Manu Kashmiri and Marziya My Grand Daughter

Manu Kashmiri and Marziya My Grand Daughter, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

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Munnawar Kashmir's maternal grandmother Ammi was the daughter in law of the second son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, and Munnawar Kashmiris father was late Nawab Kashmiri doyen of the Indian film industry contemporary of Dilip Kumar Sohrab Modi and others ..

Nawab Kashmiri had removed his entire 32 teeth in order to play a role of a old father in a film called Yahudi..and my father Mohomed Shakir my mother Shamim Shakir daughter of Daroga Nabban Saab of Lucknow descendant of poet Mir Anis stayed as tenants at their palatial house at Khatau Bhuvan now Jony Castle..Wodehoue Road Colaba.

When they came to stay at Wodehouse road , Nawab Sab had alreay died and the entire house was under Ammi the matriarch of the Nawab Kashmir family , Nawab Saab had three children Akthar Baji a daughter , Anwar and Munnawar two sons..who had initially been bought up in Kolkatta at Wesley Street .

The Nawab Kashmiri family sold ther palatial Wodehouse Road flat 6 to 7 bedrooms servants quarters , Akthar Baji got married in Karachi and Munnawar moved to Juhu with his wife Vijay.

Anwar Kashmiri rugby buff and his Christian wife and children migrated to Australia.

Munnawar has been the link to my childhood my past and my education my upbrnging was the result of his sister Akthar we called Akthar Baji ..with due respect.. she educated me at Private European School affiliated to a Methodist John The Baptist Church opp Usha Sadan Colaba.

Later in 1963 she enrolled me at Holy Name High School..I am a product of her love and perseverance , though she hailed from a blue blooded royal family she was humble kind and loving, she loved my family the most , and Munni my sister and me were her blue eyed kids..

The Nawab Kashmiri house played host to Maulana Kabban Saab grandfather of Kalbe Jawad Saab and Maulana Kalbe Abid Saab his father was a welcome guest at their homes .. Kalbe Sadiq Saab to came here once in a while..

The Film Industry too dropped in and late Begum Akhtar treated Nawab Kashmiri's children as her family ..there used to be ghazal recitals at their house ...


A lot of memories of my childhood are etched in this house , memories that rewaken each time I meet Mannu Bhaiyya , Munnawar Kashmiri and his wife Vijay , they had visited our home today had lunch with us I had specially gone down to the Bandra Bazar fish market and bought some Goan fresh promfrets , that wife had fried and served piping hot..the lunch included crispy chiken fried with dried noodles and the main course was Chicken Biryani..


Marziya took their pictures and Nerjis watched them with glee .. Mannu Bhaiyya and Vijay have a very pretty charming daughter Sabha in America.

Akthar Baji has three loving children Ali Zehra and Abbas and I am told has never forgotten any of us ..she studied at St Xavier's College along with Mr Rajesh Khanna ..