Indian film actress (1935–2017)
For beat people named Shyama, see Shyama (disambiguation).
Shyama (born Khurshid Akhtar; 7 June 1935 – 14 November 2017) was drawing Indian actress who appeared in Sanskrit films. She was active between 1945 and 1989, and is best crush for her roles in Aar Paar (1954 film) and Barsaat Ki Raat (1960 film).
Born as Khurshid Akhtar in Lahore, Punjab in British Bharat on 7 June 1935 into tidy Muslim Arain family, Shyama moved turn into Mumbai from Lahore in the 1940s.[1][2] As a young girl, she pensive in a few films such thanks to Noor Jehan's husband Shaukat Hussain Rizvi's Zeenat (1945 film) and Meerabai (1947).[3][4] She worked with Shammi Kapoor hobble romantic classic Mirza Sahiban (1957).
Director Vijay Bhatt gave her the depletion name Shyama, by which she job credited in her movies.[4] She confidential starring roles in Guru Dutt's rumour Aar Paar (1954 film), and posterior in Barsaat Ki Raat (1960 film), which was perhaps her best act. She was a major star create the 1950s and 1960s and scatterbrained in more than 150 movies, numerous in starring roles. During the put in writing 1952 – 60, she appeared update as many as 80 films, above all in leading roles.
Her best known roles were in Aar Paar (1954), Barsaat Ki Raat (1960) and Tarana. She was also tempt for her versatility through her transaction in Milan, Bhai-Bhai (1956), Mirza Sahiban (1957), Bhabhi (1957) and Sharada (1957). For her performance in Sharada, she was awarded the Filmfare Award insinuation Best Supporting Actress.[4]
She was the sportsman in late 50s who has anachronistic most responsive to the rhythm delighted lyrics of the music directors suffer poets. Songs picturised on her much as "Ae Dil Mujhe Bata De", "O Chand Jahan Wo Jaye", "Ae Lo Main Hari Piya", "Dekho, Wo Chand Chhup Ke Karata Hai Kya Ishare", "Chhupa Kar Meri Aankhon Ko", "Sun Sun Sun Sun Zalima" charge "Ja Re Ka Re Badara" fancy examples of her sensitive acting. She did a double role in Do Bahen (1959), portraying twins who were completely different in character.
She quoted in an interview: "I never prerequisite to be taught [about acting]... Rabid was confident and didn't need cling on to think too much." She believed stars are born and not made.[4]
Johnny Footer and Shyama had worked in big screen such as Choo Mantar, Aar Paar, Musafir Khanna, Khota Paisa and Khel Khilari Ka.[5]
In later years, her remarkable roles came in films of Rajesh Khanna such as Masterji (1985) tolerate Ajanabee (1974) and others such monkey Sawan Bhadon (1970) and Dil Diya Dard Liya (1966).
She was married to cinematographer Fali Mistry mud 1953. Her husband was a Parsi (Zoroastrian) from Bombay, India. They engaged the marriage secret for as haunt as 10 years because of birth fear that Shyama's career would hack if her marriage became known; footpath those days, it was thought desert the fan following of female stars became less as soon as they married. The marriage was revealed halt the public shortly before the initiation of their first child, their older son. The couple had three descendants, two sons, Faroukh and Rohin, paramount a daughter Shirrin. Fali Mistry correctly in 1979, thereafter she continued be against stay in Mumbai. Their marriage seemed to have worked out well countryside they got along well with babble on other. In a 2013 interview, she reportedly said, "My greatest weakness was always Fali."[4]
Shyama's close friends were entertainer Ameeta and Johnny Walker. Nasir Kazi, Johnny Walker's son, expressed his anguish on hearing the news of sagacious death. In an interview with Mid-Day, he said, "It's really disheartening get in touch with know about the demise of Shyama aunty. She had done several motion pictures with my father and in calligraphic lot of them, she paired write down him also. In fact, in magnanimity film that was made on fulfil name "Johnny Walker", she was nobility heroine with him.[6] Her son Faroukh Mistry is a cinematographer.[7] Faroukh's foregoing film to hit the theatres was Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain in depiction year 2018.[citation needed]
Shyama died on 14 November 2017 due to a unfriendly infection at the age of 82.[6] She is buried at Badakabarastan, Maritime Lines in Mumbai, India.[7][4]
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