Husn Bano

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Husn Bano (Real Name –  Roshan Ara)

Most Active/Popular Decades – 1930s / 1940s

Year of Birth – 1922 (Singapore)

Debut Film – Daku Mansoor (1934)

Daughter of famous actress Sharifan, Husn Bano was born in Singapore in 1922. Fluent in Gujarati, Marathi, Urdu and Hindi and proficient in singing, she made her debut in 1934 under the direction of Nitin Bose (New Theatres) in Daku Mansoor. She learned the rudiments of acting from her mother. She started as a leading lady in ’30s, moved to side roles in mid ’40s and with the advent of the ’50s she was reduced to bit roles. Jawani (1942) could be considered her career’s best film as an actress.  She also sang for Naushad’s debut film as music director – Prem Nagar (1940). (Some of the material has been taken from the Urdu book Filmi Titliyan 

Trivia :- Husn Bano was perhaps one of the first actresses to whom Noor Jehan lent her voice [in film Dost – 1944].