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Chand Burke

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Chand Burke
Born(1932-02-02)2 February 1932
Punjab Province, British India (present-day in Pakistan)
Died28 December 2008(2008-12-28) (aged 76)
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Niranjan (div. 1954)
Sundar Singh Bhavnani
(m. 1955)
Children2
RelativesSamuel Martin Burke (brother)
Ranveer Singh (grandson)
FamilySee Singh-Burke family

Chand Burke (2 February 1932 – 28 December 2008), also known as Chand Burque, was an Indian character actress in Hindi and Punjabi language films.

Career

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Chand Burke made her debut in Maheshwari Productions’ Kahan Gaye (1946). Chand appeared in a number of films made in Lahore, and was widely known as “the Dancing Lily of the Punjab.” The Partition of India led to her migration to Mumbai (then Bombay) thus adversely affecting her career.

She was given her first break in Bollywood by the veteran actor Raj Kapoor in the film titled, Boot Polish (1954), where she played the pivotal role of Baby Naaz and Rattan Kumar's tormenting aunt.[1][2]

Personal life

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Burke was born in a Punjabi Christian family of twelve brothers and sisters in the Punjab Province of British India (in what is now Pakistan). Her brother, Samuel Martin Burke, was Indian Civil Service officer who later became a diplomat to the Scandinavian countries for Pakistan.[3] After divorcing her film writer-director husband Niranjan in 1954, she married businessman Sundar Singh Bhavnani in 1955 with whom she had a daughter named Tonya and a son named Jagjit, who is the father of Indian film actor Ranveer Singh.

Filmography

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Year Film Role Notes
1969 Pardesan
1968 Kahin Din Kahin Raat Pran's scientist assistant
1967 Mera Bhai Mera Dushman Rajan's wife
1965 Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain Kundan's mother
1964 Apne Huye Paraye Rampyari
1960 Ghar Ki Laaj Moti's aunty
1960 Rangeela Raja
1960 Shravan Kumar Jamuna
1959 Pardesi Dhola
1958 Adalat
1958 Lajwanti Actress Uncredited
1958 Sohni Mahiwal
1957 Dushman Raam Singh's mother
1956 Basant Bahar Leelabai
1955 Raftar
1955 Shahi Chor
1954 'Ferry'
1954 Amar Kirtan
1954 Gul Bahar
1954 Boot Polish Kamla Devi
1954 Vanjara
1953 Aag Ka Dariya Actress Uncredited
1953 Kaude Shah Punjabi Movie
1951 Sabz Baag
1951 Posti Punjabi Movie
1948 Dukhiyari
1946 Kahan Gaye

References

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  1. ^ "Did you know that Ranveer Singh's grandmother Chand Burke was a popular Bollywood actress?". The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Did you know Ranveer Singh's grandmother Chand Burke was an actress". Filmfare. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Chand Burke". Cineplot.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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