BEGUM PARA HINDI ACTRESS BORN 1926 DECEMBER 25-2008 DECEMBER 9
BEGUM PARA HINDI ACTRESS BORN 1926 DECEMBER 25-2008 DECEMBER 9 Begum Para (née Para Haq; 25 December 1926 – 9 December 2008) was an Indian Hindi film actress who was active mostly in the 1940s and 1950s.[1][2] After 50 years, she returned to films with her last role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya (2007) as Sonam Kapoor's grandmother. In her times in 1950s, she was considered a glamour girl of Bollywood, so much so, that Life magazine had a special session with her devoted to her fine sensuous photographs Early life Begum Para was born as Para Haq in Jehlum. Her family was from Aligarh. Her father, Mian Ehsanul-Haq, was a judge who at some point in his life went into the judicial service of the princely state of Bikaner, now northern Rajasthan, where he became chief justice of its highest court. He was a fine cricketer of his time.[5] She was brought up very disciplined yet liberal. She spent her childhood in Bikaner. She was educated at the Ali...