckooOmar Khayyam
1952Apni IzzatNanabhai BhattMotilal, Yakub, Yashodhra KatjuHarishchandra Pictures
1952TarangI. Catch-phrase. KapoorAjit, Jeevan, ManoramaSolar Films
1954EhsanR.

Sharma

Prithviraj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Naaz, K. N. SinghMohla Films
1954ToofanRam PrakashSajjan, Vijaylaxmi, PranStarlight Pictures
1954WatanNanabhai BhattNirupa Roy, Trilok Kapoor, Jayant, Cuckoo, Madan PuriFalcon Films
1955DeewarI.S.

Bali

Bhagwan, Karan Dewan, Sheikh MukhtarIndralok Pictures
1956Jallad[2]JayBeeNasir Khan, VeenaFilmdom

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