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Biography
Shakila (1 January 1935 – 20 September 2017 ) was an actress, best known for her roles in Guru Dutt's films: Aar Paar (1954) and C.I.D. (1956). She also starred with Shammi Kapoor in Shakti Samanta's China Town (1962). Her husband's name is Johny Barber.
She retired from cinema in 1963 when she married Johny Barber and decided to move to the United Kingdom with her husband who was not from the film industry. The couple had a daughter, Meenaz, who died in 1991. Shakila's sister, Noor (short for Noorjehan), was married to Johnny Walker.
Death
The veteran actress referred as the ‘fairy queen of Indian fantasies’, stopped making public appearances as she was not keeping well for the past few years. On Wednesday, the lady was rushed to a nearby hospital after suffering from heart attack but according to her colleagues from the ’50s cinema, she couldn’t find immediate admission and thus was taken to Arogya Nidhi hospital in Juhu.
Shakila died of a massive heart attack in Mumbai on 20 September 2017.
Filmography
- 1949 Duniya
- 1950 dastan
- 1953 Armaan
- 1953 Madmust
- 1953 Shahenshah
- 1953/II Aaghosh
- 1954 Aar-Paar - Dancer (Captain's Moll)
- 1954 Daan
- 1954 Gul Bahar
- 1954 Halla Gulla
- 1954 Khushboo
- 1954 Laila
- 1954 Lal Pari
- 1954 ali baba 40chor
- 1954 Noor Mahal
- 1955 Mast Qalandar
- 1955 Ratna Manjari
- 1956 C.I.D. - Rekha
- 1956 Caravan
- 1956 Hatim Tai
- 1956 Jhansi Ki Rani - Kashi (as Shakeela)
- 1956 Malika
- 1956 Paisa Hi Paisa
- 1956 Roop Kumari
- 1957 Begunah
- 1957 Naag Padmini
- 1957 Paristan
- 1957 Agra Road
- 1958 Al Hilal
- 1958 Chaubees Ghante
- 1958 Post Box 999 - Nilima
- 1959 Forty Days
- 1959 Guest House - Neela
- 1959 Kali Topi Lal Rumal
- 1959 School Master
- 1960 Abdulla
- 1960 Baraat
- 1960 Dr. Shaitan
- 1960 Gambler
- 1960 Shriman Satyawadi
- 1961 Reshmi Rumal - Rekha Rai
- 1962 Baghdad Ki Raaten
- 1962 China Town - Rita D. Rai
- 1962 Naqli Nawab
- 1962 Tower House - Sabita
- 1963 Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye
- 1963 Mulzim
- 1963 Ustadon Ke Ustad - Nita