Mehtab Biography, Latest Photos, Movies List

Mehtab
Screen shot from Jhansi Ki Rani
Born	Najma Khan 28 April 1913 Sachin, Gujarat, India
Died	10 April 1997 (aged 83) Mumbai, Maharashtra
Resting place	Bada Qabrastan, Marine Lines, Mumbai
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1928–1969
Spouse(s)	Ashraf Khan (divorced) Sohrab Modi (1946-1984; his death)
Children	2 Sons

Mehtab (1913–1997) was an Indian actress of Hindi/Urdu films who worked from 1928 to 1969.^[1] She was born in Sachin, Gujarat, to a Muslim family and named Najma. Her father, Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Mohammad Yakut Khan III, was the Nawab of Sachin, near Surat in the state of Gujarat.^[2] Starting her career in the late 1920s with small roles in films like Second Wife (1928), Indira B. A. (1929) and Jayant (1929), she went on to do character roles before acting in the lead opposite Ashraf Khan in Veer Kunal (1932). After almost a decade of doing mainly action-oriented roles, she came into prominence with the Kidar Sharma-directed Chitralekha (1941).

She married her early co-star Ashraf Khan with whom she had a son. They divorced later and she married Sohrab Modi in 1946. Modi cast her in the historical drama Jhansi Ki Rani (1953), which in spite of having spectacular scenes and lavish sets could not work well at the box office.^[3] She stopped acting in films following 1953 except to act in her last role as a character artist in Modi's Samay Bada Balwan (1969). She died in Mumbai on 10 April 1997.

Mehtab Movies List

• Second Wife (1928)
• Jayant (1929)
• Indira B. A. (1929)
• Kamaal-e-Shamsheer (1930)
• Hamara Hindustan (1930)
• Prithviraj (1931)
• Virni Vibhuti (1931)
• Diwano (1931)
• Husn Pari (1931)
• Shooro Sainik (1931)
• Jange Davlat (1931)
• Shaliwahan (1931)
• Khubsoorat Khawasan (1932)
• Veer Kunal (1932)
• Bhola Shikar (1933)
• Krishna Sudama (1933)
• Miss 1933 (1933)
• Pardesi Preetam (1933)
• Ranchandi (1933)
• Cinema Queen (1934)
• Prem Pariksha (1934)
• Veer Pujan (1934)
• Laheri Jawan (1935)
• Magic Horse (1935)
• Stree Dharma (1935)
• Taqdeer (1935)
• Bholi Bhikharan (1936)
• Moti Ka Haar (1937)
• Jeevan Swapna (1937)
• Devbala (1938)
• Baghi (1939)
• Leatherface (1939)
• Ek Hi Bhool (1940)
• Qaidi (1940)
• Chitralekha (1941)
• Masoom (1941)
• Bhakta Kabir (1942)
• Chaurangee (1942)
• Sharda (1942)
• Kanoon (1943)
• Sanjog (1943)
• Vishwas (1943)
• Bahar (1944)
• Jeevan (1944)
• Ismat (1944)
• Parakh (1944)
• Ek Din Ka Sultan (1945)
• Behram Khan (1946)
• Sathi (1946)
• Shama (1946)
• Jhansi Ki Rani (1953)
• Samay Bada Balwan (1969)

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