15 Facts About Kuldip Kaur

Kuldip Kaur started her acting career with the first Punjabi film produced in India following Partition; Chaman, called The Garden in 1948.

Kuldip Kaur was born into a Guron Jat family in 1927 in Lahore, Punjab, British India.

Kuldip Kaur's family were Ladhran royal family in Attari, Amritsar District, in Punjab.

Kuldip Kaur was married to Attariwala royal member Mohinder Singh Sidhu, a grandson of the military Commander of Ranjit Singh's army, General Sham Singh Attariwala.

Kuldip Kaur left Lahore in 1947 while communal violence was raging.

Kuldip Kaur returned to Lahore in spite of the violence, to pick up Pran's car.

Kuldip Kaur's car had been left behind when Pran and she left for Bombay to escape the Sikh genocide in Lahore following partition of India.

Kuldip Kaur drove the car back alone from Lahore to Bombay, via Delhi.

Kuldip Kaur acted in two Hindi films that year; Ziddi directed by Shaheed Latif and starring Dev Anand, Kamini Kaushal and Pran, and Grahasti both of which were "box office hits".

In 1949, Kuldip Kaur acted a musical success, Ek Thi Ladki, with music by Vinod.

Kuldip Kaur was stated to have played her role of a vamp "to perfection".

Kuldip Kaur then appeared in films such as Baiju Bawra in which her acting was critically acclaimed as the dacoit queen, Roopmati.

In 1958, Kuldip Kaur had roles in two films; Sahara and Panchayat.

Some important films Kuldip Kaur acted in were Ek Thi Ladki, Samadhi, Aadhi Raat, Chhoti Bhabhi, Anarkali, Afsana and Baiju Bawra.

Kuldip Kaur died on 3 February 1960, in Bombay, Maharashtra, of tetanus, following thorn pricks from a Ber tree on a visit to Shirdi, Ahmednagar District, which she did not consider serious enough to require treatment.