Image of Veena

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).


Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
Born:
Jul 4, 1924 In Quetta, Baluchistan Agency, Pakistan
Movie/TV Credits:
31
First Appeared:
In the movie Najma 1943-07-30
Latest Project:
Movie Mazloom 1986-09-19
Known For
Poster of Payal Ki Jhankaar
Poster of Saathi
Poster of Halaku
Poster of Humayun
Filmography
Movie Mazloom Purnima's mother 1986-09-19
Movie Jaanwar 1983-01-07
Movie Khwaja Ki Diwani 1981-08-19
Movie Payal Ki Jhankaar 1980-01-01
Movie The Chess Players Queen Mother 1977-10-02
Movie Madhosh Raj's Mother 1974-02-27
Movie Raja Shiv Chhatrapati Vadisohabeen 1974-12-19
Movie Jheel Ke Us Paar 1973-08-28
Movie Pakeezah Nawabjaan 1972-02-04
Movie Parichay Satidevi 1972-10-18
Movie Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai Gurmukh Singh's wife 1969-01-01
Movie Do Raaste Mrs. Gupta 1969-12-05
Movie Kahin Din Kahin Raat 1968-01-01
Movie Shrimanji 1968-01-01
Movie Aashirwad Leela S. Choudhary 1968-06-18
Movie Saathi Rajni's Mother 1968-01-17
Movie Sannata 1966-01-01
Movie Shehnai 1964-12-01
Movie Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon 1963-01-01
Movie Taj Mahal Empress Nur Jahan 1963-01-31
Movie Kaagaz Ke Phool Veena Varma / Veena Sinha 1959-02-01
Movie Chhoti Bahen 1959-01-01
Movie Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi Kamini 1958-02-28
Movie Khota Paisa Geeta 1958-12-31
Movie Delhi Durbar 1956-06-13
Movie Halaku Maharani 1956-01-01
Movie Afsana Meera 1951-01-01
Movie Dastan Rani 1950-08-17
Movie Humayun Rajkumari (as Veena Kumari) 1945-01-01
Movie Phool 1944-02-19
Movie Najma Najma 1943-07-30