Career
She is the sister of India"s ace comedian Mehmood Ali and part of the Mehmood Ali film family. Minoo Mumtaz appeared in many Hindi films of the 1950s and 1960s, mostly as a dancer and character actress. Born in family of 4 brothers & 4 sisters to Mumtaz Ali who was famous as a dancer and character-artist in films from the 40"s era with his own dance troupe "Mumtaz Ali Nites".
She was re-christened as Minoo by none other than Meena Kumari who as the sister-in-law of Mehmood.She started off as a stage dancer and later as dancer many films of the 50s and 60s with her first film "Sakhi Hateem".
She also played the lead role opposite Balraj Sahni in "Black Cat" (1959). She can be seen in the song "Boojh Mera Kya Naam Re" from the movie Criminal Investigation Department (1956).
She also appeared in Guru Dutt films like Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962). She also played key roles in "Taj Mahal", "Ghoonghat", Insan Jaag Utha (1959), Ghar Basake Dekho (1963), Gazal (1964), "Sindbad, Alibaba, Aladin", "Dharmaputra" and "Jahanaara".