By the late 1940s, she shifted her focus to films belonging to either mythology or fantasy genres. She had lung cancer and died on 25 March 1947.Дuniya Ek Sarai (1946), Piya Ghar Aaja (earlier titled Jalan) (1948) and Bichchade Balam (1948) were some of her early films in which she not only acted but also sang songs. One of the major blows in Kumari's life was the death of her mother, Iqbal Begum, who died merely 18 months after the family's arrival at their new house in Bandra. Meena was cast under the name Meena Kumari in Ramnik Production's Bachchon Ka Khel (1946). Career Early work as Baby Meena (1939вЂ“45) She was nicknamed 'Reading Mahjabeen', as she brought books onto the sets and when working on location. Kumari concentrated most on Urdu although she could get by in English and Hindi. She never went to school in any meaningful sense, and her education was the result of private tuitions, and more significantly the result of individual interest in every sense she was self-educated. Mahjabeen was admitted into a regular school, but that was not for long, because the demands of work frequently interrupted her curricula. In an interview given in 1962, Meena Kumari explained that the fact she had been supporting her parents from the age of four gave her immense satisfaction. She became the breadwinner in the Bux family at a very young age. Director Vijay Bhatt cast her in the film Leatherface and on her first day she was paid Rs. In spite of this, her parents started peddling young Mahjabeen to film studios for work opportunities. Mahjabeen said as a child that she was not interested in a film career, and would rather attend school. He changed his mind a few hours later and fetched her home. Her family could not afford to pay the doctor for her delivery, so her father decided to leave her at an orphanage. At home, Mahjabeen's family called her by the name 'Munna'. Madhu was also a well known child artist by the name Baby Madhuri.

Khursheed Jr (not the singer-actress Khursheed Bano) was her elder sister and Mahliqa (also known as Madhu, first married to actor Mehmood) was her younger sister. Meena Kumari was the second daughter of Ali Baksh and Iqbal Begum. This was a great disappointment to Ali Baksh because he wanted a son. Meena Kumari was born with the name Mahjabeen in a family of poor theatre artists, Ali Bux and Iqbal Begum on 1 August 1933. Hem Sundari had two daughters one of them was Prabhawati, Meena Kumari's mother. After the death of her husband, being forced by his family, she left for Meerut, became a nurse, married a Christian named Pyare Lal Shakir Meeruti (1880вЂ“1956) who was an Urdu journalist and embraced Christianity. It is said that Meena Kumari's grandmother, Hem Sundari Tagore was either the daughter or a widow of Rabindranath Tagore's distant cousin. Before meeting and then marrying Ali Bux, she was a stage actress and dancer under the stage name 'Kamini' and was said to be related to the well known Tagore family of Bengal. Iqbal Begum was the second wife of Ali Bux. Meena Kumari's mother Iqbal Begum, whose original name was Prabhawati Devi, was a Christian who later converted to Islam upon marriage with Ali Bux. He was a veteran of Parsi theater, played harmonium, taught music, wrote Urdu poetry, played small roles in films such as Eid Ka Chand and composed music for films like Shahi Lutere. Meena Kumari's father was a Sunni Muslim named Master Ali Bux who had migrated from Bhera (now in Punjab province of Pakistan). 9.2 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards.

4.3 Deteriorating health and treatment in London (1968).

4.2 Separation from husband and addiction to alcohol (1964).

3.4 Tragedy Queen of Indian Cinema (1957).

Critics often noted that her character in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam was similar to the story of her own life. In the 13th Filmfare Awards (1966), Kumari won her last Best Actress award for Kaajal. Kumari made history at the 10th Filmfare Awards (1963), by receiving all three of the Best Actress nominations, and won for her performance in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam. She was the recipient of the inaugural Filmfare Best Actress Award for Baiju Bawra in 1954 and had a consecutive win in the second Filmfare Awards (1955) for Parineeta. Meena Kumari won four Filmfare Awards in the Best Actress category. In a career spanning 33 years, she starred in about 92 films such as Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Pakeezah, Mere Apne, Aarti, Baiju Bawra, Parineeta, Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai, Foot Path, Dil Ek Mandir and Kaajal. Kumari was described by critics as a 'historically incomparable' actress of Hindi cinema. Popularly known as The Tragedy Queen, she was active between 19.

Meena Kumari (born Mahjabeen Bano 1 August 1933 вЂ“ 31 March 1972) was an Indian actress and poet, who worked in Hindi films.

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