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Naseem Banu
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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 Kuma…
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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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Holiday in Bombay
as Seema
Nausherwan-E-Adil
as Malka-e-Iran Khazar
No Poster
Restless
Sheesh Mahal
as Ranjana Singh
Anokhi Ada
as Kamini
Begum
Chal Chal Re Naujawan
as Sumitra
Ujala
as Saroj
Main Hari
as Ragini
Pukar
as Malika Noor Jahan
Talaq
as Roopa
Meetha Zaher
Khan Bahadur
Khoon Ka Khoon
as Ophelia