Shyama
Acting
Biography
Shyama was born on June 7, 1935 in Lahore, Punjab, British India as Khurshid Akhtar. She was an actress, known for Sharada (1957), Khazanchi (1958) and Isi Ka Naam Duniya Hai (1962). She was married to Fali Mistry. She died on November 14, 2017 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Born: June 7, 1935
Place of Birth: Lahore, Punjab, British India
Known For
Hum Log
An impoverished family faces illness and financial challenges after one of them is sent to prison.
Janwar
The wealthy patriarch of a Mumbai family learns more than he wants to about his own origins after his refusal to accept his sons' chosen spouses drives them and his own wife away.
Zeenat
A disgraced widow is forced to work as a maid for her fatherless child.
Tarana
After a plane crash, Dr. Motilal (Dilip Kumar) is left stranded in a small village, where he is given shelter by a blind old man called Surdas and his playful, young daughter Tarana (Madhubala). During the course of his stay, Motilal falls for the charms of the innocent Tarana.
Naya Din Nai Raat
Sushma believes that she is too young to get married, but her father, Lalla Banarsilal insists, and she runs away. Her adventures take her to a lonely wealthy widower with a cute daughter named Guddi; a drunken lout in a brothel; Dr. Kruparam, a psychiatrist, who admits her in his mental hospital; a dreaded bandit who has killed his tormentor, cut him into pieces and fed them to birds, and who still on a killing spree; Pandit Gorakhnath who lives a double life - as a priest and as a smuggler; a leper Dhanraj, who once was a very wealthy man, but is now shunned by everyone; a transvestite stage actor; and a hunter who saves Sushma's life by shooting dead a man-eating lion. As things spiral out of control for Sushma, there is yet one more male she has to meet, and it is this meeting that will change her life even more.
Mai Baap
Comedy move with Balraj Sahni and Johny Walker
Barsaat Ki Raat
After falling in love with a girl seeking shelter in a rain, he goes to find the girl. Includes the classic song Yeh Ishq Ishq Hai
Sharada
After Shekhar (Raj Kapoor) falls for beautiful Sharada (Meena Kumari), he makes her promise that she'll wait for him while he goes abroad on a business trip. But when Shekhar's plane goes down in flames, Sharada finds comfort in the arms of another man, not knowing that he's Shekhar's widowed father (Raj Mehra). Trouble is, Shekhar survived the crash and soon returns home, only to discover that Sharada has become … his mother!
Sawan Bhadon
Young Vikram (Navin Nischol) stands to inherit a fortune. After living in England for the past five years, he returns home to find his family out of control. His stepmother squanders their wealth, and his stepsister loves a hoodlum. Meanwhile, Vikram falls in love with Chanda (Rekha), a sassy village girl. He soon realizes that his family only wants his money and will stop at nothing to get it. Bollywood star Rekha makes her Hindi screen debut.
Aar Paar
Kalu is a taxi-driver in Bombay, India. He has two women who love him and would like to marry him. Kalu first wants to establish himself, and become rich, before he can even think of marriage. One of the women who loves him, has a father who is involved in gangster-type activities, and would like Kalu also to join him so that he can get rich soon. Kalu has now to decide to become rich quick or sleep better.
Filmography
as Padmabai
as Champakali
as as Mrs. Dhanraj
as Sulochana Devi
as Tara D. Das
as Dancer
as as Seema M. Srivastava
as Shobha
as Roopa
as Usha
as Chanchal
as Chandra M. Kripalani
as Sahiban
as Sawli
as Sangeeta
as as Nikki
as Meena
as Indira/Chitra
as Sheela
as Shepali
as Kamini
as A qawwali dancer