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).

Known For: Acting

Born: Quetta, Baluchistan Agency, Pakistan, 1924-07-04

Died: 2004-11-14

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1943	Najma	Najma	40
2	1945	Phool		0
3	1945	Humayun	Rajkumari (as Veena Kumari)	30
4	1950	Dastan	Rani	100
5	1951	Afsana	Meera	60
6	1956	Halaku	Maharani	90
7	1956	Delhi Durbar		0
8	1958	Mehndi		0
9	1958	Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi	Kamini	57
10	1958	Khota Paisa	Geeta	0
11	1959	Chhoti Bahen		50
12	1959	Kaagaz Ke Phool	Veena Varma / Veena Sinha	69
13	1963	Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon		60
14	1963	Taj Mahal	Empress Nur Jahan	65
15	1964	Shehnai		0
16	1965	Noor Mahal		0
17	1966	Sannata		0
18	1968	Shrimanji		0
19	1968	Kahin Din Kahin Raat		50
20	1968	Saathi	Rajni's Mother	60
21	1968	Aashirwad	Leela S. Choudhary	85
22	1969	Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai	Gurmukh Singh's wife	0
23	1969	Do Raaste	Mrs. Gupta	70
24	1970	Kaun Ho Tum		0
25	1970	Heer Raanjha		63
26	1972	Pakeezah	Nawabjaan	66
27	1972	Shehzada		0
28	1972	Parichay	Satidevi	64
29	1973	Jheel Ke Us Paar		60
30	1974	Madhosh	Raj's Mother	30
31	1974	5 Rifles	Maharani	65
32	1974	Raja Shiv Chhatrapati	Vadisohabeen	0
33	1977	The Chess Players	Queen Mother	71
34	1980	Payal Ki Jhankaar		50
35	1981	Khwaja Ki Diwani		0
36	1983	Jaanwar		60
37	1986	Mazloom	Purnima's mother	0

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