Born with the name “Mahjabeen Bano”, First stage name “Baby Meena”, she was popularly known as The Tragedy Queen, Chinese Doll and Female Guru Dutt and is often remembered as Cinderella of Indian films.
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Born with the name “Mahjabeen Bano”, First stage name “Baby Meena”, she was popularly known as The Tragedy Queen, Chinese Doll and Female Guru Dutt and is often remembered as Cinderella of Indian films.
Rare facts about her.
- She was the First Recipient of the inaugural Filmfare Best Actress Award for Baiju Bawra in 1954.
- Her parents couldn’t pay the doctor’s fee so she was left at orphanage but because of her mother, she was brought back.
- She wrote Urdu poetry under the pseudonym “Naaz“.
- She is also the only actress to have posthumous nomination for Pakeezah in the 20th Filmfare Awards, 1973.
- Tanha Chand (Lonely Moon), a collection of Meena Kumari’s poems, was compiled by Gulzar and published after her death in 1972.
- A postal stamp of face value 500 paise was issued in her honour on 13 February 2011 by India Post.
