Minoo Mumtaz
Minoo Mumtaz | |
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Born | Malikunnisa Ali 26 April 1942 (age 82)[1] Mumbai, India |
Occupation | Actor, Dancer |
Spouse(s) | Sayyed Ali Akbar |
Children | Gulnaaz Shanaaz Ajaz |
Parent(s) | Mumtaz Ali Latifunnisa Ali |
Relatives | Husseini Ali - sister Mehmood Ali - brother Khairunnisa - sister Usman Ali - brother Zubeida Ali - sister Shaukat Ali - brother Anwar Ali - brother Lucky Ali - nephew |
Minoo Mumtaz[2] (born Malikunnisa Ali on 26 April 1942) is a former Indian film actress. She is the sister of India's ace comedian Mehmood Ali and part of the Mehmood Ali film family. Minoo Mumtaz appeared in many Hindi films of the 1950s and 1960s, mostly as a dancer and character actress.[3]
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Early life
Born in family of 4 brothers & 4 sisters to Mumtaz Ali who was famous as a dancer and character-artist in films from the 40's era with his own dance troupe "Mumtaz Ali Nites". Mumtaz Ali's career slumped due to his excessive drinking & his family fell into hard times, leading to his son Mehmood to work as a child artist & daughter Minoo Mumtaz to work as dancer in his stage shows & later movies.
Career
She was re-christened as Minoo by none other than Meena Kumari who is the sister-in-law of Mehmood. She started off as a stage dancer and later as dancer many films of the 50s [4] and 60s with her first film "Sakhi Hateem". She also played the lead role opposite Balraj Sahni in "Black Cat"[5] (1959). She can be seen in the song "Boojh Mera Kya Naam Re"[6] from the movie C.I.D. (1956). She also appeared in Guru Dutt films like Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962). She also played key roles in 'Taj Mahal', 'Ghoonghat', Insan Jaag Utha (1959), Ghar Basake Dekho (1963), Gazal (1964), 'Sindbad, Alibaba, Aladin', 'Dharmaputra' and 'Jahanaara'.
Personal life
She married S. Ali Akbar, a film director on 6-12-1963. She leads a retired life in Canada now.[7]
See also
Further reading
- Zaveri, Hanif. Mehmood, a Man of Many Moods, Popular Prakashan, 2005. ISBN 81-7991-213-2
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