Suraiya aka Suraiya Jamal Sheikh, a very beautiful actress of Hindi films, was one of the most popular actresses and singers of her time. Suraiya was born on June 15, 1929 in Gujranwala, Punjab. Suraiya was the first choice of every actor and director for films. Suraiya’s maternal uncle M. Zahoor used to be a famous villain of Hindi cinema. In such a situation, it became quite easy for Suraiya to enter the film industry and because of her maternal uncle, Malika-e-Tarannum Suraiya got a chance to work as a child artist in the film ‘Usne Kya Socha’. In her last song sung in the film ‘Rustom Sohrab’, Suraiya has narrated the painful story of her life in such a way that anyone listening to it will cry.
Singer-actress Suraiya worked on radio
Suraiya, the once popular singer and actress of Hindi films, is still alive in people’s memories. Apart from her beauty and style, Suraiya, the queen of Hindi cinema, is also in the news for her unfulfilled love with Dev Anand, but their love story could never be completed. The craze among the fans was such that police force had to be deployed outside her house. Once, her fan reached her house with a wedding procession. Raj Kapoor and Madan Mohan were Suraiya’s childhood friends and with their help, she started participating in children’s programs on All India Radio in her childhood. Not only this, she also used to sing songs for children on the radio.
This is how Suraiya got the title of Malika-e-Tarannum
Singer and actress of Indian cinema Suraiya left no stone unturned in winning the hearts of the audience with her songs as well as acting. Actress Suraiya was getting so much love from the audience that she was awarded the title of ‘Malika-e-Tarannum’. Not only this, there is also ‘Suraiya Marg’ in Lonavala (Pune) named after the actress. She was so popular that there used to be a long queue of fans outside her house. The crowd was so huge that there used to be traffic jam. Suraiya is also known as Mallika-e-Husn, Malika-e-Tarannum and Malika-e-Adakari.
At the age of 34, she distanced herself from films
From 1936 to 1963, the queen of Hindi cinema, Suraiya worked in films. Due to poor health, she distanced herself from the film industry. Suraiya spent the last six months of her life with her family. Let us tell you that actress Suraiya was suffering from serious diseases like hypoglycemia, due to which she died on 31 January 2004 at the age of 74. The special thing was that Suraiya was seen with Dev Anand in the 1948 film ‘Vidya’. Suraiya’s entire life changed with this film. She met Dev Anand for the first time on the set of this film.
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