Is how I’ll be known when I’m with the resters
Our industry began before Hollywood
In 1899 we had The Wrestlers
In Old California arrived much later
I was with the Indian cinema settlers
I pursued a career path as a dream maker
I was from an Urdu-Muslim family
I was very hardworking, not a faker
They tried to tie my name to some calumny
Claiming I married the Sachin State ruler
No records of this exist actually
What is certain is I was a proud mother
My Zubeida, Sultana, and Shehzadi
Were the top actresses one could discover
My great-grandchildren were in this industry
I suppose motion pictures ran in our veins
From the stage I shifted to screen imagery
Veer Abhimanyu captured me in film frames
Usually men played the role of women
I liberated the system from these chains
With me the female actor was unhidden
For my fair complexion I used dark make-up
That suited the sepia reel exhibition
My pretty onscreen face wanted to shake up
So I launched my own production house promptly
In 1926 Fatma Films came up
Bulbul-e-Paristan, my first fantasy
Marked my directorial debut with grandeur
Many lakhs of rupees were used tactfully
For this high budget picture show of allure
I was the Georges Méliès of my populace
In 1928 I was in galore
My company changed name and grew in success
Victoria-Fatima Films thrived, as I
My trick photography was quite a progress
For special effects I developed a keen eye
Writing, directing, producing were my craft
For acting jobs, with bliss, I would still apply
Working at Kohinoor Studios was a blast
Namaste to the Imperial Studios too
Goddess of Luck was the film I shot for last
I acted in Duniya Kya Hai? and was through
After sixteen years in film I was content
Fatma Begum shaped cinematics anew.
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