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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Mumtaz Shanti<br />
| image = Mumtaz Shanti (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = Shanti posing for a publicity poster in 1943<br />
| birth_name = Mumtaz Begum<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year|1926}}<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = 1989<br>(age 63)<br />
| death_place = [[Lahore]], Pakistan<br />
| nationality = [[India]], later [[Pakistan]]<br />
| occupation = [[Film actress]]<br />
| known for = <br />
| years active = 1937-1975<br />
| spouse = Wali Sahib<br />
| children = Sikander Wali<br>Zafar Iqbal<br />
| relatives = <br />
| awards = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Mumtaz Shanti''' (1926–1989) was a [[Bollywood]] actress, popular in the 1940s.<ref name=cineplot>[https://cineplot.com/mumtaz-shanti-interview/ Mumtaz Shanti - Interview from 1954 on cineplot.com website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703234353/https://cineplot.com/mumtaz-shanti-interview/ |date=3 July 2019 }} Published 20 August 2016, Retrieved 3 July 2019</ref> She appeared in 24 films, including [[Basant (film)|Basant]] (1942), [[Badalti Duniya]] (1943), [[Kismet (1943 film)|Kismet]] (1943), and [[Dharti Ke Lal]] (1946).<br />
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==Career==<br />
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Mumtaz Shanti's career peaked in the 1940s and early 1950s with hit movies like ''[[Basant (1942 film)|Basant]]'' (1942), ''[[Kismet (1943 film)|Kismet]]'' (1943), and ''[[Ghar Ki Izzat (1948 film)|Ghar Ki Izzat]]'' (1948) with a young [[Dilip Kumar]].<ref name=hindigeetmala>[http://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/ghar_ki_izzat.htm Ghar Ki Izzat (1948 film) on hindigeetmala.net website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807181457/https://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/ghar_ki_izzat.htm |date=7 August 2020 }} Retrieved 3 July 2019</ref><ref name=cineplot2>[http://cineplot2.com/mumtaz-shanti-profile-filmography/ Profile of Mumtaz Shanti on cineplot2.com website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704195022/http://cineplot2.com/mumtaz-shanti-profile-filmography/ |date=4 July 2019 }} Retrieved 4 July 2019</ref><br />
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[[File:Mumtaz Shanti dans Basant (1942).jpg|thumb| Shanti in ''[[Basant (1942 film)|Basant]]'' (1942)|alt=]]<br />
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''Kismet'' became the biggest hit of her career. The film starring her along with Ashok Kumar broke all previous box office records.<ref name=cineplot2/><ref name=cineplot/> It ran for a record three years at Kolkata’s Roxy cinema. This record was broken 32 years later by ''[[Sholay]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kismet: The biggest blockbuster before 'Sholay' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/kismet-the-biggest-blockbuster-before-sholay/articleshow/44584350.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life and death==<br />
Mumtaz Shanti was married to Wali Mohammad Khan (Wali Saheb),<ref name=cineplot/> a film director and writer in pre-partition Bollywood. They both moved to Pakistan in the early 1950s. Wali Saheb died of heart failure in 1977. Mumtaz Shanti died in Pakistan on Oct. 19th, 1989.<ref name=cineplot2/><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
# ''Aakraman'' (1975)<br />
# ''Zamane Ki Hawa'' (1952)<ref name=cineplot/><br />
# ''[[Aahuti (1950 film)|Aahuti]]'' (1950)<br />
# ''Biwi'' (1950)<br />
# ''Putli'' (1950)<br />
# ''[[Ghar Ki Izzat (1948 film)|Ghar Ki Izzat]]'' (1948)<ref name=hindigeetmala/><br />
# ''Heer Ranjha'' (1948)<ref name=muvyz>[http://muvyz.com/people/il757454 Filmography of Mumtaz Shanti on muvyz.com website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223115931/http://muvyz.com/people/il757454 |date=23 February 2020 }} Retrieved 4 July 2019</ref><br />
# ''Padmini'' (1948)<br />
# ''Diwani'' (1947)<br />
# ''Doosri Shadi'' (1947)<br />
# ''Dharti'' (1946)<br />
# ''Magadhraj'' (1946)<br />
# ''Pujari'' (1946)<br />
# ''Shravan Kumar'' (1946)<br />
# ''Chand Chakori'' (1945)<ref name=muvyz/><br />
# ''Bhartruhari'' (1944)<br />
# ''Lady Doctor'' (1944)<ref name=muvyz/><br />
# ''Pagli Duniya'' (1944)<br />
# ''[[Kismet (1943 film)|Kismet]]'' (1943)<ref name=cineplot/><br />
# ''[[Badalti Duniya]]'' (1943)<ref name=cineplot/><br />
# ''Sawaal'' (1943)<br />
# ''[[Basant (film)|Basant]]'' (1942)<ref name=cineplot/><br />
# ''[[Mangti]]'' (1942) - Punjabi language movie. Celebrated Golden Jubilee at the box office<ref name=cineplot/><br />
# ''Sohni Kumharan''<ref name=cineplot/> (1937) (a Punjabi language film and her debut film as an actress)<ref name=cineplot/><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.citwf.com/person383304.htm Filmography of Mumtaz Shanti on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website]<br />
* {{IMDb name|0788396}}<br />
* {{Bollywood Hungama person|mumtaz-shanti}}<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]<br />
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]<br />
[[Category:1926 births]]<br />
[[Category:1989 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani actresses]]</div>imported>FrescoBot