Veena (actress)

Veena
Born Tajour Sultana
(1926-07-04)4 July 1926
Quetta, Baluchistan Agency, British India
(now in Pakistan)
Died 14 November 2004(2004-11-14) (aged 78)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress
Years active 1939–1983
Relatives Iftekhar (Brother)

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

Early life and background

Veena was born as Tajour Sultana on 4 July 1926 in Quetta, Baluchistan Agency, British India. 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.

Career

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 like 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 films like 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).

She was the sister of actor Iftekhar.

Filmography

Year Film Character/Role Notes
1983 Razia Sultan Empress Shah Turkhan
1981 Agni Pareeksha Karuna Choudhary
Khawaja Ki Diwani
1980 Payal Ki Jhankaar
1977 Jay-Vejay: Part - II Chandeli
Shatranj Ke Khilari Queen Mother
1974 5 Rifles Maharani
Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye Raja's mother
1973 Jheel Ke Us Paar Mrs. Kulwant Rai 'Rani Maa'
Chhupa Rustam Mrs. Rajendra Jain
Banarasi Babu Mohan's Mother
Mere Gharib Nawaz Begum Baig
1972 Parichay Sati Devi
Pakeezah Nawabjaan
Shehzada Rajlaxmi
1970 Heer Raanjha
Naya Raasta Rukmini
1969 Do Raaste Mrs. Gupta, Satyan's mother
Anmol Moti
1968 Aashirwad Leela S. Choudhary
Saathi Rajni's Mother
Shrimanji
1967 Chhoti Si Mulaqat( Shanker's wife
1966 Sannata
1965 Sikandar-E-Azam Sikandar's mother
1964 Baghi
Shehnai
1963 Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon Jamuna
Taj Mahal Malka-E-Alam Noor Jehan/Mehrunissa
1959 Chhoti Bahen Yashoda
Kaagaz Ke Phool Veena Varma/Veena Sinha
1958 Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi Kamini
Mehndi
1957 Mera Salaam
Mumtaz Mahal
Naya Zamana
1956 Halaku Maharani
1952 Aasmaan
Annadata
1951 Afsana Meera
Kashmir
1950 Dastan Rani
1946 Rajputani
1945 Humayun Rajkumari (as Veena Kumari)
Phool
1943 Najma Najma
1942 Garib Lata (as Veena Kumari)
1939 Swastik

References

  1. Veena Profile, Cineplot, 14 March 2016, retrieved 14 March 2016
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