Mumtaz Shanti

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Mumtaz Shanti
Mumtaz Shanti (cropped).jpg
Shanti posing for a publicity poster in 1943
Born
Mumtaz Begum

1926 (1926)
Died1989
(age 63)
Lahore, Pakistan
NationalityIndia, later Pakistan
OccupationFilm actress
Years active1937-1975
Spouse(s)Wali Sahib
ChildrenSikander Wali
Zafar Iqbal

Mumtaz Shanti (1926–1989) was a Bollywood actress, popular in the 1940s.[1] She appeared in 24 films, including Basant (1942), Badalti Duniya (1943), Kismet (1943), and Dharti Ke Lal (1946).

Career[edit]

Mumtaz Shanti's career peaked in the 1940s and early 1950s with hit movies like Basant (1942), Kismet (1943), and Ghar Ki Izzat (1948) with a young Dilip Kumar.[2][3]

Shanti in Basant (1942)

Kismet became the biggest hit of her career. The film starring her along with Ashok Kumar broke all previous box office records.[3][1] It ran for a record three years at Kolkata’s Roxy cinema. This record was broken 32 years later by Sholay.[4]

Personal life and death[edit]

Mumtaz Shanti was married to Wali Mohammad Khan (Wali Saheb),[1] 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.[3]

Filmography[edit]

  1. Aakraman (1975)
  2. Zamane Ki Hawa (1952)[1]
  3. Aahuti (1950)
  4. Biwi (1950)
  5. Putli (1950)
  6. Ghar Ki Izzat (1948)[2]
  7. Heer Ranjha (1948)[5]
  8. Padmini (1948)
  9. Diwani (1947)
  10. Doosri Shadi (1947)
  11. Dharti (1946)
  12. Magadhraj (1946)
  13. Pujari (1946)
  14. Shravan Kumar (1946)
  15. Chand Chakori (1945)[5]
  16. Bhartruhari (1944)
  17. Lady Doctor (1944)[5]
  18. Pagli Duniya (1944)
  19. Kismet (1943)[1]
  20. Badalti Duniya (1943)[1]
  21. Sawaal (1943)
  22. Basant (1942)[1]
  23. Mangti (1942) - Punjabi language movie. Celebrated Golden Jubilee at the box office[1]
  24. Sohni Kumharan[1] (1937) (a Punjabi language film and her debut film as an actress)[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Mumtaz Shanti - Interview from 1954 on cineplot.com website Archived 3 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine Published 20 August 2016, Retrieved 3 July 2019
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ghar Ki Izzat (1948 film) on hindigeetmala.net website Archived 7 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 July 2019
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Profile of Mumtaz Shanti on cineplot2.com website Archived 4 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 July 2019
  4. ↑ "Kismet: The biggest blockbuster before 'Sholay'". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Filmography of Mumtaz Shanti on muvyz.com website Archived 23 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 July 2019

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