A Jewish Bollywood Actress who Took a Hindu name and Married a Muslim | Drama Series Indian |

Winner of the first Miss India pageant, in 1947... Pramila...(Esther Victoria Abraham)
A Jewish Bollywood Actress who Took a Hindu name and Married a Muslim | Drama Series Indian |
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Better known by her stage name ‘Pramila’, Esther Victoria Abraham belonged to an Iraqi-Jewish community and was born in Calcutta. She was the winner of the first Miss India pageant in 1947, while she was pregnant with her fifth child. Besides modeling, she was an actress, stuntwoman, and film producer.
Esther was born in 1916 in Kolkata to Reuben Abraham, a businessman from Kolkata, and Matilda Issac, who was from Karachi. Her family was of Baghdadi-Jewish origins who settled primarily in trade route ports around the Indian Ocean and the South Chinese sea. She had three half-siblings and six siblings from her parent's marriage.
Esther attended the Calcutta Girls High School but later shifted to St James which was a co-educational institution and had a reasonable fee structure, which the family could afford. Esther understood that to be an all-rounder, she had to learn to excel in both studies and sports and become better than the boys.
She was a hockey champion and won many trophies in sports. She had a penchant for drawing and on graduating from high school, she received an arts degree from Cambridge.
On completing her high school degree she went on to become a kindergarten teacher at the Talmud Torah Boys School. Despite having done a BEd degree, she didn’t want to teach and was drawn to Hindi cinema.
Her family had a keen interest in music and dance, which attracted young Esther to the cinema. Her entry into silent movies happened by a sheer stroke of luck. Meanwhile, she got married to a Marwari theatre personality and had a son with him - Maurice Abraham. Her parents convinced her to annul the marriage and they brought up Maurice.
A chance visit to Bombay to visit her cousin Rose Ezra changed the course of her life. Director R S Chowdhary spotted her while she visited Rose who was acting in The Return of the Toofan Mail. The director thought that the tall and glamorous Esther would do greater justice to the role and she was signed after being put through a screen test.
The movie The Return of the Toofan Mail was never completed but this marked the beginning of Esther’s entry into Hindi cinema.
She stayed on in Bombay and started working with the Imperial Company. In 1936, her first movie Bhikaran hit the theatres and her anglicized Hindi was accepted and became quite the rage. After this movie, she was given the screen name ‘Pramila’ by director and producer Baburao Pendherkar.
She went on to act in movies like Ulti Ganga, Burra Nawab Sahib, Bijli, Shahzadi, Jhankar, Our Darling Daughter, Maha Maya, etc., among others that often saw her play a vamp and stunt star. She also became the first major woman film producer with 16 films under her banner Silver Productions. Morarji Desai, then Prime minister, got her arrested because she was suspected to be a spy for often traveling to Pakistan. Later it was proved that her constant travels were aimed at promoting her films.
She wore sarees with a western twist which were usually different from the traditional designs of those times. She designed, drew, and stitched her own costumes. She was a popular face in the fashion magazines of the 30s and 40s.
In 1939, she got married a second time to Syed Hassan Ali, better known by his screen name ‘Kumar’ (who played the role of the sculptor in Anarkali). Zia was a Shia Muslim and she adopted the name Shabnam Begum Ali in the nikahnama.
However, Esther remained a practicing Jew till the end. Zaidi was already married and his wife and children lived in Lucknow, but he lived with Esther for twenty-two years in Bombay.
They had a lavish lifestyle and were often seen at races and they loved fast cars. In those days, she modeled for A J Patel and got a couple of Hollywood offers, but due to the outbreak of the Second World War, they never materialized.
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बहुत उम्दा प्रस्तुति।👍
इतनी पुरानी और विस्तृत जानकारी उपलब्ध कराना सच में सराहनीय कार्य है।

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*Very True Story*
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Charming beautiful human being but till today never heard her name before so thanks a lot for this lovely information. May this sweet lady RIP 🙏💐😔

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Thank you much for this documentary on Pramila,stunningly beautiful, courageous,bold,strong value minded lady who lived her life on her terms,was wise,bold,talented,smart and Indian at heart but free minded,,,,,another Devika Rani .It is because of you that I came to know her first ever time.thanks

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Very good and detailed presentation of Pramila s life on Hindi Cinema. Liked watching it.

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You are showing incorrect photos . One photo is of India 's first miss world Rita Faria. The other photo is of Indrani Rehman , Miss India 1952. Indrani Rehman was the 1st woman from India to participate in miss Universe pageant and a renowned classical dancer.

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It was fantastic. I am always fascinated by Bollywood. It is a world with in this world. It's actors are unique and larger than life chara caters. They leave great lessons to learn. Bollywood by itself is a great and complete world.

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The beauty queen photo you are showing is that of Rita Faria , 1966 Miss World, not Pramilla

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What a story,total filmy. Your research has depth.Nice presentation.Congratulations

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Never known story of Pramila is fascinating and interesting .Thank you for bringing this wonderful story to us.

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Amazing woman , artist and a trailblazer. Thanks for presenting this very interesting person I would have never known.

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Very interesting to know about Pramila and her son Hyder Thanks for the wonderful video

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Thank you.
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Photos and clips are amazing.
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You keep showing the photo of Rita Faria winning the title of Miss India instead of showing Pramila

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Thank you, such a great personality beautiful struggled actress and her success, this is motivation for everyone

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Super

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Her son Hyder Ali portrayed the role of a ring master in the famous TV serial Circus in which srk acted

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@rehana1602 Hyder Ali Also Portrayed The Character Of Raja In The Superhit Show Nukkad(1986)..A very great actor as well as a good dancer..MY favorite😊😊😊😊

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बहुत ही खूबसूरत प्रेरक कहानी प्रमिला जी की जिसे बहुत ही खूबसूरत अंदाज मे प्रस्तुत किया गया ..अति उत्तम है .उनके पति कुमार साहब के पाकिस्तान चले जाने के बाद भी क्या उनका वैवाहिक जीवन बना रहा?

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Thank you very much for giving information on such a talented actoress of pre independence and beginning periods of post independence India filmi voyage. We were not even knowing the names of such films and these films were produced and released before our independence and such actoress existed during that period. Pramila 's life was not less than up and downs but still she could establish as an successful actoress and even became Miss.India, it's really great achievement especially if we imagine that era when neither we didn't had any open minded thinking nor did we had the required resources. Full Marks to her for succeeding in the life on her own efforts and struggles.

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Great and informative documentary of a beautiful and independent film artiste.

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It's really great ,very few people of new generation might be knowing ...also maula more maula touching song by her son...

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Bina Hindu Muslim ke Iska koi Episode pura nahi hota hai.

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A interesting story of a actrees had up and downs of life very talented thanks for the information

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Why do you keep showing the picture of Rita Faria as that of Pramila?

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Lajawab information jo pehle kabhi nahi suni thi, THANKS A LOT MADAM JI

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Thanks for showing detailed story of PERMILA , never heard before*****

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Beautiful and informative presentation. 👌

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Informative Presentation
Best wishes from Srilanka ...

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बहुत उम्दा. जबरदस्त. लाजवाब. रिसर्च टीम को बधाई. एंकरिंग भी बेहतरीन.

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Thnax, Shweta Jaya Pandey Jee !!!. Kafi ""shodh"" karne ke baad Prmila Jee par banai ye rochak krati vakai mai ROCHAAK lagi. Thnax....!!!

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Rip bold n beautiful Esther Victoria

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What a fantastic story of an equally fantastic human being. A brave fighting spirit. RIP

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यहुदी औरत की तारीफ मोमीन कैसे कर रहा है ?

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Gadhe , yahudi ladki se Muslim sadi bhi kr sakte hai. Iski ijajat Islam bhi deta hai. Yahudi aur Muslim same Jese hi hote hai

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In whichever field jewish enter they raised there flag david solacna nadira was also Jewish

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Narration is excellent but some fact are mixed up the photos depicted are not hers as Miss India I knew the family as we were living in same building

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Fantastic. I saw to her in Basant, thanks

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Mesmerised. Thank you.

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The shots of Miss World that you are showing is that of Rita Faria - 1966

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Very interesting story and well presented. I didn't know any of the info revealed here. So many tales of Bollywood stars from the distant and recent past, as well as current times.

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Empowered women of the time.

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