Minoo Mumtaz (born Malikunnisa Ali on 26 April 1942) is a former Indian film actress. She is the sister of India's ace comedian Mehmood Ali and part of the Mehmood Ali film family. Minoo Mumtaz appeared in many Hindi films of the 1950s and 1960s, mostly as a dancer and character actress.
Born in family of 4 brothers & 4 sisters to Mumtaz Ali who was famous as a dancer and character-artist in films from the 40's era with his own dance troupe "Mumtaz Ali Nites". Mumtaz Ali's career slumped due to his excessive drinking & his family fell into hard times, leading to his son Mehmood to work as a child artist & daughter Minoo Mumtaz to work as dancer in his stage shows & later movies.
She was re-christened as Minoo by none other than Meena Kumari who as the sister-in-law of Mehmood.She started off as a stage dancer and later as dancer many films of the 50s and 60s with her first film "Sakhi Hateem". She also played the lead role opposite Balraj Sahni in "Black Cat" (1959). She can be seen in the song "Boojh Mera Kya Naam Re" from the movie C.I.D. (1956). She also appeared in Guru Dutt films like Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962). She also played key roles in 'Taj Mahal', 'Ghoonghat', Insan Jaag Utha (1959), Ghar Basake Dekho (1963), Gazal (1964), 'Sindbad, Alibaba, Aladin', 'Dharmaputra' and 'Jahanaara'.
Minoh (箕面市, Minoo-shi) is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, about 15 km north of the centre of the city of Osaka. It is accessed by the Hankyu Railway about 30 minutes from Umeda Station. Its name is commonly romanized as "Minō" or "Minoo"; however the city government now officially uses the spelling Minoh in English.
The city was incorporated on December 1, 1956.
As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 129,127 and a population density of 2,700 persons per km². Its total area is 47.84 km².
Minoh is best known for Meiji no Mori Minō Quasi-National Park, one of Japan's oldest national parks, which houses a large population of wild monkeys and has a picturesque waterfall.
The 1200-year-old Buddhist temple Katsuō-ji, famous for its huge collection of Daruma dolls is located here.
Mister Donut opened its first Japanese shop in Minoh in 1971.
Minoh has an IMAX movie theater.
Mumtaz (Arabic: ممتاز) is a name commonly used in various countries in the Muslim world, mainly Afghanistan, Brunei, India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey, it can also be used as a female name. Mumtazah is a related female version. Its root is from Arabic language.
Mumtaz (born 31 July 1947) is an actress of Hindi Cinema.
Mumtaz appeared as a child actress in Sone Ki Chidiya (1958). As a teenager she acted as an extra in Vallah Kya Baat Hai, Stree and Sehra in the early 1960s. As an adult, her first role in A-grade films was that of the role of sister of the hero in O. P. Ralhan's Gehra Daag. She got small roles in successful films such as Mujhe Jeene Do. Later, she got the role of the main lead heroine in 16 action films, including Faulad, Veer Bhimsen, Tarzan Comes to Delhi, Sikandar-E-Azam, Rustom-E-Hind, Raaka, and Daku Mangal Singh, with freestyle wrestler Dara Singh, and was labelled as a stunt-film heroine. In the films that the pair Dara Singh-Mumtaz did together, Dara's remuneration was INR 450,000 per film, and Mumtaz's salary was INR 250,000 per film.
It took Raj Khosla's blockbuster Do Raaste (1969), starring Rajesh Khanna, to finally make Mumtaz a full-fledged star. Although Mumtaz had a minor role, director Khosla filmed four songs with her. The film made her popular, and she acknowledged that even though she had a small role, it was still one of her favourite films. In 1969, her films Do Raaste and Bandhan, with Rajesh Khanna, became top grossers of the year, earning around 65 million and 28 million respectively. She played Rajendra Kumar's leading lady in Tangewala. Shashi Kapoor, who had earlier refused to work with her in Saccha Jootha because she was a "stunt-film heroine", now wanted her to be his heroine in Chor Machaye Shor. She acted opposite Dharmendra as the lead heroine in films like Loafer and Jheel ke us paar (1973).