Khursheed

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1914-04-14 (87 years old)

Deathday

2001-04-18

Place of Birth

Punjab, India

Khursheed

Biography

Khurshid started her film career way back in the late thirties and was among the two surviving actresses to have shared stellar honours with the renowned singer K.L. Saigal. Suraiya, another popular singer-actress of the forties and fifties, remains the only one now. Irshad Begum in real life, Khurshid had done a number of movies for Ranjeet Movietone and her leading men included Saigol, Motilal, Isharilal and Jairaj. Soon after partition she migrated to Pakistan and settled down in Karachi, where she did only two movies, Mandi and Fankar, both of which didn't fare well at the box-office. In 1956 Irshad Begum got married to Yusuf Bhaimia, and...

Acting

1950

Babul

as Munshi's Wife

1947

March Ahead

as Sarla

1942

Bhakta Surdas

as Chintamani

1943

Tansen

as Tani

1944

Mumtaz Mahal

as Mumtaz Mahal

1940

Holi

as Kokila (as Khursheed)

1942

Chandni

as Chandni/Devi

1944

1946

Phoolwari

as Lali

1941

Shadi

as Shobha

1941

Pardesi

as Mira

1942

Beti

as Kiran

1946

Moorti

as Anami

1946

1939

Sitara

as Sitara

Production

1972

Meri Zindagi Hay Naghma

as Playback Singer

1966

Jaag Utha Insaan

as Playback Singer

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