Zubeida
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Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir (1911 – 21 September 1988) was an Indian actress. Early in her career, she starred in a number of silent films, which were followed by a breakthrough in the first Indian talkie Alam Ara (1931). Her other notable works include Sagar Movietone's Meri Jaan (1931) and Devdas (1937).
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- Cameras, microphones and pens
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- Learning through the medium of English in multilingual South Africa: enabling or disabling learners from low income contexts?
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- Zubeida dans Seva Sadan (1934) (color publicity still).jpg
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- Zubeida in 1934
- Person.birth_name
- Zubeida Begum
- Person.birth_place
- Surat, Bombay Presidency, British India
- Person.death_place
- Bombay, Maharashtra, India
- Person.occupation
- Actress
- Person.years_active
- 1922–1953
- Person.spouse
- Maharaj Narsingir Dhanrajgir Gyan Bahadur
- Person.children
- 2
- Person.parents
- Fatma Begum (mother) Sidi Ibrahim Muhammad Yakut Khan III (father)
- Person.relatives
- Sultana (sister)Rhea Pillai (granddaughter)Jamila Razzaq (niece)
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- date of birth
- 1911-01-01
- date of death
- 1988-09-21
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- Zubeida
- start of work period
- 1922-00-00
- name in native language
- ज़ुबैदा
- end of work period
- 1988-00-00
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Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir (1911 – 21 September 1988) was an Indian actress. Early in her career, she starred in a number of silent films, which were followed by a breakthrough in the first Indian talkie Alam Ara (1931). Her other notable works include Sagar Movietone's Meri Jaan (1931) and Devdas (1937).
==Early life== Born in 1911 in Surat city of Gujarat in western India, Zubeida was the daughter of Nawab Sidi Ibrahim Muhammad Yakut Khan III of Sachin State and Fatma Begum. She had two sisters, Sultana and Shehzadi, both actresses. She was among the few girls who entered films as a teenager during a time when it was not considered a honourable profession for girls from respectable families.