Monday, 29 April 2013

BEGUM PARA



BEGUM PARA - Film Actress

Begum Para -  (25th Dec 1926 - 9th Dec 2008) was born in Jhelum, Punjab. 

She was a bollywood  actress who was active mostly in the 1940s and 1950s. She acted in movies like Saawariya(2007), Pehli Janak, Shahzade, Laila Majnu, Nava Ghar, Baghdad, Meharbani, Jharna, Shahnaz, Suhaag Raat, Mehandi, Neel Kamal, Zanjeer (1947), The Chain, and Sohni Mahiwal. 

Her last role was in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya (2007) as Sonam Kapoor's grandmother.

She married Nasir Khan, the younger brother of Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar. They had three children, including the actor Ayub Khan. Begum Para's father Mian Ehsan-ul-Haq Arain of Jallandhar was a Judge who joined the princely state of Rajhastan where he became Chief Justice of its highest Court.

She died on 9 December 2008.

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