Remembering yesteryear Hindi film actress Purnima on her 5th death anniversary.
Born
Meherbhano Mohammad Ali on 2 March 1934, Purnima Das Verma was a
popular heroine in Hindi films from the late 40s to 50s. She appeared in
many films including Patanga (1949), Jogan (1950), Sagai (1951),
Jaal(1952), and Aurat (1953). She acted in more than 80 odd films,
including a role in Ajay Devgan starrer Phool Aur Kaante, and Naam,
where she played the grandmother of Sanjay Dutt and Kumar Gaurav.
Among
her films, ‘Patanga’ proved to be very successful. Composed by
C.Ramchandra, two songs of this musical hit film — ‘Dil se bhula do tum
hUmein’ and ‘ O jaane waale tune armanon ki dunyia loot lI’ — were
filmed on Purnima.
In
1954, she married filmmaker Bhagwan Das Verma, her second marriage.
Bhagwan Dass Varma was a famous Producer-Director of his time who had
many successful films like ‘Patanga’, ‘Sagai’, ‘Badal’, ‘Aurat’,
‘Parvat’ and ‘Pooja’ under his banner of ‘Varma Films’. Her first
husband, a journalist, had already moved to Pakistan during the
Partition. Bollywood’s successful actor Emraan Hashmi is her grandson.
Her son from her first marriage, Anwar Hashmi, is Emraan’s father.
Purnima suffered from Alzheimer’s during the last few years of her life and she passed away on 14 August 2013.
Biography
Mini Bio (1)
Born on 2nd March 1932 in Mumbai, Poornima's father Ram
Sheshadri Ayangar was a Tamil Brahmin who used to handle accounts at
Manmohan Desai's film distributor father Kiku Bhai Desai's office.
Poornima's mother was from a Muslim family of Lucknow. At home other
than her parents there were 5 daughters (including Poornima) and 1 son.
In the 1930's decade, Poornima's eldest sister Shirin had also worked in
films like 'Bambai Ki Sethani' (1935), 'Passing Show' (1936), 'Khwab Ki
Duniya' (1937), 'State Express' (1938) and 'Bijli' (1939). Shirin was
Producer-Director Nanabhai Bhatt's second wife and the famous film maker
Mahesh Bhatt is the same Shirin's son and Poornima's nephew.
According to Poornima that era's well known director Raman B. Desai, who was also their neighbor, had offered Poornima 'Radha's' role in his Guajarati film 'Radheshyam'. Poornima was still in school at that time. For the film, her elder sister Shirin, gave her the alias 'Poornima' in place of her real name 'Meher Bano'. The film 'Radheshyam' was released in the year 1948 and at that time Poornima was merely 16 years old. According to Poornima, "My first Hindi film was Kedar Sharma's 'Thes' where I was playing the second lead." Featuring Bharat Bhushan and Shashikala in the main roles, this film was released in the year 1948.
According to the senior film historian Shri Harish Raghuwanshi, in the year 1947 i.e. a year before 'Thes', Poornima had acted in two Hindi films 'Manager' and 'Tum Aur Mai' and in 1948 other than 'Radheshyam' she had also worked in Director Raja Yagnik's Gujrati film 'Saavaki Maa'.
After 'Thes' Poornima saw 2 more releases in 1949 viz. 'Narad Muni', and 'Patanga' where she was seen playing the second lead in both the films. While Raman B.Desai's Gujarati and Hindi bilingual film 'Narad Muni' and Kedar Sharma's 'Thes' could not create much box office magic, Producer Bhagwan Dass Varma's film 'Patanga' proved to be very successful. Composed by C.Ramchandra, 2 songs of this musical hit film 'dil se bhula do tum hamein' and 'o jaane waale tone armanon ki duniya loot li' were filmed on Poornima and after the film's release Poornima's schedule became very hectic.
Having stayed away from acting for 3 years, Poornima decided to return to acting just so that she could stabilize the financial situation at home.
Poornima's husband Bhagwan Dass Varma was a famous Producer-Director of his time who had many successful films like 'Patanga', 'Sagai', 'Badal', 'Aurat', 'Parvat' and 'Pooja' under his banner of 'Varma Films'. Bhagwan Dass Varma passed away in 1962. According to Poornima she acted in almost 200 films in a career spanning 38 years. Her only son worked in Air India. Shaqeela, Saira Bano and Dulari are her close friends. Since Shaqeela and Saira Bano stay close to Poornima's house they keep meeting quite regularly.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: pagladeewana@hotmail.ca
According to Poornima that era's well known director Raman B. Desai, who was also their neighbor, had offered Poornima 'Radha's' role in his Guajarati film 'Radheshyam'. Poornima was still in school at that time. For the film, her elder sister Shirin, gave her the alias 'Poornima' in place of her real name 'Meher Bano'. The film 'Radheshyam' was released in the year 1948 and at that time Poornima was merely 16 years old. According to Poornima, "My first Hindi film was Kedar Sharma's 'Thes' where I was playing the second lead." Featuring Bharat Bhushan and Shashikala in the main roles, this film was released in the year 1948.
According to the senior film historian Shri Harish Raghuwanshi, in the year 1947 i.e. a year before 'Thes', Poornima had acted in two Hindi films 'Manager' and 'Tum Aur Mai' and in 1948 other than 'Radheshyam' she had also worked in Director Raja Yagnik's Gujrati film 'Saavaki Maa'.
After 'Thes' Poornima saw 2 more releases in 1949 viz. 'Narad Muni', and 'Patanga' where she was seen playing the second lead in both the films. While Raman B.Desai's Gujarati and Hindi bilingual film 'Narad Muni' and Kedar Sharma's 'Thes' could not create much box office magic, Producer Bhagwan Dass Varma's film 'Patanga' proved to be very successful. Composed by C.Ramchandra, 2 songs of this musical hit film 'dil se bhula do tum hamein' and 'o jaane waale tone armanon ki duniya loot li' were filmed on Poornima and after the film's release Poornima's schedule became very hectic.
Having stayed away from acting for 3 years, Poornima decided to return to acting just so that she could stabilize the financial situation at home.
Poornima's husband Bhagwan Dass Varma was a famous Producer-Director of his time who had many successful films like 'Patanga', 'Sagai', 'Badal', 'Aurat', 'Parvat' and 'Pooja' under his banner of 'Varma Films'. Bhagwan Dass Varma passed away in 1962. According to Poornima she acted in almost 200 films in a career spanning 38 years. Her only son worked in Air India. Shaqeela, Saira Bano and Dulari are her close friends. Since Shaqeela and Saira Bano stay close to Poornima's house they keep meeting quite regularly.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: pagladeewana@hotmail.ca
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| Shaukat Hasham Mohamed Niwas | (? - ?) ( divorced) |
| Bhagwan Das Varma | (? - ?) |
Trivia (4)
She is Maheshbhatt, the famous director's close relative.
Grandmother of today's famous hero "Emraanhaashmi".
Mother of actor Anwar Hashmi. He acted in Baharon Ke Manzil (1968) opposite Farida Jalal.
Sister of 1930's actress Shirin ( Mother of Mahesh Bhatt).
Mahesh Bhatt
Indian film director
Description
Mahesh Bhatt is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works exclusively in Hindi cinema. A stand-out film from his earlier period is Saaransh, screened at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. Wikipedia
Born: 20 September 1948 (age 70 years), Bombay State
Spouse: Soni Razdan (m. 1986), Kiran Bhatt (m. 1970–1990)
Alia Bhatt
Actress
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Alia Bhatt is an actress and singer of Indian origin and British citizenship, who works in Hindi films. The recipient of several accolades, including three Filmfare Awards, Bhatt is one of the highest-paid actresses in India. Wikipedia
Height: 1.55 m
Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek, Aaradhya join Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor’s famjam in New York. See pics
Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan and their daughter Aaradhya Bachchan paid actor Rishi Kapoor a visit in New York where they were joined by Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt.
bollywood Updated: Jun 24, 2019 10:57 IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor,
Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan are together in New York.
“Your family is your whole world. So so many LOVES in these beautiful moments,” Neetu captioned the pictures. “All looking so well and happy,” Alia’s mother and actor Soni Razdan commented on the picture. The first picture showed Rishi, Neetu, Ranbir and Alia with his sister Riddhima Kapoor Sahni. Alia is seen in a white shirt and blue denims combo while Ranbir is seen in a black T-shirt. A second picture shows Abhishek in a blue hoodie, Aishwarya in a white shirt and Aaradhya in a pink frock. The third picture shows the whole gang together.
Rishi has been undergoing cancer treatment for the last eight months in New York. He appeared homesick recently when he tweeted: “Today I complete eight months here in New York. When will l ever get home?” However, now there is news that the actor may return before his birthday and may also resume work soon.
Neetu has remained by the 66-year-old’s side in the US throughout the time. Ranbir and Riddhima have been paying regular visits to them. A slew of family, friends, celebrities from across film and business world have showed up every other day by Rishi’s side to keep him happy and entertained. These included Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Anupam Kher.
In April, his brother Randhir Kapoor said Rishi will be back home in a few months, amid reports that he is now “cancer free”.
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