ACTRESS AZRA

ACTRESS AZRA

Real Name –  Azra ?
Profession – Actress (Heroine / Character Actress)
Most Active/Popular Decades – Late 1950s / 1960s
Religion – Muslim
Ethnicity – N/A
Date of Birth –
Date of Death – Still Alive
Debut Film – Mother India (1957)
Last Film – Perhaps Shan-e-Khuda (1971)
Significant others in the Film Industry – Husn Bano [?, not confirmed yet](Mother, Actress)
Miscellaneous Info – Azra was a starlet active in Hindi films from late ’50s to ’60s. Daughter of Husn Bano (?, not confirmed yet), Azra was introduced by Mehboob Khan in his classic film Mother India (1957) opposite Sunil Dutt. Although she was cast as a leading lady in few films including Babar (1960), she was soon reduced to character roles in films like Love in Simla, Junglee and Ganga Jamuna. You might remember her as a fake princess in the famous song from Junglee (1961), Suku Suku. She was last seen at Shyama’s birthday party in 2008.
Related Youtube Video – Sudha Malhotra singing for Shobha Khote in Babar (1960), with Azra in the

 frame.

Miscellaneous Info -

 Azra was a starlet active in Hindi films from late ’50s to ’60s. Daughter of director Nanubhai Vakil, Azra was introduced by Mehboob Khan in his classic film Mother India (1957) in a supporting role. Although she was cast as a leading lady in few films including Babar (1960), she was soon reduced to supporting roles in films like Love in Simla, Junglee and Ganga Jamuna. She was last seen at Shyama’s birthday party in 2008.

Filmography

Filmographies might not be 100% accurate or complete because of various reasons including artistes with similar names

Title	Year	Country	Cast	Director	Music Director	More Info
Judai	1950	Pakistan	Shahina, K. Chaudhry, Ghulam Mohammad, Zeenat, Azra Sultana, Sadiq Ali, Nazar, Agha Pir Jan, Talib, Amin Malik	Amin Malik	Hasan Latif	Click
Mother India	1957	India	Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raj Kumar, Kanhaiyalal, Jilloo Maa, Kumkum, Chanchal, Sheela Naik, Mukri, Ram Shastri, Azra	Mehboob	Naushad
Taxi 555	1958	India	Lalita Pawar, Chand Usmani, Mahipal, Pradeep Kumar, Shakila, Azra, Maruti, Leela Misra	Lekhraj Bhakri	Sardar Malik
Ghar Ghar Ki Baat	1959	India	Jamal, Suresh, Azra, Mahendra Kumar, Minoo Mumtaz, Asit Sen, Indira, Durga Khote	Ravindra Dave	Kalyanji-Anandji
Babar	1960	India	Jagirdar, Azra, Shobha Khote, Sulochana Chatterjee	Hemen Gupta	Roshan La
Love In Simla	1960	India	Joy Mukherjee, Sadhana, Azra, Shobhana Samarth, Ravi Tandon, Bazid Khan, Kaiser, Kishore Sahu, Durga Khote, Hari Shivdasani	R. K. Nayyar	Iqbal Qureshi
Ganga Jamuna	1961	India	Helen, Dilip Kumar, Vaijayantimala, Nasir Khan, Azra, Kanhaiyalal, Anwar, Nazir Hussain, S. Nazir, Akashdeep, Aruna Irani, Naaz, Praveen Paul, Leela Chitnis	Nitin Bose	Naushad	Click
Junglee	1961	India	Helen, Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Shashikala, Anoop Kumar, Azra, Sangeeta, Asit Sen, Rajen Haksar, Shivraj, Lalita Pawar	Subodh Mukerji	Shanker
Sara Jahan Hamara	1961	India	Premnath, Shyama, Hiralal, Rajeshwari, Azra, Jankidas, Ajay Kumar, Manju	Prakash Chhabra	Babul
Band Master	1963	India	Jagdeep, Lalita Pawar, Azra, Rajen Haksar, Ravikant	Ravindra Dave	Chitragupta
Dooj Ka Chand	1964	India	Preetibala, B. Saroja Devi, Ratna, Ullhas, Raj Kumar, Agha, Sulochana, Azra, Prabhat Kumar, Iftekhar, Ashok Kumar, Chandrashekhar, Bharat Bhushan, Murad	Nitin Bose	Roshan Lal
Ganga Ki Laharen	1964	India	Dharmendra, S. K. Prem, Rehman, Kumkum, Kishore Kumar, Savitri, N. Hussain, Asit Sen, Master Shahid, Azra	Devi Sharma	Chitragupta
Ishara	1964	India	Pratima Devi, Joy Mukherjee, Vaijayantimala, Agha, Subiraj, Azra, Jayant, Sajjan, Shammi, Pran, Murad	K. Amarnath	Kalyanji-Anandji
Raste Aur Manzil	1968	India	Sushma, Naseer, Azra, Sachin, Jairaj, Sabeena, Pratima Devi, Bharati	C. Vishwananth	Ram Kadam
Bandish	1969	India	Madhumati, Shailendra, Shalini Sohni, Azra, Ullhas, Manmohan, Brahmachari, Shyam Kumar	Charandas Shokh	Usha Khanna
Ek Masoom	1969	India	Jagdeep, S. Durrani, Tanuja, Abhi Bhattacharya, Azra, Sulochana, Mohan Choti, Prem Chopra, Uma, Helen, Masoom, Murad	Akhtar Khalid	N. Dutta
Mahal	1969	India	Abhi Bhattacharya, Sudhir, Azra, Sapru, Farida Jalal, Rajen Haksar, Kamal Mehra, David Abraham, Asha Parekh, Dev Anand	Shanker Mukerji	Kalyanji-Anandji
Raja Saheb	1969	India	Shashi Kapoor, Nanda, Rajendranath, Naaz, Agha, Azra, Subiraj, Shammi, Bhalla, Kamal Kapoor, Mirza Musharaf, Prayag Raj	Suraj Prakash	Kalyanji-Anandji
Wapas	1969	India	Ajay Sahni, Satyajit, Kishwar, Azra, Leela Misra, Shekhar Purohit, Parveen Paul, Jankidas, Chandrima Bhaduri, Alka, Kumud Tripathi	Satyen Bose	Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Ilzam	1970	India	Tiwari, Bela Bose, Sanjana, Dara Singh, Premnath, Jagdish Raaj, Ullhas, Brahmachari, Habib, Azra	Kamran	Usha Khanna
My Love	1970	India	Iftekhar, Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Rajendranath, Azra, Madan Puri, Nirupa Roy, Sulochana Chatterjee, Laxmi Chhaya, Raj Mehra, Jayant, Manorama, Pinchoo Kapoor	S. Sukhdev	Daan Singh
Shan-E-Khuda	1971	India	Azra, Raj Paul, Chandra Mohan	Nanubhai Vakil	Iqbal