ACM Idris Hassan Latif — WWII veteran who chose India over Pakistan and went on to head IAF

[SIPRA]

So why they started using their actual names now and non of directors ,singers and producers ever adopted non Islamic names..

I made only a factual correction to your assertion. I have never really thought over this aspect that why in British India, many a Muslim actors and actresses adopted Hindu names. Even those Muslim actors, who came to Pakistan, after 1947, retained these names, like Santosh Kumar, Darpan, Sudhir, Ajay Kumar etc. etc.

 

[Crixus]

I dont know much about actors who moved to Pakistan but I know only about the singer madam
Noor Jahan.

I made only a factual correction to your assertion. I have never really thought over this aspect that why in British India, many a Muslim actors and actresses adopted Hindu names. Even those Muslim actors, who came to Pakistan, after 1947, retained these names, like Santosh Kumar, Darpan, Sudhir, Ajay Kumar etc. etc.

 

[SIPRA]

I dont know much about actors who moved to Pakistan but I know only about the singer madam
Noor Jahan.

Of course, there were many Muslim actors, music directors, singers, writers etc. etc., who worked in Bollywood, but later came to and settled in Pakistan, and worked in Pakistani cinema. Some of them originally belonged to areas in Pakistan, some to areas in India. They are too many.

 

[xeuss]

I made only a factual correction to your assertion. I have never really thought over this aspect that why in British India, many a Muslim actors and actresses adopted Hindu names. Even those Muslim actors, who came to Pakistan, after 1947, retained these names, like Santosh Kumar, Darpan, Sudhir, Ajay Kumar etc. etc.

That is because in the mid-20th century, acting was not considered to be a noble profession. Therefore, Muslims would conceal their identities (and family names) to go into acting.

Another unrelated thing I discovered is that Muslim women from the zamindaari families, from the late 1800s to mid-1900s always had a masculine name, along with the customary suffix of Begum. On further research I learned that this tradition was to distinguish from the nautch and dancing girls at the time, who typically used feminine names.

 

[SIPRA]

That is because in the mid-20th century, acting was not considered to be a noble profession. Therefore, Muslims would conceal their identities (and family names) to go into acting.

Another unrelated thing I discovered is that Muslim women from the zamindaari families, from the late 1800s to mid-1900s always had a masculine name, along with the customary suffix of Begum. On further research I learned that this tradition was to distinguish from the nautch and dancing girls at the time, who typically used feminine names.

Good points.

 

[El Sidd]

Now you are talking on behalf of his family ....
Ha ha ha

you can ask them. they won't take up the idea of worshipping him as a deity and turning him saint would mean economic growth for Muslims.

it's just not a good idea as i said

 

[ChennaiDude]

chose the wrong country as a Muslim.

Ahh- so there lies the real issues with you guys- He chose to be called an Indian and not a Mohajir.

 

[Adam_Khan]

He did what he thought was right and let's not criticize his choice. Also it's not a good idea to insult people simply on the basis of their nationality.

May he rest in peace.

 

[ChennaiDude]

i am pretty sure his own kin refuses to worship him. respect yes. worship no.

and people will have a problem saying Jai Hasan Jai too.

Meaning: Victory. The name Jai means Victory and is of Indian origin. No religious connotation.

who said ? some pakistani ?

He things he is being sarcastic- Has been trying to be that for a long time.

 

[El Sidd]

Meaning: Victory. The name Jai means Victory and is of Indian origin. No religious connotation.

i know.

i only objected to the worship part. that's a burden too great for any mortal.

Hassan is a name familiar with victories. Go preach about Hassan in Chennai who saved India.

 

[ChennaiDude]

i know.

i only objected to the worship part. that's a burden too great for any mortal.

Hassan is a name familiar with victories. Go preach about Hassan in Chennai who saved India.

Roger that will do!

 

[El Sidd]

Roger that will do!

sada suhagan raho

 

[ChennaiDude]

sada suhagan raho

Let me repay the complement in Urdu-(Since we are exchanging wrong gender ones)-صدا سہاگن - ایک بالی وڈ ڈرامہ فلم ہے

 

[El Sidd]

Let me repay the complement in Urdu-(Since we are exchanging wrong gender ones)-صدا سہاگن - ایک بالی وڈ ڈرامہ فلم ہے

are you saying divorce is inevitable like death?

 

[prashantazazel]

He must be rolling in his grave considering what a communal disaster india has become

Need i remind

Well, there were not hundreds but millions of muslims who decided to stay put in India after the partition. There were even many Muslim politicians who were against the concept of Pakistan. I can't say they were uninformed, but they were definitely not wise enough to see a hundred years into the future. Now the price will be payed by their coming generations.

Muslims are safer in India than in Pakistan.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/murder-rate-by-country/