मुमताज़ बेगम

A historical costume drama centred on the Mughal world, Mumtaz Begum starred the celebrated thumri singer Akhtari Bai (later renowned as Begum Akhtar) as a singing actor for the East India Film Company of Calcutta. As was customary for singing actors of the era, Akhtari Bai sang her own songs in the film, bringing her distinctive ghazal and thumri vocal style to the screen in one of her early film appearances.

Akhtari Bai sang her own songs in this film; music director not documented in available sources. Her classical thumri-ghazal training brought a refinement to the film's musical sequences unusual for the early talkie commercial circuit.

One of Begum Akhtar's early screen appearances; as a singing actor she embodied the ghazal and thumri idioms on screen before returning definitively to the classical stage; a rare film record of her early-career vocal style.