Khursheed

Biography

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.

Known For

Babul

Munshi's Wife

Bhakta Surdas

Chintamani

As You Please

Manjri

March Ahead

Sarla

Beti

Kiran

Imaan Farosh

Musafir

Shadi

Shobha

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1950	Babul	Munshi's Wife
1947	March Ahead	Sarla
1946	Phoolwari	Lali
1946	Moorti	Anami
1946	Prabhu Ka Ghar	Alka
1944	Mumtaz Mahal	Mumtaz Mahal
1944	Shahenshah Babar	Hamida
1943	Tansen	Tani
1942	Bhakta Surdas	Chintamani
1942	Chandni	Chandni/Devi
1942	Beti	Kiran
1941	Shadi	Shobha
1941	Pardesi	Mira
1940	Holi	Kokila (as Khursheed)
1940	Musafir
1939	Meri Aankhen
1939	Sitara	Sitara
1939	As You Please	Manjri
1937	Imaan Farosh
1931	Laila Majnu

Year	TV Show	Role