
Khurshid started her film career way back in the late thirties and was among the two surviving actresses to have shared stellar honours with the renowned singer K.L. Saigal. Suraiya, another popular singer-actress of the forties and fifties, remains the only one now. Irshad Begum in real life, Khurshid had done a number of movies for Ranjeet Movietone and her leading men included Saigol, Motilal, Isharilal and Jairaj. Soon after partition she migrated to Pakistan and settled down in Karachi, where she did only two movies, Mandi and Fankar, both of which didn't fare well at the box-office. In 1956 Irshad Begum got married to Yusuf Bhaimia, and made philanthropy the mainstay of her existence. Since then she refused to give interviews or even talk about her film career. She was 79 when she passed away.
movieMeri Zindagi Hay Naghma
1972 · Playback Singer
movieJaag Utha Insaan
1966 · Playback Singer
movieBabul
1950 · Munshi's Wife
movieAage Badho
1947 · Sarla
moviePhoolwari
1946 · Lali
movieMoorti
1946 · Anami
moviePrabhu Ka Ghar
1946 · Alka
movieShahenshah Babar
1944 · Hamida
movieMumtaz Mahal
1944 · Mumtaz Mahal
movieTansen
1943 · Tani
movieBhakta Surdas
1942 · Chintamani
movieChandni
1942 · Chandni/Devi
movieBeti
1942 · Kiran
movieShadi
1941 · Shobha
moviePardesi
1941 · Mira
movieMusafir
1940
movieHoli
1940 · Kokila (as Khursheed)
movieSitara
1939 · Sitara
movieAs You Please
1939 · Manjri
movieMeri Aankhen
1939
movieImaan Farosh
1937
movieLaila Majnu
1931