Husn Bano
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Husn Bano | |
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 Bano featuring in Lux advertisement, 1942 | |
| Born | Roshan Ara 8 February 1919 |
| Died | 1977 (Aged 58) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1934–1975 |
Husn Banu (1919 – 1977) was a Bollywood actress famous as a stunt actress after "Hanterwali Nadia", and later worked as a supporting actress in films from the 1930s to the 1970s. She was born in 1919 in Singapore.[1]
Husn Banu was born as Roshan Ara on 8 February 1919, in Singapore. She was the daughter of actress Sharifa Bai (1930s) and the aunt of actress Nazima.[2] She was admitted to a high school in Mumbai and passed the 12th standard from there. She was fluent in English, Gujarati, Marathi, Urdu, Bengali, and Hindi. She was also proficient in singing and dancing.
Career
Like her mother, Husn Banu started her career in Calcutta. She began her career under the direction of Nitin Bose in New Theatre's film Daku Mansoor with actresses Umasashi and K.L. Saigal in the lead role in 1934. The cast of the film included: K. L. Saigal, Uma Shashi, Prithviraj Kapoor, Husnbanu, Pahari Sanyal and Nemo.[3] Daku Mansoor was Banu's debut film.[4] Her mother, Shareefa, was not happy with the payments of New Theatre and brought her to Bombay where Husn Banu started getting roles in Wadia films. However, only C grade stunt action films were offered to her.
After 1940, she successfully gained roles in two social films made by Bharat Laxmi films. In 1941, she acted in two films from Bhavnani Productions and National Studios. Thereafter she gained only small or side roles.
In 1941, Husn Banu was selected for a film named Dhandora opposite Noor Mohammad Charlie in the main role.
The movie named Jawani (1942) is her career's best film as an actress. She sang in Prem Nagar (1940) which was Naushad's debut film as a music director. Husn Bano was one of the first actresses to whom famous singer Noor Jehan (who later went to Pakistan after independence) lent her voice in the film Dost in 1944.
She worked in films in both lead and character roles until her death in 1977. Her last film was Akhari Sajda.
Husn Bano acted in about 53 films and sang 44 songs across16 films in her lifetime.