February 19th, 2012

Ashalata

[ Selected Filmography ]

Real Name -  Mehrunissa

Profession – Actress (Heroine)

Most Active/Popular Decades – 1930s

Religion – Muslim

Ethnicity – N/A

Date of Birth – 17th October, 1917.

Date of Death – N/A

Debut Film – Perhaps Azadi (1935)

Last Film – Perhaps Main Abla Nahin Houn (1949)

Significant others in the Film Industry – Anil Biswas (Husband, Music Director)

Miscellaneous Info - Ashalata belonged to the famous Khoja community of Bombay. She was born as Mehrunissa on 17th October 1917. She was reasonably educated and was interested in joining the film industry since childhood. Her family was dead against her joining the film industry, but somehow she succeeded in convincing her mother to let her join the film industry. She joined Shakti Movietone in 1934 and appeared in three films produced by them in 1935 – Azadi, Sajiv Murti and Sati Toral. Later, she worked for many other film companies too.

Unfortunately, none of her films fared well at the box-office. She married music director Anil Biswas and became his first wife. She is survived by four children. (Some of the material has been taken from the Urdu book Filmi Titliyan – Courtesy of Surjit Singh - Click here to visit the Source)

Related Youtube Video – Ashalata in Brandy Ki Botal (1939), music by Dada Chandekar.

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