Begum Para
Begum Para (née Zubeda Ul Haq; 25 December 1926 - 9 December 2008) was an Indian Hindi film entertainer who was dynamic generally during the 1940s and 1950s. After very nearly 50 years of nonappearance in the business, she got back to films with her last job in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya (2007) as Sonam Kapoor's grandma. In her times in 1950s, she was viewed as a model of Bollywood, to such an extent, that Life magazine had an exceptional meeting with her dedicated to her fine sexy photographs
Early life
Begum Para was brought into the world as Zubeda Ul Haq in Jhelum in English India (present day in Pakistan). Her family was from Aligarh. Her dad, Mian Ehsanul-Haq, was an adjudicator who sooner or later in his life went into the legal assistance of the royal territory of Bikaner, presently northern Rajasthan, where he became boss equity of its most elevated court. He was a fine cricketer of his time. She was raised exceptionally focused at this point liberal. She spent her experience growing up in Bikaner. She was taught at the Aligarh Muslim College. Her senior sibling Masrurul Haq, had headed out to Bombay in the last part of the 1930s to turn into an entertainer. There he had met and became hopelessly enamored with the Bengali entertainer Protima Dasgupta, and wedded her.
Whenever she visited them in Bombay, she was very taken up with the alluring universe of her sister by marriage. She used to go with her on many events and social gatherings. Individuals would get very dazzled with her looks and deal her a ton of jobs. One such proposition came from Sashadhar Mukherjee and Devika Rani. Her dad agreed to her desires hesitantly, and mentioned her to never work in Lahore.
Profession
Commercial, text is "Begum Para in Chhamia; picture is a young lady with free dim hair, wearing a dull sari, looking lower
Begum Para's most memorable break ended up being 1944 film Chand, from Prabhat Studios in Poona. Prem Adib was the legend, and Sitara Devi was the vamp in the film. It did incredibly well and Para began getting compensated about Rs. 1500 every month. Before long, she and her sister by marriage Protima made a film called Chhamia (1945) in view of the novel 'Pygmalion', which again was an immense achievement. Para marked a ton of movies after Chhamia, yet she couldn't exactly lay down a good foundation for herself as an entertainer. Since she had a profoundly shocking picture, individuals generally gave her the job of charm doll in many movies. She wouldn't fret this since she generally played herself on screen.
She did Sohni Mahiwal (1946) and Zanjeer (1947) with Ishwarlal and Dikshit; Neel Kamal (1947) with Raj Kapoor; Mehendi (1947) with Nargis; Suhaag Raat (1948) with Bharat Bhushan and Geeta Bali; Jhalka (1948); and Meherbani (1950) with Ajit Khan.[5] She likewise worked in Ustad Pedro (1951), delivered and coordinated by the then notable entertainer, Sheik Mukhtar. It was a tomfoolery film, and was loaded with activity, sentiment, and stunts.
In 1951 she modeled for photographic artist James Burke for a Day to day existence magazine photograph shoot.[8] Para's last job was in the film Kar Bhala in 1956.[6] She was likewise proposed to play Nigar Sultana's job 'Bahar' in Mughal-e-Azam (1960). Notwithstanding, she wouldn't assume the part since she considered it against her image
She got back in the saddle on the cinema in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya in 2007 as Sonam Kapoor's grandma (after more than 50 years of vanishing in motion pictures and at last turned into her last film, before her passing the next year, 2008)
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Filmography  |
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Saawariya (2007) - Sakina's grandmother |
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Kar Bala |
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Kismet Ka Khel (1956) |
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Pehli Janak (1955) |
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Shahzada (1955) |
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Laila Majnu (1953) |
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Naya Ghar (1953) |
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Baghdad (1952) |
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Pagle (1950) |
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Meharbani (1950) |
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Jharna (1948) |
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Shahnaz (1948) |
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Suhaag Raat (1948) - Paro |
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Mehandi (1947) |
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Neel Kamal (1947) |
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Zanjeer (1947) |
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The Chain (1947) |
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Sohni Mahiwal (1946) |
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Chhamia (1945) |
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Chand (1944) |
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