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Naseem Banu

1916 - 2002 (age 85) • Acting

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.

Known For

Pukar

66%

Malika Noor Jahan

1939

Nausherwan-E-Adil

80%

Malka-e-Iran Khazar

1957

Holiday in Bombay

80%

Seema

1963

Restless

100%
1956

Sheesh Mahal

Ranjana Singh

1950

Anokhi Ada

80%

Kamini

1948

Begum

80%
1945

Chal Chal Re Naujawan

70%

Sumitra

1944

Holiday in Bombay

80%

Seema

1963

Nausherwan-E-Adil

80%

Malka-e-Iran Khazar

1957

Restless

100%
1956

Sheesh Mahal

Ranjana Singh

1950

Anokhi Ada

80%

Kamini

1948

Begum

80%
1945

Chal Chal Re Naujawan

70%

Sumitra

1944

Ujala

70%

Saroj

1942

Main Hari

100%

Ragini

1940

Pukar

66%

Malika Noor Jahan

1939

Talaq

Roopa

1938

Meetha Zaher

90%
1938

Khan Bahadur

90%
1937

Khoon Ka Khoon

90%

Ophelia

1935

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