Jilloo was an Indian Hindi language film

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born in 1905 in

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, India as Zuleka Ebrahain. She acted in ''

Mother India ''Mother India'' is a 1957 Indian epic drama film, directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raaj Kumar. A remake of Khan's earlier film '' Aurat'' (1940), it is the story of a poverty-stricken village wo ...

'' and ''

Mughal-e-Azam ''Mughal-e-Azam'' () is a 1960 Indian epic historical drama film produced and directed by K. Asif. Starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, and Durga Khote, it follows the love affair between Mughal Prince Salim (who went on ...

'', 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

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's mother. She also worked in

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's first talkie film ''

Alam Ara ''Alam Ara'' () is a 1931 Indian Hindustani-language historical fantasy film directed and produced by Ardeshir Irani. It revolves on a king and his two wives, Navbahaar and Dilbahaar, who are childless; soon, a ''fakir'' (Muhammad Wazir Khan) ...

''. 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 ''Mughal-e-Azam'' () is a 1960 Indian epic historical drama film produced and directed by K. Asif. Starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, and Durga Khote, it follows the love affair between Mughal Prince Salim (who went on ...

'' – Anarkali's mother *1957: ''

'' – Sundar Chachi *1951: '' Madhosh'' – Soni's mother *1951: '' Sanam'' – Jogin's mother *1950: ''

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'' – Manohar's mother *1950: ''Sabak'' *1945: '' Tadbir'' *1945: ''Naseeb'' *1945: ''Phool'' *1945: ''Vikramaditya'' *1944: '' Gaali'' *1931: ''

'' *1924: ''Chandragupta Aur Chanakya'' *1924: ''Raziya Begum'' *1924: ''Shah Jehan'' *1924: ''Veer Durgadas'' *1947: "Jugnu"- Dilip Kumar's mother *1939:"pukar" *

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* * (Jilloo Maa)
Rare Pictures of Jillo Bai
Indian film actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses from Mumbai 1905 births Year of death missing {{India-actor-stub