SHYAMA , HINDI ACTRESS BORN 1935 JUNE 7 -2017 NOVEMBER 14
SHYAMA , HINDI ACTRESS BORN 1935 JUNE 7 -2017 NOVEMBER 14 Shyama (born Khurshid Akhtar); (7 June 1935 – 14 November 2017) was an Indian film actress. She was active between 1945–1989. She is best known for her roles in Aar Paar and Barsaat Ki Raat . Life and career [ edit ] She was born in 1935 in a Muslim family. Career [ edit ] Shyama arrived in Mumbai from Lahore in the 1940s. As a young girl, she acted in a few films such as Noor Jehan's husband Shauqat Rizvi's Zeenat (1945) and Meerabai (1947). [1] She worked with Shammi Kapoor in romantic classic Mirza Sahiban (1957). Director Vijay Bhatt gave her the stage name Shyama, by which she is credited in her movies. She had starring roles in Guru Dutt's classic Aar Paar , and later in Barsaat Ki Raat , which was perhaps her best performance. She was a major star in the 1950s and 1960s and acted in more than 150 movies, ...