Tabassum Birth Anniversary debut movie family husband relation with arun govil unknown facts

Tabassum Birth Anniversary: Fans want to know about celebrities, so interviews in podcasts are the best option in today’s era. But there was a time when one-to-one interviews of celebrities were taken directly and its host was also a favorite of all the celebrities. She also acted in films and entertained people a lot by taking interviews. The name of that unmatched personality was Tabassum who is no longer among us today.

She did many films as Baby Tabassum and appeared in many films even after that. But Tabassum became more famous for her interviews, apart from this she was also known for telling jokes. 9th July is Tabassum’s 80th birth anniversary and on this occasion let us tell you some heard and some unheard things related to her.

Who was Tabassum?

Kiran Bala was born on 9 July 1944 in Mumbai whose father was Hindu Ayodhyanath Sachdev and mother was Muslim Asgari Begum. Ayodhyanath was an Indian freedom fighter, while his mother Asgari Begum was also a freedom fighter, apart from this she was also a writer and journalist.

In an interview, Tabassum had said, ‘My father named me ‘Tabassum’ but my mother’s religion remained in my mind, my mother named me ‘Kiran Bala’ and my father’s religion also remained in my mind. On paper my name was Kiran Bala which became Kiran Bala Govil after marriage. I kept my father’s name in films and the world knows me by this name.’

Tabassum’s marriage and children

Tabassum was married to Vijay Govil who was the elder brother of TV actor Arun Govil. You must have seen Arun Govil playing the role of Lord Ram in the famous serial ‘Ramayana’. Tabassum Govil was the sister-in-law of actor Arun Govil. Tabassum and Vijay Govil’s son Hoshang Govil worked in films but was a flop.

But now he works as a producer and also manages his mother’s YouTube channel which contains interviews. Vijay Govil died in the year 2007. Tabassum Govil also died on 18 November 2022. In her last days, she told people stories of the film world which you can watch on her YouTube channel.

Tabassum movies and shows

Tabassum played the childhood role of Nargis in the 1947 film Mera Suhaag when she was just 4 years old. After this she did many films as a child artist. Even after growing up, Tabassum has worked in many films like ‘Deedar’, ‘Jogan’, ‘Bahar’, ‘Badi Bahan’, ‘Sangram’, ‘Afsana’. In the year 1972, Tabassum’s show Phool Khile Gulshan-Gulshan used to come in which she was the anchor and this show was very popular on Doordarshan.

Tabassum was considered as the younger sister of most actors including legends like Rajesh Khanna, Sunil Dutt, Raj Kapoor. Veteran filmmaker BR Chopra considered her as his daughter. Tabassum has interviewed almost all the stars and a few years ago she started her own YouTube channel ‘Tabassum Talkies’ which is now run by her son.

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