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Meena Kumari (I) (1933–1972)
Born 1933 into a poor Parsee theatre family of Ali Bux and dancer Iqbal begum in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. Entered films to support family in difficult times. She was six when hired for Leatherface (1939) in 1939 by Vijay Bhatt and named Baby Meena. Later she became Meena Kumari when cast for Bhatt's Baiju Bawra (1952). She did mythological ...
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Born:in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, IndiaDied:(age 38) in Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
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Tanha Chand, Urdu poems under name NaazAlternate Names:
Baby Meena | Meenaji | Meenakumari | MeenaHeight:
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