Sardar Akhtar
Indian actress (1915–1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sardar Akhtar (1915–1986) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi and Urdu films. She started her acting career on the Urdu stage. Her early films were with Saroj Movietone, where she did a majority of stunt (action) roles. She came into prominence as the washer-woman in the role of Rami Dhoban in Sohrab Modi's Pukar (1939). As a woman seeking justice for the death of her husband, it was a breakthrough role for her. A popular song she sang in the film was "Kaheko Mohe Chhede".[2] Her career defining role was as a "peasant woman" deserted by her husband, in Mehboob Khan's Aurat (1940), a role later made famous by Nargis in Mehboob's remake Mother India.[3]
Sardar Akhtar | |
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Born | 1915 |
Died | 1986 (aged 70–71) New York City, U.S.[1] |
Resting place | Badakabarastan, Mumbai, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1933–1945; 1971–1973 |
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She acted in over 50 films in a career span of 1933–45. Akhtar married Mehboob Khan in 1942, whom she had met when he cast her in Ali Baba (1940). She stopped after completing films like Fashion (1943) and Rahat. She resumed as a character actress in the 1970s, when she acted in O. P. Ralhan's Hulchul (1971).[4]