Meera will play Meena Kumari in the remake of classic Pakeezah

• Pakistani actor Meera Jee will star in the remake of Pakeezah (1972).
• She is all set to essay the role played by late actor Meena Kumari.
• The film was written, directed and produced by Meena’s husband Kamal Amrohi.

Pakeezah will be remade with Pakistani actor Meera Jee in the lead role (1972). She is prepared to portray the part that the late actor Meena Kumari portrayed in the Pakistani version of the legendary Bollywood film Pakeezah. Kamal Amrohi, Meena Kumari’s husband, wrote, directed, and produced the movie. Late legendary actors Ashok Kumar, Raaj Kumar, and Meena Kumari played the key parts in the movie.

I am going to play Pakeezah, 100%, Meera Jee remarked in a discussion She went on to say that the project had been under development for 13 years and that filming would begin in March 2023. She added that the casting process is still under progress and that the film is being made by a US-based production company called Red Lipstick. There were earlier rumors that Mahira Khan, an actor, would play the main character.

Pakeezah, a musical drama directed by Meena Kumari, is probably among the most beautiful movies ever produced in Indian cinema. Kamal Amrohi, who made the movie, started work on it in 1956 but put it on hold because of miscommunications in their personal lives. They both worked together to finish the movie in 1969, despite Meena’s serious illness. She passed away in 1972, nearly a month after the film’s debut, and it went on to become a success.

Amitabh Bachchan discussed how famous director Kamal Amrohi used genuine rose water in all the fountains built up on the Pakeezah sets in 2021. According to Meena’s book Pakeezah by Meghnad Desai, she was paid just Re 1 for her part in the movie.

On August 1, 1933, Meena was born as Mahjabeen Bano to painters Ali Bux and Iqbal Begum. She became the family’s primary provider at a very young age when Ali Bux began taking her to studios when she was only four years old. She has acted in a number of movies, including Piya Ghar Aaja, Sanam, Garib, Vijay, and Baiju Bawra.

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