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Meena Kumari is a great legend of Bollywood. Play. No actress achieved the position that she got. Whether it is the height of his career, the time after his departure or why his first superhit film "Baiju Bawra" is not the beginning. She has been awarded titles such as "unique actresses in history", "highest capacity artist" and even "Kavita on Cellulid", and she deserved every praise. She was also an actress, singer and poetess. Let's now look at some unheard stories of his life.

He presented his diaries to Gulzar

Meena Kumari had a close relationship with Gulzar. Gulzar started as a director with "Mere Apne" and took Meena Kumari in her first film. Sometimes there was speculation about being with them in the media, while both of them were just close friends. As Meena Kumari's love for Urdu increased, she came closer to Gulzar. In fact, before his death, he had presented his diaries to Gulzar, which had poems written as 'Naz'. Gulzar later published a compilation of some of his poems.

He had sympathy with Marilyn Munro

It seems strange to think that a Bollywood legend, Meena Kumari, and Hollywood's sex symbol, Merillin Monroe, can be somehow the same. Nevertheless, this is true. Kumari showed deep sensitivity with Monroe, as both were in the difficult industry who always kept them in the spotlight, both were fighting with drugs (Kumari was drunk, Monroe was a drug addict) and both of them had marriages that perfect on paper Was but failed (Kumari married Kamal Aranhi for 12 years and then separated, Monroe and Arthur Miller married for 5 years). Both were contemporary in their careers, and, there is a matter of sorrow, both left this world in their 30s.

He dominated the filmfare

Meena Kumari was dear to the award ceremonies, her brilliant performance gave her consistent praise and honor. Not only many of his films were sent to Oscar as the official entries of India, but he also dominated the Filmfare Awards. She won the Best Actress Award at the first Filmfare Festival for 'Baiju Bawra' in 1954 and won the award again for 'Parineeta' the very next year. Although he won his fourth and final Filmfare Award for 'Kajal' in 1966, the year 1963 was the largest for him, where he got all three nominations and won for 'Saheb Bibi Aur Ghulam'.

Career starts as 'Baby Meena'

Meena Kumari was born as Mahjebin Bano, and started her career as a child artist at the age of four. Most of his early films were with Vijay Bhatt, both as a child and as an adult. In fact, during the shooting of the film of 'One Bhool' in 1940, Bhatt changed Kumari to 'Baby Meena'. This was the surname with whom he worked as a child artist, who later became Meena Kumari when he became an adult.

They were almost left in an orphanage

As we know, Meena Kumari was not born in a luxurious family, as both her parents were struggling to raise the family. In fact, when he was born, his father did not have enough money to pay the doctor, who had delivered him, and left him in an orphanage. He changed his view a few hours later, and is a good thing. If there was no theatrical effect in his family, then we could never see Kumari as a respected actress.