Meena Kumari born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian film actress, singer and poet under the pseudonym "Naaz", also known as The Tragedy Queen. Little Mahjabeen embarked on her acting career at the age of four. She was immersed in work over next four years as a child artist, mostly in Vijay Bhatt productions Leatherface (1939), Adhuri Kahani (1939), Pooja (1940), Ek Hi Bhool (1940) Vijay Bhatt became her mentor and, on the sets of Ek Hi Bhool (1940), rechristened Mahjabeen as Baby Meena.