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Jaddanbai Hussain (1 April 1892 – 8 April 1949; known professionally as Jaddanbai) was an Indian singer, music composer, dancer, actress, filmmaker, and one of the pioneers of Indian cinema. She along with Bibbo and Saraswati Devi was one of the first female music composers in Indian cinema.
May 8, 2024 · Jaddanbai was born to Mia Jaan and Daleepabai in 1892. Her mother Daleepabai was a famous tawaif in Benares (today’s Varanasi) herself. As a child, Jaddanbai learnt music under the tutelage of stalwarts like Shrimant Ganpat Rao and Ustad Moinuddin Khan.
May 9, 2018 · Jaddanbai (1892 – 8 April 1949) was an early singer, music composer, actress and filmmaker of Bollywood and one of the pioneers of Indian cinema.
Jaddanbai was born in 1892 in Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, British India. She was a writer and director, known for Madam Fashion (1936), Hriday Manthan (1936) and Moti Ka Haar (1937). She died on April 8, 1949.
Jaddanbai was born in 1892 in Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, British India. She was a writer and director, known for Madam Fashion (1936), Hriday Manthan (1936) and Moti Ka Haar (1937). She died on 8 April 1949.
Aug 1, 2020 · Jaddanbai Hussain was born in 1892 in Benares (present-day Varanasi) to Daleepabai, a beauty who became widow soon after her marriage and was thrown out of her house. With no place to go, she wanted to end her life by jumping into a river. Instead, she was kidnapped by group of people.
Jaddanbai played a pioneering role in Indian cinema in the early talkies era. She started off as an actress and was also one of the first women to produce, direct films and compose music for films. But her achievements have been overshadowed by her reputation as the legendary Nargis’s mother.
However, her character, Jaddanbai, is a personality whose life could have warranted a film in itself, had it been better documented. Jaddanbai was the daughter of Daleepadevi, a courtesan who was kidnapped by a band of traveling performers in her childhood.
Feb 9, 2017 · Fatma Begum, Jaddanbai: The earliest female filmmakers of Indian cinema. In the dawn of Indian cinema, these filmmakers were the multifaceted trailblazers who set the path for others to follow over 90 years ago. Actress Shobhana Samarth and writer-music composer-director Jaddanbai.
Aug 24, 2019 · Jaddanbai, former tawaif and mother of filmstar Nargis, was one of the first women to stir up the industry. She set up her own production house called Sangeet Movietone. She produced,...
