Begum Para

Begum Para is also known as Zubeda Ul Haq. She was an Indian Hindi film actress and costume designer. She had predominantly worked in the 1940s and 1950s. She was born on December 25, 1926. She was born in Jhelum, Punjab. It is in Pakistan, now. Her father, Mian Ehsan-ul-Haq, was a chief justice. She married to Nasir Khan Nasir Khan is an Indian Film Actor. He worked in t >> Read More... , younger brother of Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan was born on the 11th of Decemb >> Read More... , actor. The couple had three children; Ayub Khan Ayub Khan is a famous Indian Film and TV actor who >> Read More... , the actor, is the son of Begum Para. Begum Para made her debut in the film ‘Chand’ released in 1944. Further, she appeared in movies like ‘ Sohni Mahiwal The show aired on DD National (DD1) AKA Doordarsha >> Read More... ’ (1946), ‘ Zanjeer Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ (1947), ‘Neel Kamal’ (1947) and many more.

Her family belonged to Aligarh. She spent her childhood days in Bikaner. She completed her education at Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her elder brother’s name is Masrurul Haq who went to Bombay in the late 1930s to become an actor. There, he met the Bengali actress Protima Dasgupta Protima Dasgupta was born in 1922 in Bhavnagar int >> Read More... and married her. She is the aunt of Rukhsana Sultana, an Indian socialite. Begum Para married actor and filmmaker Nasir Khan, who died in 1974. She had three children, namely Lubna, Nadir, and Ayub Khan. Following her husband’s death, she moved to Pakistan in 1975 with her family. Two years later, she returned to India. She had three granddaughters, namely Kichu Dandiya, a jewellery designer, Zohra Khan, and Tahura Khan. Begum Para’s first break was in a 1944 film from Prabhat Studios in Poona. In the movie, Prem Adib Prem Adib was an Indian movie actor. He was praise >> Read More... is the hero, and Sitara Devi Sitara Devi, the Empress of Kathakali dance, was b >> Read More... is the vamp. She started getting paid about rupees fifteen hundred a month.

The following year, Begum Para and her sister-in-law Protima made a film, “Chhamia,” is based on the novel “Pygmalion.” After that, she signed many films but couldn’t establish herself as an actress. She got roles as a glamour doll in most films because of her highly scandalous image. Begum Para did “Mehendi” (1947) with Nargis, “Neel Kamal” (1947) with Raj Kapoor Rajkapoor is a film maker and movie director from >> Read More... , “Jhalka” (1948), “Suhaag Raat” (1948) with Geet Bali & Bharat Bhushan Bharat Bhushan born in Meerut city of Uttar Prades >> Read More... , and “Meherbani” (1950) with Ajit Khan Ajit Khan or better known by his stage name, Ajit, >> Read More... . In 1951, she worked in the action film “Ustad Pedro,” directed and produced by Sheikh Mukhtar Sheikh Mukhtar was Chaudhry Ashfaq Ahmed's son >> Read More... . The same year, she posed for a Life magazine photo shoot for photographer James Burke. Begum Para’s last role was in the film “Kar Bhala” in 1956.

In 1960, she was also offered to portray Nigar Sultana’s role ‘Bahar’ in an Indian epic historical drama film “Mughal-e-Azam,” directed & produced by K. Asif. However, she refused to play the role in the movie, as she thought it was against her image. After almost fifty years of absence in the film industry, she returned to films for acting. In 2007, she made a comeback on the silver screen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film “ Saawariya Click to look into! >> Read More... .” In the movie, she played the role of Sakina’s grandmother. Begum Para died on 9th December 2008. She was 81 years of age when she died.