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 Lahores Chuna Mandi1 She married actorhero Al Nasir in 1947 and had two children She started out playing heroine roles in prepartition 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 prepartition 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 midtolate1940s 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 Filmfares 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