Veena
Veena is known for The Chess Players (1977), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Pakeezah (1972).
Biography
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 Lahore's Chuna Mandi.[1] She married actor-hero Al Nasir in 1947 and had two children.
She started out playing heroine roles in pre-partition 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 pre-partition 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 mid-to-late-1940s, 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 Filmfare's 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).
Questions about Veena
How many Veena films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 6 films with Veena, from 1958 to 1986.
What was the first Veena film?
The first Veena film in the catalogue is The Chess Players, from 1977.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
Full filmography
44 films — 6 in the catalogue
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8.0 Mazloom
1986 · Purnima's mother
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6.0 Jaanwar
1983
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7.0 Khwaja Ki Diwani
1981
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5.7 Payal Ki Jhankaar
1980
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7.0 The Chess Players
1977 · Queen Mother
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राजा शिवछत्रपती
1974 · Vadisohabeen
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7.0 5 Rifles
1974 · Maharani
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3.8 Madhosh
1974 · Raj's Mother
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6.8 Jheel Ke Us Paar
1973
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7.0 परिचय
1972 · Satidevi
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9.0 Shehzada
1972
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6.5 Pakeezah
1972 · Nawabjaan
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Kaun Ho Tum
1970
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7.0 हीर राँझा
1970
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7.0 दो रास्ते
1969 · Mrs. Gupta
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10.0 Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai
1969 · Gurmukh Singh's wife
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8.3 Aashirwad
1968 · Leela S. Choudhary
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6.5 Saathi
1968 · Rajni's Mother
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8.0
Shrimanji
1968
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7.5
Kahin Din Kahin Raat
1968
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8.0 Noorjehan
1967 · Mrs. Hayat Baig
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9.0 सन्नाटा
1966
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8.0 नूर महल
1965
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9.0 Shehnai
1964
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7.2 ताज महल
1963 · Empress Nur Jahan
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6.5 Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon
1963
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6.7 Chhoti Bahen
1959 · Yashoda
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6.8 Kaagaz Ke Phool
1959 · Veena Varma / Veena Sinha
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10.0 Khota Paisa
1958 · Geeta
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6.2 Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi
1958 · Kamini
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7.0 Mehndi
1958
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Mumtaz Mahal
1957
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7.0 Delhi Durbar
1956
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9.0 Halaku
1956 · Maharani
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7.5 अफ़साना
1951 · Meera
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8.0 Biwi
1950
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9.0 Dastan
1950 · Rani
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7.0 Pehli Nazar
1945
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9.0 Phool
1945
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5.5 हुमायूं
1945 · Rajkumari (as Veena Kumari)
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6.0 नज़मा
1943 · Najma
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10.0 Garib
1942 · Lata
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7.0 Radhika
1941 · Rama
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9.0 Aasra
1941 · Geeta
People data: TMDb.
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