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Veena Died at age: 80

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Veena

Date of Birth:

Jul 04, 1924

Country of birth:

Pakistan

Died:

Nov 14, 2004

Biography of

Veena

    Veena (4 July 1926 – 14 November 2004), also known as Veena Kumari, real name Tajour Sultana, was an Indian actress.

    Veena was born as Tajour Sultana on 4 July 1926 in Quetta, Baluchistan, Pakistani. At some point of time, her family shifted to Lahore and she belonged to Lahore's Chuna Mandi.[1] She married actor-hero Al Nasir in 1947 and had two children.

    She started out playing heroine roles in pre-partition films. She made her debut with Garib and Gawandhi (1942) at around sixteen years of age. Garib was made in Urdu and Gawandhi was made in Punjabi and directed by Mehboob Khan. In Garib, she played the role of Lata and in Gawandhi she played heroine opposite Shyam, who played the hero. She became known for her roles in pre-partition Hindi and Urdu films. Her early years in films came with films such as Najma (1943), Phool (1945) and Humayun (1945). Her last film before the Partition of India was Rajputani (1946), in which she played a supporting role. She decided to remain in India after the partition, and she acted through the mid-to-late-1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. She played roles in big productions such as Halaku (1956), Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Taj Mahal (1963) (for which she received the Filmfare's Award for Best Supporting Actress), Do Raaste (1969) and Pakeezah (1972). She retired in 1983 after the release of Razia Sultan (1983) in which she played Empress Shah Turkhan. She died in Bombay in 2004 after 21 years of retirement when she was 78 years old after suffering from a protracted illness. She had appeared in over 70 feature films in a career spanning 41 years (1942 till 1983).

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Veena

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Filmography of

Veena

Found 25 Movies in total

... 1981

... 1980

The Chess Players

Queen Mother ( Actor )

... 1977

5 Rifles

Maharani ( Actor )

... 1974

Madhosh

Raj's Mother ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1973

Parichay

Satidevi ( Actor )

... 1972

Pakeezah

Nawabjaan ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1970

Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai

Gurmukh Singh's wife ( Actor )

... 1969

Aashirwad

Leela S. Choudhary ( Actor )

... 1968

Saathi

Rajni's Mother ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1968

... 1965

Shehnai

Actor

... 1964

Taj Mahal

Empress Nur Jahan ( Actor )

... 1963

Kaagaz Ke Phool

Veena Varma / Veena Sinha ( Actor )

... 1959

Khota Paisa

Geeta ( Actor )

... 1958

... 1958

Halaku

Maharani ( Actor )

... 1956

Afsana

Meera ( Actor )

... 1951

Dastan

Rani ( Actor )

... 1950

Humayun

Rajkumari (as Veena Kumari) ( Actor )

... 1945

Phool

Actor

... 1944

Najma

Actor

... 1943