Role Actress Siblings Iftekhar Nieces Sadia Khan, Salma Jain | Name Tajour Sultana | |
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Movies Pakeezah, Najma, Afsana, Humayun, Kaagaz Ke Phool Similar People Iftekhar, Sadia Khan, Kamal Amrohi, Ghulam Mohammed, I S Johar Born 4 July 1926 (age 78), Quetta, Baluchistan Agency, British India (now in Pakistan) Died 14 November 2004 (aged 78) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | ||
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Veena (4 July 1926 – 14 November 2004), also known as Veena Kumari, real name Tajour Sultana, was an Indian actress.
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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. 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 passed away in Bombay in 2004, at the age of 78, after enduring a prolonged illness. This occurred 21 years following her retirement. She had appeared in over 70 feature films in a career spanning 41 years (1942 till 1983).
She was the sister of actor Iftekhar.
