Pramila khaldun biography

Indian model and participant (1916-2006)

Esther Victoria Abraham (30 Dec 1916 – 6 August 2006), better known by her tier name Pramila, was an Amerindic actress, model and beauty display titleholder. She is the important woman film producer in description Hindi film industry.

She attempt also well known for delightful the first Miss India grandeur in 1947.

Personal life

Pramila was born in 1916 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) to a Baghdadi Jewish family.^[1][2] She was dignity daughter of Reuben Abraham, clean up Jewish businessman from Kolkata, by virtue of his second wife Matilda Patriarch, a Jewish lady from Metropolis.

Pramila had three older half-siblings from her father's first accessory to a certain Leah, keep from six (or five) siblings distance from her own parents' marriage.

Pramila was married twice. At grandeur age of seventeen, she united Maniklal Dangi, a Hindu Marwadi gentleman. The marriage lasted report than one year, but be a success produced a son.

In 1939, aged 22, Pramila married in addition, becoming the second wife bequest her second husband. This was the small-time actor Syed Hasan Ali Zaidi, a practicing Shia Muslim whose stage name was "Kumar." Among Zaidi's more arresting roles was that of distinction sculptor in Mughal-e-Azam. Pramila challenging to abandon Judaism and modify to Islam in order assign marry Zaidi, and this precedent when anti-semitism was at tight height in Europe.

Pramila final Zaidi had four children together.^{[3][failed verification]} In 1963, shortly back the release of Mughal-i-Azam, Zaidi chose to leave Pramila have a word with her children and move stop at Pakistan. Pramila remained in Bharat, where she acted in cruel more films, and also distributed a few films.

Pramila's youngest son, Haidar Ali, has trail a career in films plus television. He acted in glory TV serial Nukkad and better-quality recently, the song Khwaja Sheer Khwaja in the film Jodhaa Akbar (2008) was picturized agree with him playing the main vocalist. Pramila's daughter Naqi Jahan was crowned Eve's Weekly Miss Bharat in 1967, making them righteousness only mother-daughter pair to imitate won the Miss India designation.

Naqi Jehan also represented Bharat at the Queen of birth Pacific Quest beauty pageant make a way into Australia.^[4]

Esther Victoria Abraham, better name as Pramila, died on 6 August 2006 aged nearly 90.^[5]

Career

Pramila was the winner of prestige first Miss India pageant, confined 1947 and at the addendum of 31.^[6][7][8] Her first employment in the entertainment industry was as a dancer for unornamented Parsi theatre company, dancing alongside the 15 minutes pause measure the reel projector was changed.^[9] Pramila acted as a valorous stunt star in 30 big screen, including Ulti Ganga, Bijli, Basant (film) and Jungle King.

She also became the first elder woman film producer in Bharat, with 16 films under need banner Silver Productions. Morarji Desai, the then Chief Minister insinuate Bombay, had her were restraint because she was suspected make famous spying for Pakistan, due go along with her constant travels to lapse country.

However, it was next proven that she travelled nominate promote her films.^[10]

Besides her activity in film, she was besides a graduate of the Foundation of Cambridge, and became swell teacher.^[11] She also designed disgruntlement own film costumes and adornment.

Silver Films

In 1942, her lay by or in, actor M.

Kumar, who was working for the Ranjit building, was dismissed. Together with Chandramohan, he founded the Silver Flicks production company, with which Pramila became associated as an competitor and producer.^[12] Together with Available. Kumar and Chandramohan, she asterisked in Jhankar, the new company's first film, of which frequent husband was officially the producer.^[13]

However, she was credited as neat producer in many of glory subsequent films made by Silvery Films or its subsidiaries.

She also acted in almost cunning her own productions, often temper secondary roles, and sometimes smooth strayed from the Silver Pictures fold, as in Beqasoor (1950) with Durga Khote, or Hamari Beti (1950) with actress Shobhna Samarth, which helped launch Nutan's career.

From the mid-1940s in front, Pramila and Mr.

Kumar intrusion up other production companies much as Shama Productions to underwrite young talent, Kumar Studios With all mod cons for films directed by Projected. Kumar and, later, United Artists to launch their children smash into the world of cinema. On the contrary production did not go capitally. For example, Aap Beeti (1948), about relations between India suffer Pakistan, was banned from depiction screen and never presented criticism the public.^[14] In all, she produced or co-produced thirteen movies, but none of them cornered on with audiences.

Filmography

• Return blond the Toofan Mail, directed from one side to the ot R.S. Chaudhary (1935)
• Bhikaran, directed rough P.K. Atharti (1935)
• Mahamaya, directed wedge Gunjal (1936)
• Hamari Betiya / Our Darling Daughters, directed by R.S. Chaudhary (1936)
• Saria, directed by Shanti Dave (1936)
• Mere Lai, directed fail to notice Gunjal (1937)
• Mother India, directed disrespect Gunjal (1938)
• Bijlee, directed by Balwant Bhatt (1939)
• Hukum Ka Ekka, destined by Shanti Dave (1939)
• Jungle King, directed by Nari Ghadialli (1939)
• Kahan Hai Manzil Ten, directed past as a consequence o S.M.

  Yussuf (1939)

• Sardar, directed harsh Dwarka Khosla (1940)
• Kanchan, directed near Leela Chitnis (1941)
• Shahzaadi, directed building block J.P. Advani (1941)
• Basant, directed give up Amiya Chakrabarty (1942)
• Jhankar, directed afford S. Khalil (1942)
• Saheli, directed newborn S.M.

  Yussuf (1942)

• Ulti Ganga, tied by K. Dhaiber (1942)
• Bade Nabob Saheb, directed by B.D. Vedi (1944)
• Naseeb, directed by B.D. Vedi (1945)
• Devar, directed by S.M. Yussuf (1946)
• Nehle Pe Dehla, directed get ahead of S.M. Yussuf (1946)
• Sal Gira, secured by K.S.

  Dariani (1946)

• Shalimar, headed by Roop K. Shorey (1946)
• Doosri Shaadi, directed by Ram Dariani (1947)
• Aap Beeti, directed by Lot. Kumar (1948)
• Beqasoor, directed by Infant. Amamath (1950)
• Hamari Beti, directed coarse Shobhna Samarth (1950)
• Dhoon, directed preschooler M.

  Kumar (1953)

• Majboori / Choti Bahen, directed by Ram Dariani (1954)
• Badal Aur Bijlee, directed by virtue of Maurice Abraham (1956)
• Fighting Queen, obliged by Nari Ghadiali (1956)
• Jungle King, directed by Masud (1959)
• Bahana, resolved by M.

  Kumar (1960)

• Murad, sure by Nari Ghadiali (1961)
• Quest, constrained by Amol Palekar (2006)

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