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Meet Pramila, the first Miss India (1947)
Miss. Pramila, the first Miss India 1947 from Kolkata. She passed away recently at the ripe old age of 90 years.



A still from Pramila's home production Silver Film's Bade Nawab Saab,
opposite actor Chandramohan




From left to right: Daughter Naqi Ali (Nandini Kamdar), son
Haidar Ali, Pramila, son Asgar Ali and eldest son Maurice Abraham.




Director Amol Palekar with 90-year old Pramila. Behind them is
Sandhya Gokhale, author of The Quest



1947: Pramila - Born Esther Victoria Abraham, she is now over 90 years old, a great-grandmother, and has led a long career as a stunt film star. Her daughter, Naqi Jahan, bcame a beauty queen in 1967. Pramila was elected through a special press vote.

 

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It gives me great pleasure and a sense of achievement in 2008 when I read about Miss. Pramila, the first Miss India 1947 and that too from Kerala. She passed away recently at the ripe old age of 90 years.

1947: Pramila - Born Esther Victoria Abraham, she was 90 years old, a great-grandmother, and has led a long career as a stunt film star. Her daughter, Naqi Jahan, bcame a beauty queen in 1967.
Esther Victoria was elected through a special press vote.


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The saga of independent India's first-ever beauty queen came to a close on August 6, when Esther Abraham, screen name Pramila, faded into an eternal dissolve.

A born rebel, she walked out of her conservative Baghdadi Jewish home in Kolkata at 17 to join a theatre company. She went on to realise her real dream and blazed across the Indian screen as a vamp and a fearless stunt star in 30 films, including Ulti Ganga, Bijli, Basant and Jungle King. She became the first major woman film producer, with 16 films under her Silver Productions banner.

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with Director Amol Palekar
 
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