April 27, 2026 07:16 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
‘Will return for swearing-in’: Modi ends Bengal campaign, signals BJP win | Top LeT commander Sheikh Yousuf Afridi gunned down in Pakistan—Mystery gunmen strike again | 'Had a child together, now alleges rape': SC says consensual live-in breakup is not a crime | YouTuber Saleem Wastik arrested in connection with 1995 kidnapping and murder case | Maharashtra Police makes first arrest months after Akshay Kumar revealed daughter’s cyber harassment | Big political shake-up: KCR’s daughter Kavitha floats new TRS after BRS fallout | ED raids multiple Bengal locations in PDS scam probe amid assembly polls | Bengal polls: Mob attacks central forces, 3 CAPF personnel injured in Birbhum | ‘People voting to protect their rights’: Mamata says high turnout backs TMC in Bengal | ‘Fear is being defeated’: PM Modi says high voter turnout signals BJP win in Bengal

Google pays tribute to Indian actress Meena Kumari on birthday

| @indiablooms | Aug 01, 2018, at 03:06 pm

Mumbai, Aug 1 (IBNS): Search engine Google has paid its tribute to multi-faceted Indian actress late Meena Kumari on her birthday on Wednesday.

Kumari, originally Mahjabeen Bano, was also a singer and poet apart from being an actress.

In a career of 33 years, Kumari had acted in 92 films.

Some of her notable films include Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Pakeezah, Mere Apne, Aarti, Baiji Bawra, Parineeta, Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai, Foot Path, Dil Ek Mandir and Kaajal.

She began acting at the age of four. She acted as a child artist in films like Leatherface, Adhuri Kahani, Pooja and others.

On this special day, Google used its doodle to depict Kumari in red saree but with a sad face.


Image: Screengrab/Google

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.