Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 04, 1916
Died
Jun 18, 2002
Place of Birth
Delhi, British India
Credits
14 titles
Naseem Banu
Biography
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known For
Filmography
Holiday in Bombay
Seema
Nausherwan-E-Adil
Malka-e-Iran Khazar
Restless
Sheesh Mahal
Ranjana Singh
Anokhi Ada
Kamini
Begum
Chal Chal Re Naujawan
Sumitra
Ujala
Saroj
Main Hari
Ragini
Pukar
Malika Noor Jahan
Talaq
Roopa
Meetha Zaher
Khan Bahadur
Khoon Ka Khoon
Ophelia