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  SURAIYA REAL BIOGRAPHY The little girl in this photograph is named Suraiya.  She was only 13 years old and played her first “adult” role in  Ishara  released in theaters in 1943. The one that would trigger hysteria to the point of prohibiting her from going out in public a few years later had only made a few appearances. under the name of Baby Suraiya.  She finally gives the reply to the great Prithviraj Kapoor, but the criticism of Filmindia is murdered   [  1  ]  : “The disappointment comes from the over-publicized Suraiya, with her puffy face and bad row of teeth.  You want to laugh every time Prithviraj describes her as very pretty and runs after her.  A blind man would realize that she is ugly just by touching her.  Suraiya's performance is far from satisfactory and her music - God help us.  " Fortunately, she probably didn't read this nastiness because her mother, Mumtaz Begum, and even more so her grandmother...

  The legendary Suraiya:  Actor by accident, singer by design &  heartbroken by circumstance The multitalented performer ruled Hindi cinema for decades before quitting it as suddenly as she joined it. Much before the Indian film industry moved to modern-day playback singers, Suraiya was one of the last actors who was a star both on and off screen. In the early fifties, her singing made a significant mark in people’s lives, so much so that fruit sellers sold watermelons in her name, “Le lo babuji bade meethein hai, Suraiya ke khet ke hai.” (These watermelons are as sweet as Suraiya’s voice). On her 91st birth anniversary, here is a look at the life of the multitalented Suraiya. The accidental Mumtaz Mahal Suraiya Jamal Sheikh was born in Lahore on 15 June 1929. Soon, she moved to Mumbai and lived with her uncle who was working with Kardar Films. Suraiya stumbled into the world of acting by accident. She accompanied her uncle to a film set and got a break as Mumtaz Maha...

SURAIYA ,LEGEND HINDI ACTRESS AND SINGER  BORN 1929 JUNE 15 -2004 JANUARY 31 Suraiya was the last illustrious singer actor to play that dual role in cinema before it was seized by the playback singers in the late 1940s. Starting as a child artiste, Suraiya’s career reached its peak by 1950. Her sweet soul stirring songs continue to haunt music lovers even more than half a century later. In her heyday, she turned a legend and the highest paid artiste of her time. She had the unique honour to co-star with K L Saigal, the legendary singer and superstar of those days in three successive films viz. “Tadbir”, “Omar Khayam” annd “Parwana”. It is said that Suraiya got a break as a heroine for the film “Tadbir” (1945) at the recommendation of K L Saigal who was impressed by her voice during a rehearsal.. Born at Lahore on 15th June 1929, Suraiya Jamal Sheikh came to Mumbai as a child to live with her uncle Zahoor of Bhati gate group who was working there with Kardar Films....