Jaddanbai (1892 or 1908 - April 8, 1949) was an early singer, music composer, actress and filmmaker of Bollywood and one of the pioneers of Indian cinema. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced annually (877 feature films and 1177 short films were released in the year 2003 She was the mother of well-known actress, Nargis. For the town in France see Nargis Loiret; For the 2008 cyclone which devastated the Irrawaddy Delta and the city of Yangon see Cyclone Nargis
Jaddanbai was born in Banaras, Uttar Pradesh in 1892 or 1908. Varanasi ( Sanskrit: वाराणसी Vārāṇasī, pronunciation) also commonly known as Benares ( or Banaras (बनारस Uttar Pradesh (उत्तर प्रदेश اتر پردیش pronounced, Translation: Northern Province) referred to as '''U Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year She was rumoured to be the illegitimate daughter of Motilal Nehru and the famed courtesan, Daleepabai of Allahabad. Motilal Nehru ( May 6, 1861 – February 6, 1931) was an early Indian independence activist and leader of the Indian National Congress Allahabad ( Hindi: इलाहाबाद Urdu: الہ آباد Ilāhābād) is a city in the north Indian state of Uttar Jaddanbai was raised in Allahabad. Allahabad ( Hindi: इलाहाबाद Urdu: الہ آباد Ilāhābād) is a city in the north Indian state of Uttar She was born a Hindu, picked from a mela of kothawalas and kothewalis when she was a child, and groomed a tawaif. A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical Mela is a Sanskrit word meaning 'gathering' or 'to meet' It is used in the Indian subcontinent for all sizes of gathering and can be religious commercial cultural Tawaif was a Concubine who catered to the Muslim nobility of South Asia, particularly during the Mughal era. Jaddanbai became a disciple of the noted thumri singer, Ustad Moijuddin Khan, and the equally noted Ustad Barkat Ali Khan. Thumri ( Devnagari: ठुमरी, Nastaliq: ٹھمری) is a common genre of semi classical Indian music from the Jaddanbai became a film and singing star and was a friend of Mehboob Khan. Mehboob Khan (1907 – 28 May 1964) was one of the many pioneers of Indian cinema.
Jaddanbai had three children from three different men. Fatima A. Rashid was named by her father, Uttamchand Mohanchand (known as Mohanbabu) and adopted the name Nargis for films. For the town in France see Nargis Loiret; For the 2008 cyclone which devastated the Irrawaddy Delta and the city of Yangon see Cyclone Nargis Her second child, Akhtar, became a director and actor, however, he chose not to be as involved as his siblings. Akhtar ( Persian: اختر) means star in Persian, is used as first and surname and may refer to Begum Akhtar Finally, Anwar Hussain acted in the films of Bollywood. Anwar Hussain Khokhar ( Urdu: انور حسین کھوکھر) (born July 16, 1920) was a member of Pakistan's first Test team in 1952 Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India When Jaddanbai composed the music for Talashe Haq (1935), she became the first female music composer of Indian cinema. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced annually (877 feature films and 1177 short films were released in the year 2003 In 1936, Jaddanbai established Sangeet Films, producing films featuring her daughter, Nargis, as a child artiste. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. However, failing family fortunes forced Jaddanbai to cast her daughter in leading roles from the tender age of fourteen and Nargis became the sole bread-earner for the family.
Director - Filmography
- Talashe Haq (1935) (music composer)
- Madam Fashion (1936)
- Hriday Manthan (1936)
- Moti Ka Haar (1937)
- Jeevan Swapna (1937)
External links
- Jaddanbai at the Internet Movie Database