Zubeida

Actor, Film actor

1911 – 1988

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Who was Zubeida?

Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir was an Indian film actress and an Indian Princess. She acted in the first Indian talkie movie Alam Ara. Her credits include early hits Devdas, and Sagar Movietone's first talkie, Meri Jaan.

In the presence of seasoned actors like Prithviraj Kapoor and Master Vithal, Zubeida blossomed and wowed everyone with her singing, dancing and her speech and became one of Indian cinema's earliest superstars. Her mother, Fatima Begum, India's first woman film director and a superstar of the silent movie era in her own right directed her daughter Zubeida in films and even acted alongside her. This remarkable partnership prepared the ground for Zubeida's remarkable transition from the very different form and stylistics of silent movies to that of talking movies. Her role in Indian cinema's first talkie, Alam Ara, brought to the fore her incredible talent and instantly launched her into superstardom and fame in India and among the already established film industry in Europe and America where she had many friends and admirers. She would later fall in love with and marry an Indian Maharaja and eventually gave up her acting career when she was at the very height of her profession.

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Born
1911
Surat
Also known as
  • Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir
  • Zubeidaa
  • Zubaida
  • Zubeda
  • Zubaidah
  • Zubida
  • Zubeida Begum
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Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Hinduism
Nationality
  • India
Profession
Died
Sep 1, 1988
Mumbai

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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