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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Meena Kumari in Miss Mary.jpg|right|200px]]<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Mahjabeen Bano&#039;&#039;&#039;{{sfn|Mehta|2016|page=1916}} ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|&#039;&#039;&#039; ماہ جبِیں بانو &#039;&#039;&#039;}}}}),<br /> (1 August 1933&lt;ref name=&quot;Filmfare&quot;&gt;{{cite web |title= April 2 1954 |website= Filmfare |url= http://www.magzter.com/preview/190/18943 |accessdate= 25 September 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170511091049/https://www.magzter.com/preview/190/18943 |archive-date= 11 May 2017 |url-status= dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;Room2010&quot;&gt;{{cite book |author= Adrian Room |title= Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins | page=269|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C&amp;pg=PA269 |accessdate= 22 April 2012 |date= 26 July 2010 |publisher= McFarland |isbn= 978-0-7864-4373-4 |contribution= Meena Kumari}}&lt;/ref&gt;&amp;nbsp;– 31 March 1972), better known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Meena Kumari&#039;&#039;&#039;({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|&#039;&#039;&#039; مِینا کُماری &#039;&#039;&#039;}}}}), was an Indian actress, singer and poet. She starred in classic movies of [[Hindi Cinema]]. She is known as the &#039;&#039;[[Cinderella]] of Indian movies&#039;&#039;.&lt;ref name=&quot;Cineplot.com 2017&quot;&gt;{{cite web |title= Meena Kumari – Interview (1952) |website= Cineplot.com |date= 19 July 2017 |url= http://cineplot.com/meena-kumari-interview-1952/ |access-date= 29 July 2017}}&lt;/ref&gt; She was active between 1939 and 1972.<br /> &lt;ref name= &quot;Khaleej&quot;&gt;{{cite news |url= http://www.khaleejtimes.com/wknd/bollywood/remembering-the-tragedy-queen-meena-kumari |title= Remembering the Tragedy Queen Meena Kumari |last= Mohamed |first=Khalid |date= 25 March 2016 |website= [[Khaleej Times]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |url= http://rollingframes.org/2016/07/13/meena-kumari-the-tragedy-queen-of-indian-cinema/ |title= Meena Kumari – &quot;The Tragedy Queen of Indian Cinema&quot; |website= Rolling Frames Film Society}}&lt;/ref&gt; She was born in [[Bombay]].<br /> <br /> She starred in 92 movies with her best being &#039;&#039;[[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam]]&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;[[Pakeezah]]&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;[[Mere Apne]]&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;[[Aarti (1962 movie)|Aarti]]&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;[[Baiju Bawra (movie)|Baiju Bawra]]&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;[[Parineeta (1953 movie)|Parineeta]]&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;[[Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai]]&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;[[Footpath (1953 movie)|Foot Path]]&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;[[Dil Ek Mandir]]&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;[[Kaajal]]&#039;&#039;. Her career lasted from 1939 to 1972.<br /> <br /> Mumari died on 31 March 1972 at a hospital in [[Mumbai]] while in a [[coma]] from [[cirrhosis]]-related problems, aged 38.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Mumari, Meena}}<br /> [[Category:1933 births]]<br /> [[Category:1972 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Deaths from cirrhosis]]<br /> [[Category:Indian movie actors]]<br /> [[Category:Indian television actors]]<br /> [[Category:Indian poets]]<br /> [[Category:Indian singers]]<br /> [[Category:People from Bombay]]<br /> <br /> {{actor-stub}}</div>

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