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Meena Kumari [1] (born Mahjabeen Bano; 1 August 1933 [2] – 31 March 1972) was an Indian actress and poet, who worked in Hindi films. Popularly known as The Tragedy Queen, [3] she is regarded among the finest and greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema. [4]
Meena Kumari (1 August 1933 – 31 March 1972) was an Indian actress, playback singer, poet and costume designer who predominantly worked in Indian cinema between 1939–72. Meena Kumari started her film career with Leatherface , a 1939 film with the name Baby Mahjabeen.
The 10th Filmfare Awards were held on 13 June 1963, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema of the year 1962. Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam led the ceremony with 8 nominations, followed by Bees Saal Baad with 7 nominations, Professor with 5 nominations and Rakhi with 4 nominations.
The Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise the female performer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954 for the films released in the preceding year 1953.
The ceremony was notable as Meena Kumari set a record for the most wins for Best Actress at Filmfare, winning her 4th award for Kaajal. The record has been matched by a few actresses including Nutan, Madhuri Dixit, Kajol, Vidya Balan and Alia Bhatt. Nutan and her niece Kajol, and Bhatt are the only actresses who broke the record held by Kumari.
Meena Kumari: Best Actress: 10th Filmfare Awards: 1963 Mohammed Rafi: Best Male Playback Singer: 16th Filmfare Awards: 1969 Asha Bhosle: Best Female Playback Singer: 20th Filmfare Awards: 1973 Kishore Kumar: Best Male Playback Singer: 32nd Filmfare Awards: 1985 Alka Yagnik: Best Female Playback Singer: 39th Filmfare Awards: 1994 Javed Akhtar ...
The ceremony was notable as Nutan became the first actress in the history of Indian Cinema to win Best Actress 5 times, breaking the record held by Meena Kumari (with 4 wins) for 13 years. She was nominated for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki, winning the former.
Sharada is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language film directed by L. V. Prasad.The film stars Raj Kapoor and Meena Kumari.The music was composed by C. Ramchandra. [1]The film did "above average" business and was the ninth-highest-grossing film at the Indian Box Office in 1957. [2]