Bollywood actress shyama biography

Indian film actress (1935–2017)

For other people named Shyama, see Shyama (disambiguation).

Shyama (born Khurshid Akhtar; 7 June 1935 – 14 November 2017) was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi films.

She was active between 1945 and 1989, and is best known for her roles in Aar Paar (1954 film) and Barsaat Ki Raat (1960 film).

Career

Born as Khurshid Akhtar in Lahore, Punjab in British India on 7 June 1935 into a Muslim Arain family, Shyama moved to Mumbai from Lahore in the 1940s.^[1][2] As a young girl, she acted in a few films such as Noor Jehan's husband Shaukat Hussain Rizvi's Zeenat (1945 film) and Meerabai (1947).^[3][4] She worked with Shammi Kapoor in romantic classic Mirza Sahiban (1957).

Director Vijay Bhatt gave her the stage name Shyama, by which she is credited in her movies.^[4] She had starring roles in Guru Dutt's classic Aar Paar (1954 film), and later in Barsaat Ki