Mumtaz Shanti

Mumtaz Shanti
Shanti posing for a publicity poster in 1943
Born
Mumtaz Begum

(1926-05-28)28 May 1926
Dinga, Punjab, British India
Died19 October 1994(1994-10-19) (aged 68)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Other namesThe Jubilee Girl[1]
OccupationActress
Years active1937 - 1983
SpouseWali Sahib (husband)
ChildrenSikander Wali (son)
Zafar Iqbal (son)

Mumtaz Shanti (28 May 1926 – 19 October 1994) was an actress in pre-partition Indian cinema.[1] Working in Bollywood films of the 1940s and also the early 1950s, she moved to Pakistan after the partition of India and retired from her entertainment career.

She was known as "The Jubilee Girl" because of her roles in films Basant (1942) and Kismet (1943).[1] She worked in films including Mangti (1942), Basant (1942), Badalti Duniya (1943), Kismet (1943), Dharti (1946), Ghar Ki Izzat (1948) and Aahuti (1950).[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Mumtaz Shanti – Interview". Cineplot.com website. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
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