Mumtaz Shanti (28 May 1926 – 19 October 1994) was a popular actress in Indian and Pakistani Cinema during 1940s and 1950s. She was known as ''The Jubilee Girl'' because of her roles in films '' Basant'' and '' Kismet''. She worked in films including '' Mangti'' (1942), '' Basant'' (1942), '' Badalti Duniya'' (1943), '' Kismet'' (1943), ''

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'' (1946), '' Ghar Ki Izzat'' (1948) and '' Aahuti'' (1950).

Early life

Mumtaz was born in 1926 in Dinga, in the Gujrat District of the Punjab Province of

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into a

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family. Mumtaz's mother died when she was very young and her aunt took care of her. Mumtaz's uncle encouraged her to learn singing and dancing when she was visiting

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Wali Sahib spotted her and then she went to

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and worked in ''Sohni Kumharan'' in 1937.

Career

Mumtaz Shanti et Ashok Kumar dans Kismet (1943) (2)

Mumtaz Shanti's career peaked in the 1940s and early 1950s with hit movies like '' Basant'' (1942), '' Kismet'' (1943), and '' Ghar Ki Izzat'' (1948) with a young

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''Kismet'' was the biggest hit of her career. The film starring her and Ashok Kumar broke all previous records when it came to box office revenues. It ran for a record three years at Kolkata’s Roxy cinema. This record was broken 32 years later by ''

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''.

Personal life

Mumtaz Shanti was married to Wali Mohammad a film director and writer in pre-partition Bollywood then after partition they both moved to Pakistan in the early 1950s and Wali Sahib died of heart failure in 1977.

Death

Mumtaz Shanti died in Pakistan on 19 October 1994.

Filmography

Film

References

External links

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