Neelo (born Cynthia Alexander Fernandes; 30 June 1940) is a Pakistani
film actress from Lahore, and the mother of film actor Shaan
Shahid.Neelo was born Cynthia Alexander Fernandes on 30 June 1940 in
Bhera, Sargodha, Pakistan. At age 16, she appeared in Bhowani Junction
(1956), a Hollywood film shot in and around Lahore. She got her big
breakthrough in Pakistani films when she performed on the song "Aaye
mausam, rangilay suhanay" in the film Saat Lakh (1957) with music by
the renowned music director Rasheed Attre.In 1965, at the peak of her
popularity, she was summoned by Malik Amir Mohammad Khan, then
Governor of West Pakistan, to dance on stage for the Shah of Iran
during his official visit to Pakistan; but she refused to do it for
her own reasons. Harassed and threatened, Neelo faced dire
consequences for refusing to obey official orders. She was allegedly
gang molested and attempted suicide on the way to the Governor's house
and was taken to a hospital instead, where the doctors saved her life.
film actress from Lahore, and the mother of film actor Shaan
Shahid.Neelo was born Cynthia Alexander Fernandes on 30 June 1940 in
Bhera, Sargodha, Pakistan. At age 16, she appeared in Bhowani Junction
(1956), a Hollywood film shot in and around Lahore. She got her big
breakthrough in Pakistani films when she performed on the song "Aaye
mausam, rangilay suhanay" in the film Saat Lakh (1957) with music by
the renowned music director Rasheed Attre.In 1965, at the peak of her
popularity, she was summoned by Malik Amir Mohammad Khan, then
Governor of West Pakistan, to dance on stage for the Shah of Iran
during his official visit to Pakistan; but she refused to do it for
her own reasons. Harassed and threatened, Neelo faced dire
consequences for refusing to obey official orders. She was allegedly
gang molested and attempted suicide on the way to the Governor's house
and was taken to a hospital instead, where the doctors saved her life.
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