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Shyama is a Actor Indian born on 7 june 1935 at Lahore (Pakistan)

Shyama

Shyama
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Birth name Khurshid Akhtar
Nationality Inde
Birth 7 june 1935 (89 years) at Lahore (Pakistan)
Awards Filmfare Awards

Shyama (born Khurshid Akhtar; 7 June 1935, Lahore) is a former Bollywood actress. Her best known roles were in Aar Paar (1954), Barsaat Ki Raat (1960) and Tarana. She was also noticed in 'Sawan Bhadon', 'Dil Diya Dard Liya', 'Milan' and 'Sharda' for which she was awarded Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. Like Shammi Kapoor in male actors, she is the actress who has been most responsive to the rhythm and lyrics of the music directors and poets. Songs picturised on her like 'ae dil mujhe bata de', 'O chand jahan wo jaye', 'ae lo main hari piya', ' dekho, wo chand chhup ke karata hai kya ishare', 'chhupa ke meri aankhon ko', 'ja re ka re badara' are examples of her sensitive acting.

Director Vijay Bhatt gave her the stage name Shyama by which she is credited in her movies. She had starring roles in Guru Dutt's classic Aar Paar and later in Barsaat Ki Raat which was perhaps her best performance. She was a major star in the 1950s and 60s and acted in more than 200 movies, many in starring roles.

Biography

She was married to cinematographer, Fali Mistry in 1953, and the couple had two sons, Farooq and Rohin, and a daughter Shireen. Mistry died in 1979, thereafter she continued to stay in Mumbai.

Usually with

Shyama
Shyama
(7 films)
Manorama
Manorama
(7 films)
Agha
Agha
(6 films)
Mukri
Mukri
(6 films)
Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Shyama (42 films)

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Actress

Hathyar
Hathyar (1989)
, 3h
Directed by J.P. Dutta
Genres Action
Actors Dharmendra, Sanjay Dutt, Sangeeta Bijlani, Rishi Kapoor, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Asha Parekh
Rating64% 3.2425153.2425153.2425153.2425153.242515
Avinash (Sanjay Dutt) and his parents (Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Asha Parekhich) come to Bombay where they miserably scrape along. Sometimes their acquaintance with Samiulla Khan (Rishi Kapoor), the younger brother of the underworld don Khushal Khan (Dharmendra), is quite helpful as Sami, who refuses to deal with his brother’s business, enjoys a good reputation. But after some bitter experiences, Avinash’s father cannot stand his poor situation anymore and commits suicide. Now Avinash bears the responsibility to be the family’s breadwinner which he, as he doesn’t manage to find a job, is unable to fulfill. Desperately (and instigated by his friends from the local gang) he starts stealing. After having killed one of his victims in affect, he more and more bogs down in the mire of crime – and gets into the rivalry between the gangster bosses Khushal Khan and Raghan Anna (Paresh Rawal).
Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu
Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu (1988)

Directed by Sathyan Anthikad
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jayaram, Urvashi, Sreenivasan, Innocent, Parvathy, Jagathy Sreekumar
Roles sister of Bhaskaran
Rating80% 4.027074.027074.027074.027074.02707
Bhaskaran(Sreenivasan), the local village goldsmith is in love with Snehalatha(Urvashi), the daughter of P.V.Panicker(Innocent), the local astrologer. They are neighbors. Snehalatha asks for a gold necklace made of 10 pavans (sovereigns) as a symbol of Bhaskaran's love. Bhaskaran makes a necklace and hands it over to Snehalatha. An angry Panicker (her father) finds this out, admonishes her and pockets the golden necklace. He reasons that it was "brotherly love" which made Bhaskaran give the necklace to his daughter.
Masterji
Masterji (1985)

Directed by K. Raghavendra Rao
Genres Musical, Romance
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Sridevi, Anita Raj, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Aruna Irani
Rating58% 2.91142.91142.91142.91142.9114
Radha (Sridevi) is a notorious prankster creating a variety of mischiefs along with her gang, which often end up in the village court. Masterji (Rajesh Khanna) enters the village with his infant child to take up the vacant teacher post in the local school, but isn't spared from Radha's pranks upon his arrival. He takes up the job with one hand holding the book, and the other rocking the cradle in the classroom much to the amusement of local folk in the village. Radha's playful nature transforms into love when she learns that he's a widower. She tries many ways to win the teacher's heart, but fails every time. The teacher believes that a stepmother would not take care of his child, and thus even rejects the offer to marry his dead wife's sister. As a last hope to attain him, Radha blames the teacher for molesting her and even swears on it by crossing over his child in front of the village court. Petrified, and with the whole village surrounded, he is left with very little option than to marry her. But vows never to touch her and remain in celibacy. But Radha doesn't give. She relentlessly tries to seduce him by unconventional methods that prove to be testing times for the teacher. With the chances of winning him slowly decreasing, Radha comes to a conclusion once and for all.
Chaitali
Chaitali (1975)

Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Actors Dharmendra, Pradeep Kumar, Saira Banu, Bindu, Asrani, Durga Khote
Rating62% 3.1290953.1290953.1290953.1290953.129095
Chaitali vit dans un monde très différent de celui de Hrishikesh Mukherjee, où la plupart de ses films sont restés à l'écart de la représentation des couches les plus sombres de notre ordre social. Le récit est centré sur Chaitali (Saira Banu dans le rôle-titre), une femme qui a été forcée par ses circonstances et son éducation malheureuse à occuper un espace qui la hante constamment, mais dont elle ne parvient pas à s'échapper. En créant un contraste frappant, sa vie fusionne avec un foyer urbain de classe moyenne Hrishikesh Mukherjee plus typique, plein de valeurs familiales et de droiture.
Khel Khel Mein
Khel Khel Mein (1975)

Actors Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Rakesh Roshan, Aruna Irani, Iftekhar, Yunus Parvez
Rating71% 3.58353.58353.58353.58353.5835
Ajay joins a college in Shimla for further education. He meets Vikram & Nisha, two slackers in the college who just love playing pranks. Ajay is way different from them & an easy target. But after some initial hiccups, Ajay becomes friends with them. Soon, the trio are playing pranks on unsuspecting people. One day, they spot a stingy Seth(a wealthy man) & send him a fake typewritten extortion note, hoping to relieve him of his money.
Ajanabee
Ajanabee (1974)
, 2h21
Directed by Shakti Samanta
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Asrani, Yogeeta Bali Chakraborty, Madan Puri
Rating63% 3.1920453.1920453.1920453.1920453.192045
One night, a pretty young girl, Sonia (Yogita Bali), gets down from a Taxi and runs towards the Railway station in Deena Pur asking for a ticket to Bombay.The train to Bombay pulls off the station before she can board. She doesn’t have any place to go and decides to wait at the station for the next train, the following morning. She’s carrying an attache case containing jewellery worth lakhs. She deposits it to Rohit, which he safely locks in his safe.
Honeymoon
Honeymoon (1973)

Directed by Hiren Naag
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Leena Chandavarkar, Anil Dhawan, Utpal Dutt, Shyama, Mukri, Sundar
Rating66% 3.3299553.3299553.3299553.3299553.329955
Two close friends, Neelu and Madhu, agree that men cannot be trusted, and as such decide to dump their current boyfriends, and marry someone else who meets with the approval of their parents. Shortly thereafter, Madhu is introduced to Chandrakant, whom she likes, and soon both are married. On their honeymoon, she meets with Neelu, who has married Deepak, also her parents' choice. Both are delighted to see other, and cannot wait to meet the others' spouse, little realizing the shock they will get when they do so.