Meena Kumari -Mahjabeen Bano

Meena Kumari -The legend

Meena Kumari or Mahjabeen Bano was born on 1 August 1932. She was an Indian movie actress and poetes. Meena Kumari, born Mahjabeen and the legendary tragedy queen of Indian cinema was one of the most beloved actresses of all times in Bollywood cinema and she continues to live deep into the hearts of people even today. During a career spanning 30 years from her childhood to her death, she starred in more than ninety films, many of which have achieved classic and cult status today.



She is invariably called the "Tragedy Queen" and her work is considered immortal.. Her classic contributions include Parineeta, Baiju Bawra, Saheb Biwi aur Ghulam and Pakeezah. She was also one of the great urdu poets of the land and has written beautiful sad poems in her lonely days! She also recorded an album of her own poetry in her own voice which was her dream project of life. She has significant contributions as an actress as well as a child actress baby Meena who started at the age of just six years. For the lovers and admirers of the beautiful, mesmerizing and legendary

As Mahjabeen embarked on her acting career at the age of 7, she was renamed Baby Meena. Farzand-e-Watan or Leatherface (1939) was her first movie, which was directed for Prakash Studios by Vijay Bhatt. She became practically the sole breadwinner of her family during the 1940s. Her early adult acting, under the name Meena Kumari, was mainly in mythological movies like Veer Ghatotkach (1949), Shri Ganesh Mahima (1950), and fantasy movies like Alladin and The Wonderful Lamp (1952).

In 1952, on the sets of one of her films, Meena Kumari fell in love with and married film director, Kamal Amrohi, who was fifteen years elder than her and was already married. She wrote about Amrohi.

"Dil saa jab saathi paya
Bechaini bhi woh saath le aaya"

"When I found someone like my heart
He also brought sorrow with him"

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 Nazar-e-kahar ke saath
Jawani bhi mere lauta do Mehar ke saath


Filmography

1) Gomti Ke Kinare (1972)
2) Pakeezah (1972)
3) Dushmun (1971)
4) Mere Apne (1971)
5) Jawab (1970)
6) Saat Phere (1970)
7) Abhilasha (1968)
8) Baharon Ki Manzil (1968)
9) Bahu Begum (1967)
10) Chandan Ka Palna (1967)
11) Majhli Didi (1967)
12) Noorjehan (1967)
13) Phool Aur Patthar (1966)
14) Pinjre Ke Panchhi (1966)
15) Bheegi Raat (1965)
16) Jadui Angoothi (1965)
17) Kaajal (1965)
18) Purnima (1965)
19) Maain Bhi Ladki Hun (1964)
20) Benazir (1964)
21) Chitralekha (1964)
22) Gazal (1964)
23) Sanjh Aur Savera (1964)
24) Akeli Mat Jaiyo (1963)
25) Dil Ek Mandir (1963)
26) Kinare Kinare (1963)
27) Aarti (1962)
28) Main Chup Rahungi (1962)
29) Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)
30) Bhabhi Ki Chudiyan (1961)
31) Pyaar Ka Saagar (1961)
32) Zindagi Aur Khwab (1961)
33) Bahaana (1960)
34) Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960)
35) Kohinoor (1960)
36) Ardhangini (1959)
37) Chand (1959)
38) Char Dil Char Raahein (1959)
39) Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan (1959)
40) Jagir (1959)
41) Madhu (1959)
42) Satta Bazaar (1959)
43) Shararat (1959)
44) Farishta (1958)
45) Sahara (1958)
46) Savera (1958)
47) Yahudi (1958)
48) Miss Mary (1957)
49) Sharada (1957)
50) Bandhan (1956)
51) Ek-Hi-Rasta (1956)
52) Halaku (1956)
53) Mem Sahib (1956)
54) Naya Andaz (1956)
55) Shatranj (1956)
56) Adil-E-Jahangir (1955)
57) Azaad (1955)
58) Bandish (1955)
59) Rukhsana (1955)
60) Baadbaan (1954)
61) Chandni Chowk (1954)
62) Ilzam (1954)
63) Daera (1953)
64) Dana Paani (1953)
65) Do Bigha Zamin (1953)
66) Foot Path (1953)
67) Naulakha Haar (1953)
68) Parineeta (1953)
69) Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag (1952)
70) Baiju Bawra (1952)
71) Tamasha (1952)
72) Hanumaan Pataal Vijay (1951)
73) Lakshmi Narayan (1951)
74) Madhosh (1951)
75) Sanam (1951)
76) Anmol Ratan (1950)
77) Hamara Ghar (1950)
78) Magroor (1950)
79) Shri Ganesh Mahima (1950)
80) Veer Ghatotkach (1949)
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)
89) Kasauti (1941)
90) Nai Roshni (1941)
91) Ek Hi Bhool (1940)
92) Pooja (1940)
93) Leatherface (1939)

Filmfare Awards -- Awards won

1954 Filmfare Best Actress Award - Baiju Bawra
1955 Filmfare Best Actress Award - Parineeta
1963 Filmfare Best Actress Award - Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
1966 Filmfare Best Actress Award - Kaajal

1956 Filmfare Best Actress Award - Azaad
1959 Filmfare Best Actress Award - Sahara
1960 Filmfare Best Actress Award - Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan
1963 Filmfare Best Actress Award - Aarti
1963 Filmfare Best Actress Award - Main Chup Rahungi
1964 Filmfare Best Actress Award - Dil Ek Mandir
1967 Filmfare Best Actress Award - Phool Aur Patthar
1973 Filmfare Best Actress Award - Pakeezah (posthumous nomination)

Wallpapers - Meena Kumari -Mahjabeen Bano