Mumtaz Shanti

Mumtaz Shanti
Shanti in Chand Chakori
Born
Mumtaz Begum

(1926-05-28)28 May 1926
Dinga, Punjab, British India
Died19 October 1994(1994-10-19) (aged 68)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Other nameThe Jubilee Girl[1]
OccupationActress
Years active1937–1952
SpouseWali Sahib
Children2
RelativesGeeta Nizami (aunt)

Mumtaz Shanti (28 May 1926 – 19 October 1994) was an actress in pre-partition Indian cinema.[1] Working in Bollywood films of the 1940s and also the early 1950s, she moved to Pakistan after the partition of India and retired from her acting career.

She was known as "The Jubilee Girl" because of her roles in films Basant (1942) and Kismet (1943).[1] She worked in films including Mangti (1942), Basant (1942), Badalti Duniya (1943), Kismet (1943), Dharti (1946), Ghar Ki Izzat (1948) and Aahuti (1950).[2]

Early life

Mumtaz was born in 1926 in Dinga, in the Gujrat District of the Punjab Province of British India into a Punjabi Muslim family. Mumtaz's mother died when she was very young and her aunt took care of her.[1] Mumtaz's uncle encouraged her to learn singing and dancing when she was visiting Lahore. Wali Sahab spotted her and then she went to Calcutta and worked in Sohni Kumharan in 1937.[1]

Mumtaz's uncle Barkat Nizami was briefly married to actress Geeta Nizami in the 1940s.[3][4]

Career

Mumtaz Shanti with Ashok Kumar in Kismet (1943)

Mumtaz Shanti's career peaked in the 1940s and early 1950s with hit movies like Basant (1942), Kismet (1943) with Ashok Kumar, Badalti Duniya and Dharti with Trilok Kapoor, and Ghar Ki Izzat (1948) with a young Dilip Kumar.[5][2][6][7]

Shanti in Basant (1942)

Kismet was the biggest hit of her career.[8][9][10] The film starring her and Ashok Kumar broke all previous records when it came to box office revenues.[2][1] It ran for a record three years at Kolkata’s Roxy cinema. This record was broken 32 years later by Sholay.[11]

Personal life

Mumtaz Shanti was married to Wali Sahab, a film director and writer in pre-partition Bollywood. After the partition of India, they both moved to Pakistan in the early 1950s and had two sons together. Sahab died of heart failure in 1977.[1]

Death

Mumtaz Shanti died in Pakistan on 19 October 1994.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Language
1937Sohni KumharanPunjabi[1]
1940Chambe Di KaliPunjabi
1942MangtiPunjabi[1]
1942BasantHindi[12][1]
1943SawaalHindi
1943Badalti DuniyaHindi[1]
1943KismetHindi[13][1]
1944BhartruhariHindi
1944Lady DoctorHindi
1944Pagli DuniyaHindi
1945Chand ChakoriHindi
1946DhartiHindi
1946MagadhrajHindi
1946PujariHindi
1946Shravan KumarHindi
1947DiwaniHindi
1947Doosri ShadiHindi
1948Ghar Ki IzzatHindi[5]
1948Heer RanjhaHindi
1948PadminiHindi
1949The Honor of the HouseHindi
1950AahutiHindi
1950BiwiHindi
1950PutliHindi
1952SanskarHindi
1952Zamane Ki HawaHindi[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Mumtaz Shanti – Interview". Cineplot.com website. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Profile of Mumtaz Shanti". Cineplot.com website. 21 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Manṭo, Saʻādat Ḥasan; Jalal, Hamid (2001). A Wet Afternoon: Stories, Sketches, Reminiscences. Alhamra. p. 627. ISBN 978-969-516-040-4.
  4. ↑ Hasan, Khalid (1984). Scorecard. Wajidalis. p. 22.
  5. 1 2 "Ghar Ki Izzat (1948)". Hindi Geet Mala website. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  6. ↑ One Hundred Indian Feature Films: An Annotated Filmography. Routledge. p. 109.
  7. ↑ Bless You Bollywood!: A Tribute to Hindi Cinema on Completing 100 Years. Bloomington, IN : Trafford On Demand Pub. p. 108.
  8. ↑ Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema. Routledge. p. 145.
  9. ↑ Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. p. 165.
  10. ↑ Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. New Delhi : Encyclopaedia Britannica. p. 446.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  11. ↑ "Kismet: The biggest blockbuster before 'Sholay'". The Times of India. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  12. ↑ Bollywood's Top 20 Superstars of Indian Cinema. New Delhi : Penguin, Viking. p. 115.
  13. ↑ Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 293.
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