Jilloo

Jilloo
Jilloo in the film Sipahiya
Born	Zuleka Ebrahain [1] 1905 Bombay
Died	2004(2004-00-00) (aged 98–99)
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Jilloobai, Jillo, Jillobai, Jillo Bai, Jilloo Bai, Zillu, Zilloo, Zilloobai, Miss Jillo, Miss Jilloo, Miss Tilloo
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1924-1960
Notable work	Alam Ara Mother India Mughal-e-Azam

Jilloo was an Indian Hindi language film actress born in 1905 in Bombay, India as Zuleka Ebrahain. She acted in Mother India and Mughal-e-Azam, the two biggest commercial and critical successes of the 1950s. She also acted in many movies also, but in very small roles. She portrayed the role of the mother-in-law of Radha, the protagonist of Mother India, and the mother of Anarkali, the lead female character of Mughal-e-Azam. She acted in several other films, including Madhosh, where she played Meena Kumari's mother. She also worked in India's first talkie film Alam Ara. When she was a young women, she was credited as Jilloobai, Jillo, Jilloo, Zillu, Zilloo or Zilloobai. As she started doing more mother roles, she was given the name Jilloo Maa as Maa means mother.

Filmography[]

• 1960: Mughal-E-Azam – Anarkali's mother
• 1957: Mother India – Sundar Chachi
• 1951: Madhosh – Soni's mother
• 1951: Sanam – Jogin's mother
• 1950: Magroor – Manohar's mother
• 1950: Sabak
• 1945: Tadbir
• 1945: Naseeb
• 1945: Phool
• 1945: Vikramaditya
• 1944: Gaali
• 1931: Alam Ara
• 1924: Chandragupta Aur Chanakya
• 1924: Raziya Begum
• 1924: Shah Jehan
• 1924: Veer Durgadas
• 1947: "Jugnu"- Dilip Kumar's mother
• 1939:"pukar"

References[]

External links[]

• Jilloo at IMDb
• Jilloo at IMDb (Jilloo Maa)
• Rare Pictures of Jillo Bai

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