Meenakumari – The Star’s Journey

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In the realm of cinema, a star did shine,

Famous actress, Meenakumari, so divine.

Born in ’47, in Pakistan’s embrace,

Before the screen, she’d find her place.

She began her journey as a child so young,

With roles in movies, her talent sprung.

But at the age of twenty-one,

She took on a new name, a new role begun.

Her real name was Mehzabin Banu,

Born in ’47, in Mumbai’s view.

Her mother Sukhonthi, a dancer so bright,

Taught her harmonium and music, just right.

Ikbal Banu, her mother’s name,

Was a harmonium player, a musician of fame.

Ikbal Banu’s first child was a daughter,

Meenakumari was her second daughter.

Ali Bux, her father, with loving grace,

Sent her to an ashram, a sacred place.

When he returned to take her home,

His daughter wept, her heart overthrown.

Upon hearing her daughter’s cry,

Ali Bux held her, tears in his eye.

In his arms, he took her away,

To shield her from a life astray.

Her tears moved her father’s soul,

And she became Meenakumari, her new role.

In her second daughter, everyone could see,

The birth of a star, a destiny set free.

Meenakumari’s grand mother, Hemasundari, too,

Freed from a child marriage, anew.

She embraced Christianity, found her way,

And from Bengal, to Meerat she’d sway.

In Meerat, she’d wed, a new chapter found,

To Pyari Lal, in love, she’d be bound.

A storyteller and journalist, known far and wide,

She carried her family’s legacy with pride.

Hemasundari was the daughter of the Rabindranath’s brother.

So, Meenakumari was Rabindranath Tagore’s great grand daughter.