MEENA KUMARI, A VICTIM OF PATRIARCHY

MEENA KUMARI, A VICTIM OF PATRIARCHY

A superb talent wasted in blossom due to patriarchal abuse of society. The ultimate icon of the Mumbai film industry. Meena Kumari of shining memory. Lovelorn, broken-heart, a poetess of great delicacy of composition, and an actress of supreme elegance and grace, of a refinement unmatched by her peers, predecessors or posterity, this great spirit but lived life till thirty-nine before the drift of time claimed her in its icy chill. But the warmth that she generated among her audience inspires still with the fragrance of an era gone by, never to return. Pakeezah lives on and so does Meena Kumari. 

Written by Sugata Bose 

Photo : courtesy, internet. Meena Kumari in Pakeezah.