Meena Kumari's fate got the better of her right at birth. Born into a family with limited means, her father, who wished for a son, couldn't even afford the medical expenses of her delivery.

Meena Kumari, battling declining health, sold her Bandra bungalow to co-star Mumtaz to support a film project, sparking ...

In a recent interview, Mumtaz dismissed all the reports that claimed Meena Kumari was bankrupt when she sold her Bandra house ...

That too wasn’t a coincidence for Meena Kumari had strong family connections with the Tagore family of Bengal. Reports suggest that her maternal grandmother, Hem Sundari Tagore was the niece of ...

Meena Kumari Had Turned The ‘Tragedy Queen’ In ... It was due to the poor financial condition of her family that Meena was forced to work at such a young age. However, her confidence, charm ...

Narang Abbasi also looked at how Meena Kumari was perceived in her own family. “My mother perhaps idolised her as a woman and my father considered her a very fine artist,” she said.

She also represented that generation of young Muslim girls who were pushed into the film industry so that they could become their family’s meal tickets. Meena Kumari’s family too exploited her ...

both Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi took this sportingly. In the same interview, he revealed that he never disliked the Pakeezah actress since she never asked his father to leave his first family.

Now, in conversation with Navbharat Times, Tajdar slammed Kangana saying that their family and Meena Kumari have goodwill. He further added that a "stupid girl" like Kangana cannot tarnish the ...

The doctor who treated her at that time paid the bill so that the family could take the body away! The tragic death of Meena Kumari shook the entertainment industry. But before her death ...

Meena Kumari began supporting her family financially from the age of four through acting, and despite never receiving serious schooling, she was later celebrated for her sensitive poetry.