Bibbo

Bibbo
Character Actor
First film (in Pakistan): Shammi (Punjabi - 1950)
Last film: Buzdil (Urdu - 1969)
Her real name was Ishrat Sultana and she was very famous, graceful and a rich film actress of the 30's and 40's in India. It is known that her shoes were studded with diamonds and whenever she entered in any shop for shopping spent a lot of money there. Rajey Maharajey and Nawabs at that time were in her fan's list. She also had relations to the Prime Minister (or Deevan) of Pakistan's ex-state of Junagarh Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto, the father of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who allotted a plot to her in the 70s. (Junagarh was a small state, located on the coast of Indian province of Gujarat. Accession of Junagarh to Pakistan happened on September 5, 1947 and the Indian forces occupied this Hindu majority state on November 9, 1947). The last days of Bibbo's life were very miserable and poverty stricken. At the time of her death in Karachi, no one was around her to drop some juice in her mouth. Her famous films in India were Maya jal and Mirza sahiban (1933), Mill mazdoor, Sair-e-paristan and Dasoo data (1934), Piar kee maar (1935), Ghareeb parwar and Manmohan (1936) Qazzaq jee karju and Sagar ka shair (1937) Gramo phone singer, Watan, Bholey bhaley and Ladies only (1938), Lakshami and Suhag (1940), Akela and Mera raja (1941), Barey nawab saheb (1946). She migrated to Pakistan in the early 50's and worked as character actress in films till 60's. (by Mohammed Ayub Qureshi, Saudi Arabia)