Naseem Banu was an Indian actress, who was often referred to as ‘Beauty Queen’ and the ‘first female superstar’ of Bollywood. She started her career in Bollywood with the 1935 film Khoon ka Khoon, alongside Sohrab Modi. She has acted in movies like Khan Bahadur (1937), Talaq (1938), Meetha Zahar (1938), Vasanti (1938), Pukar (1939), Sheesh Mahal (1950), Ajeeb Ladki (1952) and Nausherwan-e-Adil (1957). She married her childhood friend, Mian Ehsan-ul-Haq and the couple had two children, a son, Sultan Ahmed, and a daughter, actress Saira Banu.