At a function in a Mumbai film studio where “Pakeezah” was being shot, the then home minister Lal Bahadur Shastri failed to recognise Meena Kumari when she garlanded him and asked journalist Kuldip Nayar sitting near him who the woman was.

Who is Meena Kumari, asked former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri when he failed to recognise her

She had been living in an old age home after she was reportedly abandoned by her son and daughter, last year

'Pakeezah' actress Geeta Kapoor dies at 67 after being abandoned by children

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Who is Meena Kumari, asked former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri when he failed to recognise her

'Pakeezah' actress Geeta Kapoor dies at 67 after being abandoned by children