meena kumari played the female lead role in the movie 'pakeezah'.
meena kumari played the female lead role in the movie 'pakeezah'.
who played the female lead role in the movie 'pakeezah'?
meena kumari
in 1955, meena kumari and kamal amrohi were in south india and here kamal amrohi began outlining the plot of his next film with his wife meena kumari and decided that he would call it pakeezah (the name has a fascinating history too. it was changed many times due to superstitious reasons, but finally the original stayed). after the failure of "daera" in 1953, "pakeezah" as an idea was roaming amrohi's mind. a concept, kamal amrohi says was irretrievably fixed with his love for his wife meena kumari, he hoped to create a film which would be worthy of her as an actress, and worthy of the love he felt for her as a women. kamal amrohi declares that every line he wrote he had meena in mind. he wished to present her on the screen as no one had before: beautiful, sad, sanguine, dejected, calculating, sexy he ambitioned to capture as many dimensions of her as he knew of. kamal amrohi's son tajdar amrohi, raised by meena kumari, said: "what you see in "pakeezah" is exactly how our home looked like -- the same windows, chandeliers, arches, and curtains." the grandfather's character was taken from amrohi's father. "the dining table sequence in which raaj kumar says, 'afsos, log doodh se bhi jal jaate hai (alas, people get burnt by milk, too),' was inspired by everyday domestic scenes at our home. "when an elder enters the room, the womenfolk put on their veil. this is what baba showed in "pakeezah" and that's how women at our home behaved." says tajdar, "and his romance with my chhoti ammi was very dignified. despite being separated, they felt for each other. but they never divorced as rumors go. they loved each other and chhoti ammi respected my father and never allowed anyone to say anything against him."
pakeezah
"only "pakeezah"'s completion remain unsettled. you have made a condition that unless i give you a divorce you will not complete "pakeezah". even this knot can be untied ... i will free you from your marital ties. after this, if you wish to complete "your pakeezah". i would be the most happy to do so. this is my request, that "pakeezah" on which the fortune of many people depends, and which had the good wishes of so many people should not be left uncompleted if possible. you have better means. you have box-office appeal, and most of all "pakeezah" needs you personally ... "pakeezah" that is like a sinking ship will reach a shore under your care."
pakeezah