Bollywood's
yesteryear
actress
Kumkum
passed
away
at
the
age
of
86.
Best
known
for
her
appearance
in
films
like
Mother
India,
Kohinoor,
Ujala,
Ek
Sapera
Ek
Lootera
and
more,
the
actress
had
worked
in
more
than
100
films
in
her
career.
According
to
reports,
Kumkum
was
born
in
Hussainabad
in
Bihar
in
1934.
Her
father
was
Nawab
of
Hussainabad
and
belonged
to
a
highly
reputed
family.
Writer
and
director
Naved
Jafri
took
to
his
Twitter
account
to
mourn
the
actress's
demise
and
tweeted,
"We
have
lost
another
gem.
I
have
known
her
since
I
was
a
kid
and
she
was
family,
a
superb
artist
and
a
fantastic
human
being,
innalillahe
wa
innailaihe
raajeoon.
Rest
in
peace
kunkum
aunty".
Kumkum
Was
Discovered
By
Guru
Dutt
Kumkum's
career
as
an
actress
began
in
1954
after
being
discovered
by
Guru
Dutt.
Guru
Dutt
was
to
picturise
the
song
‘Kabhi
Aar
Kabhi
Paar
Laaga
Teere
Nazar' for
his
film
Aar
Paar
(1954)
on
his
friend
Jagdeep
(father
of
Javed
Jaffery,
Naved
Jaffery),
but
later
decided
to
picturise
this
song
on
a
female
actor.
Kumkum
Also
Appeared
In
Yeh
Hai
Bombay
Meri
Jaan
Song
It
was
finally
picturised
on
Kumkum
who
later
went
to
appear
in
films
like
Pyaasa
(1957),
Mem
Saheb
(1956),
Char
Dil
Char
Raahein
(1959).
After
her
first
song,
she
also
appeared
in
the
infamous
song
‘Yeh
Hai
Bombay
Meri
Jaan'
from
C.I.D
(1956).
She
was
the
leading
lady
of
first
Bhojpuri
film
Ganga
Maiya
Tohe
Piyari
Chadhaibo.
Kumkum
Acted
In
Over
100
Films
In
Her
Career
Kumkum
acted
in
almost
115
films
in
her
career
and
became
an
acclaimed
actress
of
her
times.