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En décembre 2016, une intervention architecturale unique s'est ouverte au-dessus du DOX Center pour devenir un point de rencontre pour l'art contemporain et la littérature. De 2014 à 2016, le directeur du Centre, Leoő VÑlka, et l'architecte, Martin Rajniő, ont travaillé, avec des experts en structures en bois et en acier, sur la conception de cette structure de 42 mètres de long et 10 mètres de large inspirée des formes des énormes dirigeables qui ont commencé à sillonner le ciel au début du XXe siècle.
In December 2016, a unique architectural intervention opened above the DOX Center to become a meeting point for contemporary art and literature. From 2014 to 2016, the director of the Center, LeoΕ‘ VΓ‘lka, and the architect Martin RajniΕ‘ worked, together with experts in timber and steel structures, on the design of this 42-meter-long and 10-meter-wide structure inspired by shapes of the huge airships that began to roam the sky at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Hairbase: Just Magnetized
Skin + Appliers: Zoul Creations Della in SK7
Body: Maitreya Lara Mesh Body V3.3
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Necklace: Maxi Gossamer Jewelled Butterfly in Short Gold
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Handbag: *YS&YS* Viareggio Straw Bag in White
Dress: Bilo Rajni Halter Dress in Sunflower
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Wife and school friend Rajni enjoy the sunset after a long day of trek at Poon Hill, Ghodepani.
This was definitely one of the most spectacular sunset I've ever seen! The cold wind wasn't helping though.
This is a picture my best friend took of me on his D80 last year. Hope you all like it.
This is my 200th picture on flickr. Thank you all for your great comments and words of encouragement. :D You guys are awesome and you rock.
1. Iβm a French Fry :P. I am a Quebecois
2. I am huge Hockey fan. I love my Patrick Roy, Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky days.
3. I have a sense of humour. Well, I hope I do.:P
4. Iβm very athletic. I love staying fit and looking good. J
5. I have a love affair for cheesecake and desserts that are parallel to a womanβs cravings, according to a friend. She knows who she is :P I disagree though. Itβs my French upbringing that brings to the love of desserts and pastries.J
6. I am very comfortable with my sexuality. I am so comfortable with it that it would put other Heterosexuals to shame. Again, according to a friend. I agree with this one. J
7. I love movies. I love the classics like Star Wars, Casablanca, 12 Angry Men and many more.
8. I love A.R.Rahman and Illaiyarajah. Two amazing Indian composers. They have amazing classical and carnatic melodies that I just love; they soothe me.
Illaiyaraj
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A R. Rahman
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9. Iβm a perfectionist. I try to be good at it. :P
10. Iβm a huge fan of Rajni Kanth, a Tamil cinema actor. His style, dialogue delivery, charisma, and charm beats every single Hollywood actor. People will think it is over the top. Iβm sorry, Iβm a man who loves theatrics.
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11. I love reading.
12. I find that photography lets me breathe and relax. It keeps me grounded, finding beauty in the world in all places.
13. Iβm not superstitious. :P
14. I love all kinds of music. I love music that date back to the 40βs and 50βs. Jazz music especially, Johny Coltrane is just simply amazing. I really love the beauty of the Opera. Love the old style Reggae that Bob Marley brought. Classical music by Mozart to Bach. And who can ever the great, my icon, Michael Jackson. His music always moves me.
Such beautiful masterpieces:
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15. I hate doing stuff like this. Hahaha
16. I like to cheer people up.
I've tagged Pixychik, Purplebeats and Aadhi. Sorry.:) I find you all to be interesting.
Make up: Pradip Pednekar Dada
Asst Photographer: Swapnil Angre
Hair Stylist: Rajni Satham
shot with Nikon D3X @ Nikon 135mm f/2 DC LENS
The tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa) is a perennial plant of the agave family Agavaceae, extracts of which are used as a middle note in perfumery. The common name derives from the Latin tuberosa, meaning swollen or tuberous in reference to its root system. It consists of about 12 species. Polianthes means "grey flower".
The tuberose is a night-blooming plant thought to be native to Mexico along with every other species of Polianthes. The Aztecs called it Omixochitl [oh me' zu che' tl] or bone flower.
Its a prominent plant in Indian culture and mythology. The flowers are used in wedding ceremonies, garlands, decoration and various traditional rituals. It's Hindi name is "Rajnigandha", though it is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "Raat ki Rani" ("Queen of the Night"), which is really Cestrum nocturnum. The name Rajnigandha means "night-fragrant" (rajni=night; gandha=fragrance). In Bengali, it is called "Rojoni-Gondha", meaning "Scent of the Night". In parts of South India, it is known as "Sugandaraja", which translates to "king of fragrance/smell". In Singapore it is called Xinxiao which means "that on which the moth rests". In Indonesia it is called "bunga sedap malam", meaning fragrant night flower. In Tamil Nadu it is called as Sambangi or nilasambangi and traditionally used in all type of garlanding especially in south Indian marriages. In Cuba it is called "azucena" which is the name given to amaryllis in Mexico.
The tuberose is also used traditionally in Hawaii to create Leis and was considered a funeral flower in Victorian times. Its scent is described as a complex, exotic, sweet, floral.
The tuberose grows in elongated spikes up to 45 cm (18 in) long that produce clusters of fragrant waxy white flowers that bloom from the bottom towards the top of the spike. It has long, bright green leaves clustered at the base of the plant and smaller, clasping leaves along the stem.
Members of the closely-related genus Manfreda are often called "tuberoses".
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Hair Stylist: Rajni
shot with Sony A7s @ Carl Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 ZE Planar T @ f1.4
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Aachen ist staatlich anerkanntes Heilbad fΓΌr die Kurbereiche Monheimsallee und Burtscheid mit ihren ergiebigen Thermalquellen. In der stΓ€dtischen Tourismuswerbung wird gelegentlich die Bezeichnung Bad Aachen verwendet; jedoch hat die Stadt niemals beantragt, das PrΓ€dikat Bad in ihren amtlichen Namen aufzunehmen. wiki
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Aachen (od zapadno-germanskog Ahha = "Voda", latinski: Aquisgranum ili Aquae Granni, ripuarski: Oche, francuski: Aix-la-Chapelle, nizozemski: Aken) grad je u Sjevernoj Rajni-Vestfaliji u NjemaΔkoj, blizu njemaΔko-belgijsko-nizozemske tromeΔe.
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Asst during shoot: Swapnil Angre
Makeup: Pradip Pednekar Dada
Hairstyle: Rajni
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Make up: Pradip Pednekar Dada
Asst Photographer: Swapnil Angre
Hair Stylist: Rajni Satham
shot with Nikon D3X @ Nikon 135mm f/2 DC LENS
so i was thinking all day (and/or for weeks) on why my pics never get explored. there must be a darn good reason for this, i get must ass busted for absconding from work to travel to crazy places to capture these pics. jungles, rives, ghost towns...og come on... i tortured my car with 50000 km in 1 year ... where is my explored photos!!!!
my 09 first half of the year dopplr report came today, i made good milage this year, friggin traveled to san francisco, and still no explore photo. yep, im jealous at all the photos that get explored and mine which doesnt get explored... :( :P there I said it.
okay, now that I got that out of my sleepy head (counting to 23 hours no sleep + work) lets talk.
This pic, is taken last year at a hill fort/ fort on the hill, in pune. - Sinhagad.
Pune is a beautiful city in India, where my best buddies Nayan (and) Manisha lives. Manisha took me to this fort, which was about an hours drive from the city. almost all of the photos in this Pune set are taken at this hills.
(am i making this sound like a 2nd grade story?)
in the pic is the ever famous indian snack, a bajji, this one is the onion bajji, with slightly fried chili and some chili dip. the best in the world, the best.
been thinking alot lately of just packing my bag and flying of to india again, work has been hell. Hell. the thing about being a translator, and being a darn good one at that - - no kidding, i really am. (no im not drunk). seriously, ok, that's my self motivation. The thing about being a translator is that, no fcking client actually appreciates your work, get paid peanuts to do work, though those peanuts are in USD, still, you feel its such a letdown thinking that for the work you do, life could just be a little more organized. I cant go on non sleeping like this, and the last time this happened, it was during a huge project from some 'M'-soft company...and i broke down, --- which made me get on that plane to India one the first place.
so I think my salvation is India, with love or no love, with motivation or no motivation. its just a great escapist dream, just like the great tepuis of south america that I want to explore, or the amazons, or the great rain forests of South east asia.
India is just calm, and 'still', just the way the doctor prescribed :p
enough with the wanderlust, rant.
this explored rant, comes with some question. how important is your work, how do you gauge it. do we need to gauge it, why do we want Not to be stuck in the rat race, is it all about money?
its about appreciation, about feeling satisfied that you have done something...i guess.
for me, i just want to leave, and catch the next plane to chennai or bangalore. and this time, to never come back (never say never)...
I start a new set at my Flickr photo stream, the Alibagh Bullock Cart 2009 race that I shot this afternoon at about 3 pm..Luckily the races got over by 5 pm as I had a boat to catch back to the Gateway pier from Mandwa.
I have reached home just now, my feet dipped in hot water with Savlon, as I did the trip and the shoot barefeet..
I left my house this morning at 8 am, a train from Bandra to Churchgate and a bus to Regal Cinema.. yes the recession has hit me too
My Guru Shreekanth Malushte had changed his plans overnight , which I was not aware of he and his friends had decided to go by car, a long and tiring trip..
I took the Ajanta launch , Rs 65 that left the Gateway pier at 9.15 am..I reached the Mandwa pier, from there the Ajanta bus dropped me at Alibagh Square close to Sumangal Restaurant ..I had a cup of tea..shot some pictures and walked to my friend Jayant Dhulap, who stays at Rajni Narayan Complex, Jayant is a journo for the Express group..luckily I took my return ticket before proceeding to his house as the return boats from Mandwa are jam packed to the hilt
I took a shower and soon Shreekanth Malushte and his troupe caught up with us , Jayants wife Sharda immediately made food for the extra guests, a surmounting task, but such is Maratha hospitality..
The food was delicious egg curry , chicken curry , cabbage bhaji, polan purri.. the works.
After lunch we walked towards the beach, my feet were burning on the hot sand, but it was worth the effort.
We shot the bullocks, than began the cycle race, the pony race, the tonga race and the
finally the Alibagh bullock cart race..
Jayants brother saw that I got a lift to the bus stand, the last bus Maldar Catamaran was at 6 pm from Alibagh to Mandwa.
The catamaran was totally packed , a Kutchi family gave me a seat..I caught a bus from Regal to Mahim Dargah and from Mahim took a cab to Lucky Hotel..walked in through the lanes to reach my house..
Please note this race takes place each year on the Hindu feast of color Holi..
The Scent of a Flower - Tuberose
It's Hindi name is "Rajnigandha", though it is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "Raat ki Rani" ("Queen of the Night"), which is really Cestrum nocturnum. The name Rajnigandha means "night-fragrant" (rajni=night; gandha=fragrance). In Bengali, it is called "Rojoni-Gondha", meaning "Scent of the Night".
Despite the pollution, crowd, heat and atrocious cost of real estate, Bombay remains the city of dreams for most Indians. If something can't be done in Bombay, it probably can't be accomplished anywhere else in India. (Dec 15, 2005)
Update: Jan 2008
This photo has been used on the cover of the book entitled 'Rethinking Democracy' by Rajni Kothari. Many thanks to the wonderful staff at Zed Books for making this possible.
Asst during shoot: Swapnil Angre
Makeup: Pradip Pednekar Dada
Hairstyle: Rajni
www.flickr.com/photos/livedreamscreations/
instagram.com/livedreamscreations/
Live Dreams - all it takes is one photograph to bring back a thousand memories.
Shot with Nikon D3X with Sigma 85mm 1.4
Shot with Sony A7s with Carl Zeiss 50mm 1.4
Asst during shoot: Swapnil Angre
Makeup: Pradip Pednekar Dada
Hairstyle: Rajni
www.flickr.com/photos/livedreamscreations/
instagram.com/livedreamscreations/
Live Dreams - all it takes is one photograph to bring back a thousand memories.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meena_Kumari
Meena Kumari or Mahjabeen Bano (August 1, 1932 - March 31, 1972), was an Indian movie actress and poetess. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema. During a career spanning 30 years from her childhood to her death, she starred in more than ninety films, many of which have achieved classic and cult status today.
Kumari gained a reputation for playing grief-stricken and tragic roles, and her performances have been praised and reminisced throughout the years. Like one of her best-known roles, Chhoti Bahu, in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Kumari became addicted to alcohol. Her life and prosperous career were marred by heavy drinking, troubled relationships, an ensuing deteriorating health, and her death from liver cirrhosis in 1972.
Kumari is often cited by media and literary sources as "The Tragedy Queen", both for her frequent portrayal of sorrowful and dramatic roles in her films and her real-life story.[1][2]
Mahjabeen Bano was the third daughter of Ali Baksh and Iqbal Begum; Khursheed and Madhu were her two elder sisters. At the time of her birth, her parents were unable to pay the fees of Dr. Gadre, who had delivered her, so her father left her at a Muslim orphanage, however, he picked her up after a few hours.
Her father, a Sunni Muslim, was a veteran of Parsi theater, played harmonium, taught music, and wrote Urdu poetry. He played small roles in films like Id Ka Chand and composed music for films like Shahi Lutere.
Her mother, Prabhwati Devi, was the second wife of Ali Baksh. Before meeting and then marrying Ali Baksh, she was a stage actress and dancer, under the stage name, Kamini. After marriage, she converted from Hinduism to Islam, and changed her name to Iqbal Begum.
(It is said that Prabhwati Devi's mother, Hem Sundari, had been married into the Tagore family, but she was disowned by that family after being widowed.)
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[edit] Early work
When Mahjabeen was born, Ali Bakhsh aspired to get roles as an actor in Rooptara Studios. At the urging of his wife, he got Mahjabeen too into movies despite her protestations of wanting to go to school. Young Mahjabeen is said to have said, "I do not want to work in movies; I want to go to school, and learn like other children."
As Mahjabeen embarked on her acting career at the age of 7, she was renamed Baby Meena. Farzand-e-Watan or Leatherface (1939) was her first movie, which was directed for Prakash Studios by Vijay Bhatt. She became practically the sole breadwinner of her family during the 1940s. Her early adult acting, under the name Meena Kumari, was mainly in mythological movies like Veer Ghatotkach (1949), Shri Ganesh Mahima (1950), and fantasy movies like Alladin and The Wonderful Lamp (1952).
[edit] Breakthrough
Meena Kumari, (here with Rehman), performed a landmark role, as Choti Bahu, in Abrar Alvi's, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, 1962
Meena Kumari gained fame with her role as a heroine in Vijay Bhatt's Baiju Bawra (1952). This heroine always negated herself for the material and spiritual advancement of the man she loved and was even willing to annihilate herself to provide him the experience of pain so that his music would be enriched. She became the first actress to win the Filmfare Best Actress Award in 1953 for this performance.
Meena Kumari highly successfully played the roles of a suffering woman in Parineeta (1953), Daera (1953), Ek Hi Raasta (1956), Sharda (1957), and Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi (1960). Though she cultivated the image of a tragedienne, she also performed commendably in a few light-hearted movies like Azaad (1955), Miss Mary (1957), Shararat (1959), and Kohinoor (1960).
One of her best-known roles was in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), which was produced by Guru Dutt. Kumari played Chhoti Bahu, an alcoholic wife. The film was a major critical and commercial success, which was attributed by critics to Kumari's performance, which is regarded as one of the best performances of Hindi Cinema.[3] The role was famous for its uncanny similarity to Meena Kumari's own life. At that time, she herself was on a road to gradual ruin in her own personal life. Like her character, she began to drink heavily, though she carried on. In 1962, she made history by getting all the three nominations for Filmfare Best Actress Award, for her roles in Aarti, Main Chup Rahungi, and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam. She won the award for Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam. Upperstall.com wrote about her performance,
While each of the performances are spot on, if there is one person who is the heart and soul of the film, it is Meena Kumari. Her portrayal of Chhoti Bahu is perhaps the greatest performance ever seen on the Indian Screen. The sequence where Chhoti Bahu dresses for her husband singing Piya Aiso Jiya Main is a poignant exploration of a woman's expectations and sexual desire. And later on when she has become a desperate alcoholic, you cannot help but cry with her in the sequence where she pleads with her husband to stay with her and then angrily turns on him to tell him how she has prostituted her basic values and morals to please him. However the common factors between the actress's life and Chhoti Bahu are too dramatic to be merely coincidental - The estranged marital relationship, the taking of alcohol, turning towards younger male company, the craving to be understood and loved - all elements evident in Meena Kumari's own life.[4]
[edit] Later work
For four more years, Kumari performed successfully in Dil Ek Mandir (1963), Kaajal (1965), and Phool Aur Patthar (1966), all of which earned her Filmfare nominations, with Kaajal garnering her a fourth and last win of the Best Actress award. However, after divorcing her husband in 1964, her addiction to alcohol became stronger, and she often dulled her senses with liquor. She also relied more and more on intimate relationships with younger men like Dharmendra. Her subsequent releases, including Chandan Ka Palna and Majhli Didi did not do well.[1]
Kumari's heavy drinking had badly damaged her liver, and in 1968 she fell seriously ill.[1][5] She was taken to London and Switzerland for treatment. Back home, she started settling her debts and made peace with her estranged sister, Madhu, whom she had not spoken to for two years.[5] Because of her heavy drinking, she increasingly lost her good looks, and when she returned, she began playing character roles in movies like Jawab (1970) and Dushmun (1972).[1]
She developed an attachment to writer-lyricist Gulzar and acted in his directorial debut Mere Apne (1971). Kumari presented an acclaimed portrayal of an elderly woman who got caught between two street gangs of frustrated, unemployed youth and got killed, her death making the youth realise the futility of violence.
Pakeezah, starring Kumari and directed by her ex-husband Kamal Amrohi, took 14 years to reach the silver screen. First planned by Amrohi in 1958, the film went on the studio floors in 1964, but the shooting came to a standstill after their separation in March 1964, when it was more than halfway complete.[5] In 1969, Sunil Dutt and Nargis previewed some reels of the shelved film and convinced the estranged Amrohi and Kumari to complete it.[1] Hindustan Times described the meeting which Dutt had organised between the two:
β Not much was said, but streams of tears were shed... Amrohi greeted her with a token payment of a gold guinea and the promise that heβd make her look as beautiful as the day she had started the film.[5] β
Gravelly ill, Kumari was determined to complete the film and, well aware of the limited time left for her to live, went out of her way to complete it at the earliest. Despite her rapidly deteriorating health, she gave the finishing touches to her performance. Initially, after its release in February 1972, Pakeezah opened to a lukewarm response from the public; however, after Meena Kumari's death less than two months later, people flocked to see it, making it a major box-office success. The film has since gained a cult and classic status, and Kumari's performance as a golden-hearted Lucknow prostitute drew major praise. She posthumously received her twelfth and last Filmfare nomination.
Throughout her life, Kumari had a love-hate relationship with movies, and besides being a top-notch actress, she was a talented poetess, and recorded a disc of her Urdu poems, I write, I recite with music by Khayyam.
[edit] Death
Three weeks after the release of Pakeezah, Meena Kumari became seriously ill, and died on March 31, 1972 of cirrhosis of the liver. At her death, she was in more or less the same financial circumstance as her parents at the time of her birth: It is said that when she died in a nursing home, there was no money to pay her hospital bills.
[edit] Relationship with Kamal Amrohi
In 1952, on the sets of one of her films, Meena Kumari fell in love with and married film director, Kamal Amrohi, who was fifteen years elder than her and was already married. She wrote about Amrohi:
Dil saa jab saathi paya
Bechaini bhi woh saath le aaya
When I found someone like my heart
He also brought sorrow with him
Soon after marriage, Kamal Amrohi and Meena Kumari produced a film called Daera (1953), which was based on their love story. They also planned another film, Pakeezah. However, it took sixteen years (1956 to 1972) before Pakeezah reached the silver screen. (The scenes in Pakeezah's popular song, Inhi logon ne, were originally filmed in black and white, and were later reshot in color.)
It is said that Amrohi did not want children with Meena Kumari because she was not a Syed. They raised Kamal Amrohi's son, Tajdaar, who was greatly attached to his chhoti ammi (younger mother).
Due to their strong personalities, however, Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi started to develop conflicts, both professionally and in their married life. Their conflicts, separation in 1960, and ultimate divorce in 1964 highly impacted Meena Kumari, who, once a happy woman, became depressed and found solace in heavy drinking.They remarried, but Meena Kumari had become an alcoholic by then.
She expressed her sorrows prominently in her poetry. About Kamal Amrohi she wrote:
Tum kya karoge sunkar mujhse meri kahani
Belutf zindagi ke kisse hain pheeke pheeke
Why do you want to listen to my story:
Colourless tales of a joyless life
At the time of the divorce, she wrote:
Talaak to de rahe ho Nazare kahar ke saath
Jawani bhi mere lauta do Mehar ke saath
You are divorcing me with rage in your eyes
Return to me, also, my youth along with the bridal-price!
[edit] Filmography
1) Gomti Ke Kinare (1972) .... Ganga
2) Pakeezah (1972) .... Nargis/Sahibjaan
3) Dushmun (1971) .... Malti R. Din
4) Mere Apne (1971) .... Anandi Devi/Auaji (Aunt)
5) Jawab (1970) .... Vidya
6) Saat Phere (1970)
7) Abhilasha (1968) .... Mrs. Meena Singh
8) Baharon Ki Manzil (1968) .... Nanda S. Roy/Radha Shukla
9) Bahu Begum (1967) .... Zeenat Jahan Begum
10) Chandan Ka Palna (1967) .... Shobha Rai
11) Majhli Didi (1967) .... Hemangini 'Hema'
12) Noorjehan (1967)
13) Phool Aur Patthar (1966) .... Shanti Devi
14) Pinjre Ke Panchhi (1966) .... Heena Sharma
15) Bheegi Raat (1965)
16) Jadui Angoothi (1965)
17) Kaajal (1965) .... Madhavi
18) Purnima (1965) .... Purnima V. Lal
19) Maain Bhi Ladki Hun (1964) .... Rajni
20) Benazir (1964) .... Benazir
21) Chitralekha (1964) .... Chitralekha
22) Gazal (1964) .... Naaz Ara Begum
23) Sanjh Aur Savera (1964) .... Gauri
24) Akeli Mat Jaiyo (1963) Seema
25) Dil Ek Mandir (1963) .... Sita
26) Kinare Kinare (1963)
27) Aarti (1962) .... Aarti Gupta
28) Main Chup Rahungi (1962) .... Gayetri
29) Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) .... Chhoti Bahu
30) Bhabhi Ki Chudiyan (1961) .... Geeta, Shyam's wife
31) Pyaar Ka Saagar (1961) .... Radha/Rani B. Gupta
32) Zindagi Aur Khwab (1961) .... Shanti
33) Bahaana (1960)
34) Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960) .... Karuna
35) Kohinoor (1960)
36) Ardhangini (1959) .... Chhaya
37) Chand (1959)
38) Char Dil Char Raahein (1959) .... Chavli
39) Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan (1959) .... Ratna
40) Jagir (1959)
41) Madhu (1959)
42) Satta Bazaar (1959) .... Jamuna
43) Shararat (1959)
44) Farishta (1958)
45) Sahara (1958) .... Leela
46) Savera (1958)
47) Yahudi (1958) .... Hannah
48) Miss Mary (1957) .... Miss Mary/Laxmi
49) Sharada (1957) .... Sharada Ram Sharan
50) Bandhan (1956)
51) Ek-Hi-Rasta (1956) .... Malti
52) Halaku (1956) .... Niloufer Nadir
53) Mem Sahib (1956) .... Meena
54) Naya Andaz (1956)
55) Shatranj (1956)
56) Adil-E-Jahangir (1955)
57) Azaad (1955) .... Shobha
58) Bandish (1955) .... Usha Sen
59) Rukhsana (1955)
60) Baadbaan (1954)
61) Chandni Chowk (1954) .... Zarina
62) Ilzam (1954)
63) Daera (1953) .... Sheetal
64) Dana Paani (1953)
65) Do Bigha Zamin (1953) .... Thakurain
66) Foot Path (1953) .... Mala
67) Naulakha Haar (1953) .... Bijma
68) Parineeta (1953) .... Lalita
69) Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag (1952)
70) Baiju Bawra (1952) .... Gauri
71) Tamasha (1952) .... Kiran
72) Hanumaan Pataal Vijay (1951)
73) Lakshmi Narayan (1951)
74) Madhosh (1951) .... Soni
75) Sanam (1951)
76) Anmol Ratan (1950)
77) Hamara Ghar (1950)
78) Magroor (1950)
79) Shri Ganesh Mahima (1950)
80) Veer Ghatotkach (1949) .... Surekha
81) Bichchade Balam (1948)
82) Piya Ghar Aaja (1947)
83) Bachchon Ka Khel (1946)
84) Duniya Ek Sarai (1946)
85) Lal Haveli (1944)
86) Pratiggya (1943)
87) Garib (1942)
88) Bahen (1941) (as Baby Meena) .... Bina
89) Kasauti (1941)
90) Nai Roshni (1941)
91) Ek Hi Bhool (1940)
92) Pooja (1940)
93) Leatherface (1939)
After I have said the Faitiah at my parents graves I say Fatiah at the grave of Nawab Kashmiri, Meena Kumari, Kamal Amrohi Jalal Agha and Joe Ansari..