Khursheed

Known for ActingBorn 1914-04-14Died 2001-04-18Punjab, India

Khurshid started her film career way back in the late thirties and was among the two surviving actresses to have shared stellar honours with the renowned singer K.L. Saigal. Suraiya, another popular singer-actress of the forties and fifties, remains the only one now. Irshad Begum in real life, Khurshid had done a number of movies for Ranjeet Movietone and her leading men included Saigol, Motilal, Isharilal and Jairaj. Soon after partition she migrated to Pakistan and settled down in Karachi, where she did only two movies, Mandi and Fankar, both of which didn't fare well at the box-office. In 1956 Irshad Begum got married to Yusuf Bhaimia, and made philanthropy the mainstay of her existence. Since then she refused to give interviews or even talk about her film career. She was 79 when she passed away.Read more

Movies & web series

Babul

Moorti

Chandni

Beti

Holi

Musafir

Sitara

As You Please

Laila Majnu

Aage Badho

Prabhu Ka Ghar

Bhakta Surdas

Meri Aankhen

Phoolwari

Mumtaz Mahal

Shahenshah Babar

Tansen

Shadi

Pardesi

Meri Zindagi Hay Naghma

Jaag Utha Insaan

Imaan Farosh