She featured in around 92 movies in her illustrious career spanning 33 years. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. You can find out more by clicking this link. News Lifestyle People. Jagdeep Veteran actor Jagdeep buried in the same graveyard where tragedy queen Meena Kumari was laid to rest Meena Kumari died in and was buried in Shia Kabrastan at Mazgaon, Mumbai and years later in , renowned filmmaker and her husband Kamal Amrohi's grave was also buried in the same cemetery, next only to Meena Kumari's tombstone.
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Next Story. Baba lived in Mumbai at that time. Choti Ammi loved me and cared for me. My mother always told us to love Baba and respect Choti Ammi as a mother. I knew that Baba gave my mother immense respect and love, but my mother was not his mehbooba beloved. It was always Meenaji! She wanted people to believe that she was also a tragedy queen in real life. While the Indian media and those around her bought into this image on her reputation, Meenaji, says Rukhsaar, was merely an actress on her way to becoming a much sought-after leading lady in Bollywood.
Rukhsaar Amrohi refutes the accusation that it was due to Kamal Amrohi that Meena Kumari sought refuge in the bottle. She became an alcoholic after they separated. How could he then mistreat the woman he loved? Pakeezah was proof of that. This was not just vanity at work, as Meena Kumari was then suffering from liver cirrhosis and when she decided to complete Pakeezah at the behest of Nargis and Sunil Dutt, she feared that she would not look as beautiful as she did in her early days.
He had her face smeared with concealers for the close-up shots while an artist, Padma Khanna, enacted the role physically and even danced for the last song in Pakeezah, Teer-i-Nazar Dekhenge Zakmi Jigar Dekhenge.
In her last days, when pain was her constant companion, it was only Kamal Amrohi that Meena Kumari used to call to her apartment. She clearly still cared for him very much. On eating it, he felt his head starting to spin and he reached home half-conscious. We were all very worried and called Choti Ammi who immediately drove over to our apartment.
She was genuinely worried and told us not to let Baba go to any party in future. Meena Kumari died at the age of 40 in March , two months after Pakeezah was released. Baba was heartbroken. He had said that if he was her husband or that they had ever loved each other, then she should have given her personal writings to her husband, Kamal Amrohi.
Kamal Amrohi and Meena Kumari now lie buried side by side in a cemetery in Mumbai. They are the real proof. I have told my children to dispose of them after I die.
Nobody should read them for they will be misconstrued and misused. Kamal Amrohi and Meena Kumari as a married couple should not be subjected to slander anymore, especially my father. She had also said that she cannot be a housewife or a child-bearing machine. I say that on record that she never wanted a child and I am witness to this and I can prove it. Those letters that were exchanged between them are proof that she never wanted a child.
I also have the diary that shows that she never wanted to bear children. She did get pregnant but she had it aborted. In the name of the father S. N Published March 30, Facebook Count. Twitter Share. It was the stuff of legend; a star-crossed romance with twists and turns at par with that of a Bollywood film. It was the much talked about love affair between Kamal Amrohi and Meena Kumari. Now, years later, his daughter Rukhsaar presents her father's side of the story.
Read more. On DawnNews. Comments 9 Closed. Popular Newest Oldest. Mar 30, pm. A very nice article by Rukhssar. She should know that Meena Kumari did not abort. A baby sister of Rukhsar was born. Meena Kumari gave her in care of one of her dear friends in Karachi. This woman raised her, A few years ago, Meena Kumari's daughter appeared on a TV show and narrated her story.
She also explained that even Kamal Amrohi probably came to Karachi to look for her. Recommend 0. After Meena Kumari died her body was not erased from the nursing home for want of payments. Then Meena Kumari's doctor put in the funds for releasing the body. Where was the beloved husband Kamal Amrohi then even after making millions on Pakeezah?
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