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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Pramila was born in 1916 in [[Calcutta|Kolkata]], to a [[Baghdadi Jews|Baghdadi Jewish family]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Jewish stars of Bollywood|newspaper=Haaretz|url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-features/jewish-stars-of-bollywood-1.515427|access-date=3 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=rediff>{{cite web|title=Meet Pramila, the first Miss India|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/28sld1.htm|access-date=3 September 2014}}</ref> She was the daughter of Reuben Abraham, a businessman from [[Kolkata]], and Matilda Isaac, from [[Karachi]]. She had three siblings from her father's first marriage to Liya, and six siblings from her own parents' marriage.
Pramila was born in 1916 in [[Calcutta|Kolkata]], to a [[Baghdadi Jews|Baghdadi Jewish family]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Jewish stars of Bollywood|newspaper=Haaretz|url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-features/jewish-stars-of-bollywood-1.515427|access-date=3 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=rediff>{{cite web|title=Meet Pramila, the first Miss India|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/28sld1.htm|access-date=3 September 2014|work=Rediff}}</ref> She was the daughter of Reuben Abraham, a businessman from [[Kolkata]], and Matilda Isaac, from [[Karachi]]. She had three siblings from her father's first marriage to Liya, and six siblings from her own parents' marriage.


Esther Victoria Abraham was married twice. She had a child from her first marriage.  After she married again, to fellow actor Syed Hasan Ali Zaidi, better known as '''Kumar''', they had four children together. A practicing Shia Muslim, Zaidi appeared in ''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]'' and ''[[Shri 420]]''). Esther Victoria Abraham was his second wife.<ref>[http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/film_p/pramila_1 Pramila: Esther Victoria Abraham – A Star Studded Bollywood and Glamour Family in India]. Jewish Calcutta</ref> After Kumar emigrated to Pakistan in 1963, Esther Victoria Abraham decided to stay in India, where she acted and produced films.
Esther Victoria Abraham was married twice. She had a child from her first marriage.  After she married again, to fellow actor Syed Hasan Ali Zaidi, better known as '''Kumar''', they had four children together. A practicing Shia Muslim, Zaidi appeared in ''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]'' and ''[[Shri 420]]''). Esther Victoria Abraham was his second wife.<ref>[http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/film_p/pramila_1 Pramila: Esther Victoria Abraham – A Star Studded Bollywood and Glamour Family in India]. Jewish Calcutta</ref> After Kumar emigrated to Pakistan in 1963, Esther Victoria Abraham decided to stay in India, where she acted and produced films.
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