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If the name of a female comedian comes first in Hindi cinema, then she is Tuntun. The actress has worked with every big star in her career. He is recognized by the name of Tuntun around the world. ,Read more

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Highlights
- Tuntun was the first female comedian of Hindi cinema.
- Tuntun acted in more than 200 films.
- Tuntun worked with Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand.
She was the first female comedian of Hindi cinema, Tuntun, she has made people laugh a lot with both her acting and comedy. Has worked in many hit films like Babul (1950), Mr. and Mrs.55 (1955), husband, wife and that (1978). Tuntun worked with many big stars of Idstory, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Ashok Kumar, Gurudutt, Shammi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan.
Immortal played characters
Tuntun won the hearts of people with his work and has made a separate place for himself in the Idstory. Due to her comedy timing, she was seen in every film at that time. Although he is not with us today, but his funny character has not been forgotten even today. As much as the happy Tuntun was seen in films, her life was full of difficulties. At the age of 13, Uma came to Mumbai to try her luck in playback singing, she threatened musician Naushad Ali to ask for work that if she did not get an audition opportunity and work, she would jump into the sea.

History created with comedy
Comedy queen made of singer
Tuntun’s career was initially as a singer. She was the discovery of the great musician Naushad. Naushad Saheb gave him the first break as a singer in the 1946 film “Dard”, the song “Afsana Likha Hoon Dil-e-Baker Ka” sung in his voice was a big hit at that time. But later Naushad turned towards acting and got a new comic character in the form of Tuntun to Bollywood.
Let us know that from the 1950s to 1980, Tuntun acted in hundreds of films and especially in comedy roles he was well liked. At that time the male comedians dominated, but Tuntun proved that women can also laugh at the audience. He proved himself to be the most different from his funny gesture, satire and comic timing on obesity. Their comic pair, especially with Johnny Walker and Lord Dada, was well liked. Tuntun acted in more than 200 films and in 2003 he said goodbye to this world.