KUMARI NAAZ ,HINDI ACTRESS , TRIED FOR SUICIDE TWO TIMES BELOW AGE 10 , BORN AUGUST 20,1944
KUMARI NAAZ ,HINDI ACTRESS , TRIED FOR SUICIDE TWO TIMES BELOW AGE 10 , BORN AUGUST 20,1944 Baby Naaz: The star that could have been On her 73rd birth anniversary today (20 August), we look back at the troubled life of the talented actress Baby Naaz aka Salma Baig. A young Baby Naaz in Boot Polish (1954) and later as a young lady. SONAL PANDYA By the time she was 10, Kumari Naaz (born as Salma Baig and also called Baby Naaz) was already a star. She was one of the child artistes in RK Films’ Boot Polish (1954). She earned rave reviews for her earnest natural performance from The New York Times and a special distinction (along with co-actor Rattan Kumar) from Cannes Film Festival in 1955, where the film was shown in competition. However, in an interview with magazine Stardust (year unknown), the actress spoke of a rather unhappy childhood. Naaz tried to commit suicide twice when she was merely 10 years old. Her attempts to jump in a well, were quashed by an...