Begum Para
Begum Para | |
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Para in the film Shalimar (1945). | |
| Born | Zubeda Ul Haq 25 December 1926 Jhelum, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Died | 9 December 2008 (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1944–1956, 2007 |
| Spouse | Nasir Khan |
| Children | 3, including Ayub Khan |
| Relatives | Dilip Kumar (brother-in-law) Rukhsana Sultana (niece) Amrita Singh (grandniece) Saira Banu (sister-in-law) |
Begum Para (née Zubeda Ul Haq; 25 December 1926 – 9 December 2008) was an Indian Hindi film actress. She was active mostly in the 1940s and 1950s. After almost 50 years of absence in the industry, she returned to films with her last role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya (2007) as Sonam Kapoor's grandmother. In her time during the 1950s, she was considered a 'glamour girl' of Bollywood, so much so, that Life magazine had a section devoted to her photographs.