Khursheed Bano (April 14, 1914 - April 18, 2001) was an Pakistani singer & actress, and a pioneer of the Indian cinema.Her career ran through the 1930s and 1940s.
She was born Irshad Begum in the village of Choonian Distt, Lahore (in British India, later Pakistan).
Khursheed Bano started her film career as Shehla in the silent film "Eye For An Eye" (1931) the year when the first talkie film (Alamara) of the sub-continent was released.Some of the films that were released during these phase were Laila Majnu, and Shakuntla in 1931, Chatra Bakavli, Hatili ...