Biography of naseem banu chopra

Indian actress (1916–2002)

Naseem Banu (4 July 1916 – 18 June 2002) was an Indian actress. She was referred to as Naseem.^[1] Starting her acting career in the mid-1930s she continued to act till mid-1950s.

Her first film was Khoon Ka Khoon (Hamlet) (1935) with Sohrab Modi under whose Minerva Movietone banner she acted for several years. Her high-point came with Modi's Pukar (1939) in which she played the role of Empress Nur Jahan.

According to composer Naushad she got the sobriquet Pari-Chehra (fairy face) Naseem through the publicity advertisements of her films.^[2] She was the mother of actress Saira Banu and mother-in-law to the actor Dilip Kumar.^[3]

Early years

Naseem Banu was born as Roshan Ara Begum in Old Delhi, India, into a community of performers and entertainers.

Her mother, Chamiyan Bai (also known as Shamshad Begum, not to be confused with the playback singer who had the same name), was a famous and well-earni