Nargis

Nargis Dutt , born Fatima Rashid but known by her screen name, Nargis, was an Indian film actress. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema, she made her screen debut as a child in TalashEHaq in 1935, but her acting career began in 1942 with Tamanna . During a career that spanned from the 1940s to the 1960s, Nargis appeared in numerous commercially successful as well as critically appreciated films, many of which featured her alongside actor Raj Kapoor.

Nargis was born as Fatima Rashid in Calcutta, Bengal . Her father Abdul Rashid alias Mohan Babu, a Punjabi Muslim, was a wealthy Mohyal Tyagi from Rawalpindi, Punjab who had converted to Islam. Her mother was Jaddanbai, a Hindustani classical music singer and one of the early pioneers of Indian cinema. She introduced Nargis into the movie culture unfolding in India at the time. Nargis maternal halfbrother, Anwar Hussain , also became a film actor.

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