The Droll Queen of Partition[1] Lux Lady of Pakistan[2] The Lara Lappa Girl[2] The Comedienne of Calibre[2]
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1941 - 1983
Spouses
Zahur Raja
(m. 1941; div. 1942)
Al Nasir
Roop K. Shorey
Raza Mir
(m. 1946; div. 1947)
Asad Bukhari
Children
3
Awards
Special Nigar Award for 30 years of excellence in Pakistani film industry in 1982
Meena Shorey (13 November 1921 – 3 September 1989) was a Pakistani film actress who worked first in Indian cinema and later Pakistani cinema. She appeared in Hindi/Urdu and Punjabi films. Credited in films by her mononym, Meena, her real name was Khurshid Jehan. She started her acting career playing a character role, as Ambhi, Raja of Taxila's sister in Sohrab Modi's Sikandar (1941). Married to her third husband, Roop K. Shorey, by the mid-1940s, she found fame when she acted in her husband's film Ek Thi Larki (1949), opposite actor Motilal. The story was written by I. S. Johar, who also starred in the film. The "foot-tapping" music composed by Vinod became a "huge hit", with Meena becoming an "icon" for the "new liberated" young women. Meena was acclaimed as the "Lara Lappa Girl", from the song of same title in the film.[3] She was one of the first women to be recognised in Indian cinema as a "comedienne of calibre".[4] She was also popularly known as The Droll Queen of Partition as she worked in both in India and Pakistan.[1]
In 1956, she went to Lahore, Pakistan with her husband, where they were invited by Pakistani producer J.C. Anand to make a film there following her mass popularity with the public in both India and Pakistan. The film Shorey made was Miss 56, a copy of the Guru Dutt-Madhubala starrer Mr. & Mrs. '55. Instead of returning to India when her husband did, she decided to stay back in Pakistan, continuing her acting career there.[5] Some of her best films in India included the Punjabi film Chaman (1948), Actress (1948), Ek Thi Ladki (1949), Dholak (1951), and Ek Do Teen (1953).
^ abDancing Women: Choreographing Corporeal Histories of Hindi Cinema. New York, NY : Oxford University Press. p. 234.
^ abc"In memory of the 'Lara Lappa Girl'". The News International. 28 April 2022.
^Sanjit Narwekar (12 December 2012). "13-The Image Manipulators". Eena Meena Deeka: The Story of Hindi Film Comedy. Rupa Publications. pp. 182–. ISBN 978-81-291-2625-2. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
^Sanjit Narwekar (12 December 2012). "14-The Female Of The Species". Eena Meena Deeka: The Story of Hindi Film Comedy. Rupa Publications. pp. 182–. ISBN 978-81-291-2625-2. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
^Maneesha Tikekar (2004). "Pakistani Silver Screen-Lollywood". Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan. Bibliophile South Asia. pp. 326–. ISBN 978-81-85002-34-7. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
MeenaShorey (13 November 1921 – 3 September 1989) was a Pakistani film actress who worked first in Indian cinema and later Pakistani cinema. She appeared...
lyrics by Aziz Kashmiri and story by I. S. Johar. The film starred MeenaShorey (as Meena) who became famously known as the "Larra Lappa" girl following the...
post-Partition Punjabi film in India, directed by Roop Shorey, and starring Karan Dewan, MeenaShorey and Kuldip Kaur, became a major hit. The "melodious"...
The film starred Sohrab Modi, Durga Khote, Sankatha Prasad, Kajjan, MeenaShorey, Sadiq Ali, K. N. Singh and Al Nasir. The story revolves around two kings...
film was directed by Sohrab Modi and written by Sudarshan starring with MeenaShorey, K. N. Singh, Vanamala and Prithviraj Kapoor the film was a massive hit...
by Roop K. Shorey. The film was an adaptation of Shorey's earlier success Ek Thi Ladki (1949), which starred his wife actress MeenaShorey and Motilal...
The lead cast of the film includes Ratan Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Ragni, MeenaShorey, Bibbo and Lehri. The film was premiered at Regent cinema, Lahore. It...
Hindi-language black-and-white film directed by Roop K. Shorey and starring Karan Dewan, Prithviraj Kapoor, MeenaShorey, Shammi, Uma Dutt; Johnny Walker, Manju and...
to be a big success at the box office, co-starring Karan Dewan with MeenaShorey. Kuldip Kaur also acted in two Hindi films that year; Ziddi directed...
is his only film as an actor, where he played the lead role opposite MeenaShorey. He was the cinematographer of Pakistan's first ever film Teri Yaad (1949)...
book to be published. His love interest was played by Meena. Karan Dewan MeenaShorey (as Meena in credit roll) Madan Puri Gope Gulab Nirmala Anmol Rattan's...
Syed Khalil. The actors were Karan Dewan, Noor Jehan, Anees Khatoon, MeenaShorey, Shah Nawaz, Ansari and Nazir. It was a family drama, made under the...
leading actresses of the era such as Nalini Jaywant, Sushila Rani Patel, MeenaShorey, Sulochana and others. He was paired with Nargis in the superhit movie...
started Shamim Ara and Mohammed Ali. Agha Talish, Lehri, Tariq Aziz and MeenaShorey appeared in supporting roles. It was released on 20 October 1967. The...
Din Gohavia Firdous Gulsan Yousuf Khan A. Khan Tani Begum Asad Bokhari MeenaShorey Sikedar Ilyas Kashmiri Talish Mohammad Ali Amin Malik (Guest Appearance)...
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