Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari (born Mahjabeen Bano; August 1, 1933 – March 31, 1972) was an Indian actress, as well as an occasional poet, playback singer and model. She was described by critics as a historically incomparable actress of Hindi Cinema. Though best known for her sensitive portrayals of struggling women, earning her the title "The Tragedy Queen", she starred in over 90 films that varied in genres, from traditional melodramas, mythological adventures, comedies, historicals and Muslim socials. At the peak of her career, she was the highest-paid actress, and set fashion trends for women in the 1950s.

  • Popularity : 5.811
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1933-08-01
  • Place of Birth : Solapur, Bombay Presidency, British India
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Meena Kumari Movies

  • 1958
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    Dawn

    Dawn

    1 1958 HD

    Kundan is a medical student but just before getting the degree he got implicated in a murder charge and cannot finish his degree and takes the wrong...

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  • 1965
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    Purnima

    Purnima

    1 1965 HD

    Indian film greats Meena Kumari, Dharmendra, Anita Guha and Mehmood take the leads in this classic tale of star-crossed lovers forced to marry...

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  • 1962
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    Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

    Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

    6.9 1962 HD

    A debauchee Zamindar greatly neglects his wife. The decadence of the Bengali Zamindar milieu in the late 19th century, seen through the eyes of a...

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  • 1971
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    Mere Apne

    Mere Apne

    5.6 1971 HD

    Old woman Anandi moves to the city with her relatives and finds out their material side. She develops fondness for two rival street gangs of...

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  • 1972
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    Pakeezah

    Pakeezah

    6.7 1972 HD

    A beautiful courtesan is unable to break away from the cycle of prostitution until a forest ranger falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his wealthy...

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  • 1967
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    Chandan Ka Palna

    Chandan Ka Palna

    10 1967 HD

    Ajit lives with his mother, and comes from a very wealthy family. He meets with beautiful Shobha and both fall in love with each other. Ajit's mom is...

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  • 1962
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    Aarti

    Aarti

    1 1962 HD

    An unemployed young man named Deepak (Pradeep Kumar) saves Aarti Gupta (Meena Kumari), a hardworking and dedicated doctor, from drowning, and the two...

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  • 1939
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    Leatherface

    Leatherface

    1 1939 HD

    In this stunt-film, Hero Samar (Jairaj) singlehandedly takes on the might of the oppressive state led by the warlord chief (M. Zahoor). He falls in...

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  • 1955
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    Azaad

    Azaad

    1 1955 HD

    After her widower dad, Kedarnath, passes away, Shobha goes to live with his friend, Charandas, and his wife, Shanta, who had their son go missing as...

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  • 1968
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    Viruthan Shanku

    Viruthan Shanku

    1 1968 HD

    When Vikraman returns home after completing his studies, he finds out that his brother has illegally acquired all the property leaving his widowed...

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  • 1964
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    Gazal

    Gazal

    6 1964 HD

    Agra-based atheist and revolutionary poet/editor of Inquilab, Ejaz, falls head-over-heels in love with Naaz Ara Begum after he hears her sing, and...

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  • 1954
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    Chandni Chowk

    Chandni Chowk

    1 1954 HD

    A Nawab belonging to the Chandni Chowk area of Delhi gets tricked into marrying his daughter to the gardener's son.

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  • 1961
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    Pyaar Ka Saagar

    Pyaar Ka Saagar

    10 1961 HD

    Bishen raises his brother Kishen, who falls in love with Radham but loses vision after learning about her marriage. Bishen convinces Radha to undergo...

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  • 1980
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    Sahira

    Sahira

    1 1980 HD

    Intelligent and sensitive, Meena Kumari found solace in reading and writing poetry in her private life. She found freedom and utmost self-expression...

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  • 1963
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    Akeli Mat Jaiyo

    Akeli Mat Jaiyo

    6 1963 HD

    Directed by Nandlal Jaswantlal.

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  • 1952
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    Baiju Bawra

    Baiju Bawra

    5.7 1952 HD

    During the reign of Akbar the Great, a young singer sets out to avenge his father's death and challenges the killer to a musical duel.

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  • 1966
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    Pinjre Ke Panchhi

    Pinjre Ke Panchhi

    1 1966 HD

    Businessman Sonu Sharma belongs to a wealthy family and lives with his widowed mother. He suddenly becomes ill, is hospitalized and looked after by a...

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  • 1957
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    Sharada

    Sharada

    5.5 1957 HD

    After Shekhar (Raj Kapoor) falls for beautiful Sharada (Meena Kumari), he makes her promise that she'll wait for him while he goes abroad on a...

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  • 1964
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    Main Bhi Ladki Hoon

    Main Bhi Ladki Hoon

    1 1964 HD

    Rajni, a dusky, uneducated girl, is deceptively married off to Ram, son of a wealthy father. Although loved by all, a conniving relative sows the...

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  • 1967
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    Majhli Didi

    Majhli Didi

    6 1967 HD

    Bipinchandra breaks family tradition by marrying a city girl, Hemangini, much to the chagrin of his sister-in-law, Kadambini, and her husband,...

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  • 1956
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    Ek-Hi-Rasta

    Ek-Hi-Rasta

    6 1956 HD

    Amar and Malti live an idyllic, loving life with their son Raja. However, Amar makes enemies in his job and is killed, forcing Malti to remarry.

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  • 1953
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    Daaera

    Daaera

    5.5 1953 HD

    The narrative deals with the dreams and aspiration of a 16-old-girl, Sheetal (Meena Kumari) caught in the vortex of uncertainty and morality....

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  • 1956
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    Bond

    Bond

    1 1956 HD

    A Hindi family drama.

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  • 1953
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    Two Acres of Land

    Two Acres of Land

    7.9 1953 HD

    An impoverished man and his young son travel to Calcutta and look for work, in order to make money that'll save their ancestral land from being...

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  • 1959
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    Shararat

    Shararat

    1 1959 HD

    1959 Bollywood Drama Comedy

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  • 1967
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    Bahu Begum

    Bahu Begum

    6 1967 HD

    On the day of her marriage, the bride goes missing. She ends up in a brothel, compelling her wealthy husband to pretend that all is well to keep the...

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  • 1958
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    Yahudi

    Yahudi

    5.7 1958 HD

    In ancient Rome, a mourning Jewish man raises the kidnapped daughter of Roman royalty as his own - and she grows up without learning her true...

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  • 1966
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    Phool Aur Patthar

    Phool Aur Patthar

    6 1966 HD

    Circumstances have made Shaka a career criminal. When plague empties a town of its inhabitants, he takes the opportunity to burgle a house. He finds...

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  • 1970
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    Jawab

    Jawab

    1 1970 HD

    Raja (Jeetendra) lives with his widowed sister Divya (Meena Kumari) in a small village. He is constantly being made a target by the oppressive local...

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  • 1960
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    Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai

    Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai

    4.5 1960 HD

    A rich girl marries a doctor. Differences crop up between the two and starts to snowball wherein she returns to her father's house. Months later she...

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  • 1963
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    Kinare Kinare

    Kinare Kinare

    6 1963 HD

    After losing his family during partiton Puran is taken in by a landowner and he falls in love with the daughter, Neelu, but is unable to declare his...

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  • 1953
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    Parineeta

    Parineeta

    6.5 1953 HD

    In Calcutta at the turn of the century, two families (one wealthier than the other but both belonging to the same caste) live in adjoining...

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  • 1964
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    Chitralekha

    Chitralekha

    1 1964 HD

    Chitralekha is a 1964 historical-philosophical Hindi film, directed by Kidar Sharma, starring Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari and Pradeep Kumar. It was...

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  • 1967
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    Ramanan

    Ramanan

    1 1967 HD

    Ramanan and Madanan are the two shepherds who are bosom pals. Meek and handsome, Ramanan used to sing and play the flute as he led the flock to the...

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  • 1968
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    Baharon Ki Manzil

    Baharon Ki Manzil

    7 1968 HD

    Meena Kumari wakes up thinking she is Radha. Everyone around her, Subodh Rai, daughter Nalini, friends, and society believe she is Nanda. 16 years...

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  • 1963
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    Dil Ek Mandir

    Dil Ek Mandir

    1 1963 HD

    Dr. Dharmesh (Rajendra Kumar) and Sita (Meena Kumari) are in love, and hope to marry on Dharmesh's return from abroad. When Dharmesh returns, he is...

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  • 1955
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    Adl-e-Jehangir

    Adl-e-Jehangir

    1 1955 HD

    A 1955 black and white Urdu language historical drama film directed by G.P. Sippy.

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  • 1956
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    Halaku

    Halaku

    9 1956 HD

    Halaku (Pran), the powerful emperor of Iran, rules the country wisely and with an iron hand. When he comes upon one of his subjects, Niloufer (Meena...

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  • 1963
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    Bandipotu

    Bandipotu

    1 1963 HD

    Sathyasena (Gummadi), the king of Gandhara, suffering from paralytic legs leaves the rule to his vicious brother-in-law Soorasimha (Rajanala), the...

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  • 1972
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    Dushman

    Dushman

    3 1972 HD

    Surjit Singh is forced to take care of Ram Din's family after he accidentally kills him while driving under the influence of alcohol. However, he is...

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  • 1960
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    Kohinoor

    Kohinoor

    4.5 1960 HD

    Rajkumar Dhivendra Pratap Bahadur is the new king. Veer Singh's wife, who raised Dhivendra, wants him to marry Rajkumari Chandramukhi of Rajgarh, and...

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  • 1958
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    Sahara

    Sahara

    7 1958 HD

    Sahara is a 1958 Indian Bollywood film directed by Lekhraj Bhakri. The film stars Meena Kumari in the lead role of Leela and relates her life story.

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  • 1959
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    Char Dil Char Rahen

    Char Dil Char Rahen

    6 1959 HD

    1959 film starring Raj Kapoor, Ajit and Shammi Kapoor

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  • 1964
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    Sanjh Aur Savera

    Sanjh Aur Savera

    1 1964 HD

    Shankar Chaudhry, a wealthy man gets married to Maya assuming she is the daughter of Ambala-based Advocate Madhusudan. He is shocked to realize that...

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  • 1964
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    Benazir

    Benazir

    1 1964 HD

    Sibling rivalry abounds in this film about two privileged brothers, Anwar and Nawab, and the women who come between them. Nawab, although a married...

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  • 1965
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    Bheegi Raat

    Bheegi Raat

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1967
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    Noorjehan

    Noorjehan

    6 1967 HD

    Noor Jahan, the empress of the Mughal empire, becomes the favourite wife of Emperor Jahangir and steadily begins to exert more influence on the...

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  • 1965
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    Kaajal

    Kaajal

    3 1965 HD

    The Munim (Clerk) in Ranimaa's family lives with his son, Kaushal and daughter, Madhavi. After he passes away, Ranimaa brings up both children as her...

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  • 1956
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    Mem Sahib

    Mem Sahib

    7 1956 HD

    Meena, a wealthy, educated girl, has been promised in marriage to Sunder, a sheltered young man who has received an extremely traditional religious...

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  • 1953
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    Footpath

    Footpath

    1 1953 HD

    Tired of poverty, Noshu takes to black-marketing. Soon, he realises that his act has hurt everyone around him, including his brother and his...

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  • 1972
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    Gomti Ke Kinare

    Gomti Ke Kinare

    1 1972 HD

    After his father's death, young Sameer runs away to search for his mother and is adopted by the tawaif Ganga.

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  • 1952
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    Tamasha

    Tamasha

    1 1952 HD

    Fed up of Dilip's involvement with gold digging actress Nayantara, Dilip's uncle pretends to be gravely ill in hopes of guilting him into marrying a...

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  • 1957
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    Miss Mary

    Miss Mary

    1 1957 HD

    R.K. Raju, a private investigator is assigned the task of locating the missing daughter of a wealthy Hindu couple. His investigation take him to...

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  • 1956
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    Naya Andaz

    Naya Andaz

    1 1956 HD

    Film starring Kishore Kumar, Meena Kumari and Kumkum

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  • 1959
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    Ardhangini

    Ardhangini

    1 1959 HD

    At the very moment of her birth, ill-fated Chhaya's mother passes away, her dad loses his job, and their house burns down. She is shunned since then...

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  • 1951
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    Sanam

    Sanam

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1959
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    Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan

    Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan

    1 1959 HD

    A pregnant Ratna loses her husband, eventually gives birth to a son, Raju, in a hospital where she is treated by renowned Dr. Anand.

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  • 1962
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    Main Chup Rahungi

    Main Chup Rahungi

    3 1962 HD

    When Kamal Kumar meets the young, beautiful Gayatri on a train he instantly falls in love, and despite the fact that he is the son of a wealthy...

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  • 1951
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    Madhosh

    Madhosh

    4 1951 HD

    Loosely based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

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  • 1975
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    Characterless

    Characterless

    1 1975 HD

    Choritrohin (Bengali: চরিত্রহীন;English: Characterless) is a 1975 Bangladeshi film directed by Baby Islam. It stars Meena Kumari...

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  • 1953
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    Dream House

    Dream House

    1 1953 HD

    Visit to Ashok Kumar home.

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  • 1972
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    Pakeezah

    Pakeezah

    6.7 1972 HD

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