Sultana (actress)

Sultana
Sultana Begum
Born
Sultana Begum

(1910-02-10)10 February 1910
Died19 September 1990(1990-09-19) (aged 80)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Producer
Years active1922 – 1962
SpouseSeth Razzaq (husband)
ChildrenJamila Razzaq (daughter)
Parent(s)Fatma Begum (mother)
Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Muhammad Yakut Khan III (father)
RelativesWaqar Hasan (son-in-law)
Zubeida (sister)
Rhea Pillai (great-niece)

Sultana (born 10 February 1910), also known as Sultana Razzaq, was one of the earliest film actresses from India who acted both in silent films and later in sound films.[1] She was one of the most popular actress during 1920s, 1930s and 1940s in Indian Cinema in both silent films and later in the talkies.[2] She was the daughter of India's first female film director, Fatma Begum.[3] She was the elder sister of Zubeida a leading actress of India's first talkie film Alam Ara in 1931.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Sultana". Cineplot.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  2. ^ Willemen, Paul (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. pp. 241–242. ISBN 9781135943189.
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