1. Khursheed Bano, often credited as Khursheed or Khurshid, was a singer and actress, and a pioneer of the Indian cinema.
13 Facts About Khursheed Bano
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Khursheed Bano's career ran through the 1930s and 1940s, before she migrated to Pakistan in 1948.
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Khursheed Bano started her film career with early talkies when she joined Madan Theatres in Calcutta in 1931.
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Khursheed Bano worked in the silent film Eye for an Eye the year when the first talkie film of the subcontinent was released.
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Khursheed Bano joined the Hindmata Cinetone Film Company and under this banner she appeared in Ishq-e-Punjab alias Mirza Sahiban - the first Punjabi talkie film.
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Khursheed Bano soon moved to Bombay and after working in Mahalakshmi Cinetone Company's Bombshell and Chirag-e-Husn, she acted in Saroj Movietone's Gaibi Sitara where she sang all the songs herself.
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Khursheed Bano's last film in India was Papeeha Re, which was a great hit, prior to her migration to Pakistan, leaving her mark in the Indian film industry.
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Khursheed Bano migrated, in 1948, to Pakistan after the independence, with her husband and settled down in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
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Khursheed Bano worked in two films in 1956, Fankar and Mandi.
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Khursheed Bano married her manager Lala Yakub, who was a small-time actor with Kardar Productions and member of the Bhati Gate Group, Lahore, Pakistan.
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Khursheed Bano married Yusuf Bhai Mian in 1956, who was in the shipping business.
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Khursheed Bano had three children and had stopped working in films after her last film in 1956.
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Khursheed Bano died on 18 April 2001 in Karachi, Pakistan four days after her 87th birthday.