Editing Nargis (section)

==Early life==

Nargis was born on 1 June, 1929 as Fatima Rashid<ref name="George1994" /> in [[Calcutta]], in the [[Bengal Presidency]] of [[British India]] (now [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India) into a [[Punjabi Muslim]] family.<ref>{{cite news |title=On Nargis’s 39th death anniversary, hre’re some less-known facts |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/on-nargis-s-39th-death-anniversary-here-are-some-lesser-known-facts-about-the-legendary-actor/story-Su7OsWuGDN1PcoPqH0kiPI.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=3 May 2020 |access-date=16 March 2025}}</ref> Her father Abdul Rashid, formerly Mohanchand Uttamchand ("Mohan Babu"), was originally a wealthy [[Mohyal Brahmin]] heir from [[Rawalpindi]] (now in [[Punjab, Pakistan]]), who had converted from Hinduism to Islam.<ref name="George1994">{{cite book |author=T. J. S. George |title=The life and times of Nargis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=byBlAAAAMAAJ |access-date=8 March 2012 |date=December 1994 |publisher=Megatechnics |isbn=978-81-7223-149-1}}</ref><ref name="Roy1998">{{cite book |author=Parama Roy |title=Indian traffic: identities in question in colonial and postcolonial India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xp82WhOGBnAC&pg=PA156 |access-date=8 March 2012 |date=6 September 1998 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-20487-4 |page=156}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/oct/20dutt.htm |title=Nargis-Sunil Dutt: A real life romance |author=Shyam Bhatia |date=20 October 2003 |website=Rediff |access-date=3 June 2012}}</ref> Her mother was [[Jaddanbai|Jaddanbai Hussain]], born in [[Benares State]] (now in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India), into a [[Punjabi Muslim]] family of Hindu [[Brahmin]] origin, which had converted to [[Islam]]; and was a [[Hindustani classical music]] singer, becoming one of the early pioneers of Indian cinema.<ref name=tehelka>{{cite web |url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub071109bring_on.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405075115/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub071109bring_on.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 April 2012 |title=India's Independent Weekly News Magazine |work=Tehelka |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref> Nargis' family had moved from [[British Punjab|Punjab]] to [[Allahabad]] in the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]] (now in Uttar Pradesh, India) before settling in [[Calcutta]], Bengal.<ref name="indianexpress.com"/> She introduced Nargis into the movie culture unfolding in India at the time.

Nargis' maternal half-brother, [[Anwar Hussain (actor)|Anwar Hussain]], was also a film actor.<ref name="Follywood Flashback">{{cite book |last1=Reuben |first1=Bunny |title=Follywood Flashback : A Collection of Movie Memories |date=1993 |publisher=Indus |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788172231064 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YrwaAQAAIAAJ&q=Suraiya+ |language=English |oclc=651858921}}</ref>