Maa, Jilloo

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Maa, Jilloo
Other forms of name
Jilloo Maa
Bai, Jillo
Jillo Bai
Occupation
Motion picture actors and actresses
Associated Language
hin
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 169946875
Wikidata: Q16200591
Library of congress: no2011062155
Sources of Information
  • Mother India, 2008:credits (Jilloo Maa; cast)
  • Internet movie database, Apr. 19, 2011(Jilloo Maa; actress; alternate name, Jillo Bai)

Wikipedia description:

Jilloo was an Indian Hindi-language film actress born in 1905 in Bombay, India, as Zuleka Ebrahain. She acted in numerous Hindi films, including Mother India and Mughal-e-Azam, the two biggest commercial and critical successes of the 1950s. She portrayed the role of the mother-in-law of Radha, the protagonist of Mother India, and the mother of Anarkali, in Mughal-e-Azam. She also acted in several other films, including Madhosh and Alam Ara, India's first talkie film. As a young actress, she was credited as Jilloobai, Jillo, Jilloo, Zillu, Zilloo or Zilloobai. Later in her career she became known for portraying the role of mother in various movies earning her the name Jilloo Maa (mother in Hindi).,

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