Anarkali (disambiguation)

Anarkali was a legendary slave girl and courtesan from the Mughal period.

Anarkali may also refer to:

• Anarkali, a 1922 play by Urdu witer Imtiaz Ali Taj about the courtesan, adapted numerous times (see below) including the classic Indian film Mughal-e-Azam (1960)

Films

• Anarkali (1928 film), a 1928 silent film by R. S. Choudhury, starring Ruby Myers a.k.a. Sulochana
• Anarkali (1953 film), a 1953 Hindi film starring Pradeep Kumar, Bina Rai, and Noor Jehan
• Anarkali (1955 film), a 1955 Telugu/Tamil film starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Anjali Devi
• Anarkali (1958 film), a 1958 Pakistani film starring Noor Jehan and Sudhir
• Anarkali (1966 film), a 1966 Malayalam film starring Prem Nazir, K. R. Vijaya, and Sathyan
• Anarkali (2015 film), a 2015 Malayalam film

People

• Anarkali Akarsha, a Sri Lankan actress
• Anarkali Kaur Honaryar, an Afghan politician and a women's rights activist

Places

• Tomb of Anarkali, a tomb in Lahore, thought to be that of either Anarkali, or Sahib-i-Jamal Begum
• Anarkali Bazaar, a market located near Anarkali's tomb on Mall Road in Lahore

Clothing

• Anarkali salwar suit, a type of shalwar kameez among kathak dancers in India

See also

• All pages with titles containing Anarkali
• Anarkali of Aarah, a 2007 Indian film