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person_profile-Naseem Banu

Naseem Banu Died at age: 85

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Naseem Banu

Date of Birth:

Jul 04, 1916

Country of birth:

British India

Died:

Jun 18, 2002

Biography of

Naseem Banu

    Naseem Banu (4 July 1916 – 18 June 2002) was an Indian actress. She was referred to as Naseem and known as "Beauty Queen" and the "first female superstar" of Indian Cinema. Starting her acting career in the mid-1930s she continued to act till mid-1950s. Her first film was Khoon Ka Khoon (Hamlet) (1935) with Sohrab Modi under whose Minerva Movietone banner she acted for several years. Her high-point came with Modi's Pukar (1939) in which she played the role of Empress Nur Jahan. According to composer Naushad she got the sobriquet Pari-Chehra (fairy face) Naseem through the publicity advertisements of her films. She was the mother of actress Saira Banu and mother-in-law to the actor Dilip Kumar.

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Naseem Banu

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Filmography of

Naseem Banu

Found 4 Movies in total

Holiday in Bombay

Seema ( Actor )

... 1963

Sheesh Mahal

Ranjana Singh ( Actor )

... 1950

... 1948

Pukar

Malika Noor Jahan ( Actor )

... 1939