Sayeeda khan biography books
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Brij Sadanah
Indian film director (1933–1990)
Brijmohan Sadanah (6 October 1933 – 21 October 1990), often credited as Brij, was an Indian film producer and director known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is very well known for some of the most memorable box office hit films from the 1960s to 1980s such as Do Bhai, Yeh Raat Phir Na Aaygi, Ustadon Ke Ustad, Night In London, Victoria No. 203, Chori Mera Kaam, Ek Se Badhkar Ek, Yakeen, Professor Pyarelal. His last successful film was Mardonwali Baat. He consistently chose to have Kalyanji–Anandji as the music directors of his films.
He was married to Hindi film actress, Sayeeda Khan (also known as Sudha Sadanah). They had two children, daughter Namrata and son Kamal Sadanah.
In the early 1980s, he suffered a major setback when some of his films turned out to be major flops at the box office like Oonche Log, Bombay 405 Miles and Magroor. The string of flops ended with the success of Taqdeer and Ma
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by Jannatul Mawa
A thirteen-year-old girl stands with a kartong camera in front of the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata. Before her are two Kabuliwalas (Afghan men).[1] Curious passers-by stop and stare, but the girl does not meddelande. She wonders: “So these are Rabindranath Tagore’s Kabuliwalas!”[2] Sayeeda Khanum is captivated by the two dock, the subjects of her first photograph.
At a time when Bengali Muslim girls were discouraged from being out in the public, Sayeeda Khanum was a trailblazer, playing with the magic of light and shadows and capturing souls in her frame. For a long time, even after the Partition of British India, she was the sole female photographer in East Pakistan and then Independent Bangladesh.
Family and Early Years
Sayeeda Khanum was born in Pabna in present-day Bangladesh on 29 December 1937, into an extended family with progressive views. Her eldest brother, Abdul Ahad was a renowned singer, music director, composer
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Sayeeda Khanam: Reminiscing a rebel
"As a child, I dreamt of climbing the Himalayas when I grew up."
These words from Sayeeda Khanam immaculately capture the essence of her illustrious life. Her persona resonated with the meaning of her nickname, Badal, which loosely translates in English as rain. While her smile had the aura of a drizzle, her unapologetic grit reverberated like a torrential downpour.
Sayeeda Khanam was born on December 29, 1937, in Pabna, present-day Bangladesh. Born into a family where her grandfather was an educationalist, an aunt was a poet, her eldest brother a renowned singer, and three sisters were artists, teachers, and school principals, she found herself in an environment with progressive views. This was particularly significant at a time when the majority of society clung to various fundamentalisms, creating the ideal space for Sayeeda to blossom as she desired.
Eighty-six years after Sayeeda's birth, these facts still resound, underscoring the pivot