Nigar Sultana (actress)

Nigar Sultana
Portrait of Nigar Sultana (1949)
Born	(1932-06-21)21 June 1932 Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India
Died	21 April 2000(2000-04-21) (aged 67) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1946–1986
Spouse	K. Asif
Children	5

Nigar Sultana (21 June 1932 – 21 April 2000) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. She appeared in Aag (1948), Patanga (1949), Sheesh Mahal (1950), Mirza Ghalib (1954), Yahudi (1958), Do Kaliyaan (1968), etc. but she is most notably remembered for playing the role of "Bahar begum" in the historical epic film Mughal-e-Azam (1960). She was the wife of filmmaker K. Asif. She died in May 2000, in Mumbai, India.