kumari (right side) sisters khursheed , mahliqa in 1945
meena kumari born name mahjabeen in family of poor theatre artistes; ali bux , iqbal begum on 1 august 1933. great disappointment ali bux because desperately wanted son. bux family lived next rooptara studios in dadar, bombay, , ali bux forever hopeful of getting major break in film industry, never happened. meena kumari second daughter of ali bux , iqbal begum. khursheed bano (also actress) elder sister , mahliqa (also known madhu, first married actor mehmood ali) younger sister. @ home, mahjabeen s family fondly called name munna . @ time of birth, parents unable pay fees of dr. gadre, had delivered her, father left @ muslim orphanage. however, picked after few hours.
little mahjabeen said have said don t want work in movies. want go school, , learn other children. despite wish go school, parents started peddling four-year-old mahjabeen film studios work opportunities. director vijay bhatt offered little mahjabeen child s role in production leatherfaceand on first day paid rs. 25.
leatherface released in 1939. mahjabeen s looks , talent brought more opportunities, ever since ugly beginning against wishes. @ age of 4 became bread earner in bux family. in interview in 1962, meena kumari explained fact had been supporting parents age of 4 gave immense satisfaction. kumari further said first day trotted along work, little imagined saying goodbye normal pleasantries of childhood. thought go studio few days , go school, learn few things , play , make merry other children, not . mahjabeen admitted regular school, not long, because demands of work interrupted curricula. never went school in meaningful sense, , education result of private tuition, , more result of individual interest; in every sense self-educated. kumari concentrated on urdu although in english , hindi. little mahjabeen used carry children s books onto sets , while travelling parents on outstation shoots. on sets, little mahjabeen nicknamed reading mahjabeen .
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