---
name: "Sardar Akhtar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sardar-akhtar"
fi1m_id: "sardar-akhtar"
imdb_id: "nm0015293"
tmdb_id: 1289219
wikidata_id: "Q20737448"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1915"
died: "2 October 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:28:46.777543+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sardar Akhtar

## Identity

Sardar Akhtar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sardar-akhtar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sardar-akhtar
- **IMDb ID:** nm0015293
- **TMDB ID:** 1289219
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20737448
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardar_Akhtar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20737448, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015293/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1289219

Actor. Born 1 January 1915 in Lahore. Died 2 October 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1915, Lahore
- **Died:** 2 October 1986
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardar_Akhtar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20737448, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015293/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1289219

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Music Room*](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md) (88)

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## Biography

Sardar Akhtar (also credited as Begum Akhtar or Sardar Begum) was an Indian actress and singer. Born in 1915 in Lahore, she began her career on the Urdu stage before moving into films, initially taking stunt and action roles.

She gained prominence with her role as the washerwoman in Sohrab Modi’s *Pukar* (1939), in which she also sang, and as the rural mother in Mehboob Khan’s *Aurat* (1940). She appeared as a singer in Satyajit Ray’s *The Music Room* (1958). Akhtar married director Mehboob Khan in 1942 and later took occasional character roles, including in *Hulchul* (1971). She died in 1986.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Music Room* (1958), Fi1m 88, as Singer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bandhe Haath* (1973), as Actress
- *Hulchul* (1971), Actor
- *The Music Room* (1958), as Singer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md)
- *Fashion* (1943), as Razia
- *Ghar Sansar* (1943), as Bhabhi
- *Uljhan* (1942), Actor
- *Phir Milenge* (1942), Actor
- *Nai Roshni* (1941), as Indira
- *Aasra* (1941), as Chanda
- *Alibaba* (1940), Actor
- *Pooja* (1940), as Rama
- *Bharosa* (1940), as Shobha
- *Aurat* (1940), as Radha
- *Pukar* (1939), as Rami Dhoban
- *State Express* (1938), Actor
- *His Highness* (1937), as Princess Asha
- *Dream Land* (1937), Actor

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