New Delhi:
The actress who was foreigner, but in Hindi cinema, she illuminated a lot of name. After giving hit films one after the other, this actress of foreign origin got the status of female superstar of Indian cinema. This actress was very beautiful at that time. At that time, the audience was desperate to see him on the big screen. Even after there was no dialogue and songs in silent films of that era, films used to play in his name. This actress was the highest paid actress of that era and also used to pay fees from the hero.

We are talking about the superstar of the cinema industry, Sulochana i.e. Ruby Mayors. According to reports, Ruby Mayors used to charge a fee of 5 thousand rupees at that time. When the heroes used to charge 100 rupees. At that time, the salary of the Governor of Maharashtra was also very low from him. Ruby, who made her debut in films in 1925, acted in more than 107 films in a 65 -year film career. Ruby Mayors were born in 1907 in Pune, Maharashtra in a Baghdadi Jewish family. Ruby used to do a minor job of telephone operator to run expenses. He had no match in typing speed and beauty such that whoever sees them, would have kept watching. Meanwhile, Mohan Bhavani of Kohinoor film company looked at him and his luck changed overnight. Mohan Bhavani asked her if she would work in cinema? But then Ruby flatly refused.

But later Ruby agreed to her persuasion. Ruby had no acting experience. This was a period of silent films. When there were neither dialogues nor sound in films. Ruby started her acting career with the 1925 film Veer Bala. Ruby Mayors changed their name to Sulochana to work in films.

Made the highest paid actress

Films made under Bhavani directed made Sulochana a star, but after some films Sulochana left the Kohinoor company and joined the Imperial film company. Sulochana did about 37 films with this company. When the round of sound films came, the weakened British origin Ruby in Hindi was sidelined. Ruby mastered Hindi and made a strong comeback with a one -year break. She started her production company Ruby Pick and became the highest paid actress. Her films like Typist Girl, who came in 1926 and her 1927 sacrifice and Wild Cat of Bombay were very popular. Sulochana became very popular with films Madhuri, Anarkali and Indira BA released between 1928-29.

At the time where actor used to come on the set by bicycle. Sulochana used to come from luxury vehicles like Chevrolet and Rolls Royce. Whenever she got off her car, she used to get crowded nearby. The craze among the people was such that Sulochana used to arrive wearing a burqa watching her own film for fear of the crowd. Sulochana became an inspiration for women living in the screen at that time. He did scenes like swimming, horsepower and stunts in films. Not only this, Sulochana gave a kissing scene with his co-star de Bilimoria in the film Heer-Ranjha at that time. Which caused a lot of controversy. Apart from reel, in real life, Sulochana used to draw people’s attention with boldness. Ruby Mayors became a role model for girls of that time. New actresses used to follow her and dream of success like her.

Sound films ended career

Ruby was very successful, but when the first speaking film Alam-Aara came, the makers cast her in her place in her place. The reason for this was that Ruby’s hand in Hindi was tight, while Zubaida had good knowledge of Hindi and Urdu. Sulochana did not tolerate this. To maintain his stardom, he took a year break from films and started learning Hindi. Meanwhile, all the silent films of Sulochana were rebuilt with the sound and these films performed very well. There is an interesting anecdote associated with Ruby Mayors. When the then home minister Morarji Desai had banned one of his films against rude and morality. She was shown a love angle among Sulochana and Professor Dilip Kumar, who became a student in the film Jugnu. The film featured Dilip Kumar and Nur Jahan in the lead roles, but Sulochana was shown a student in the film. At that time, the romance between the professor and the student did not digest the people and it was said to be against morality.

However, Ruby’s stardom later ended, when new actresses like Nur Jahan, Khurshid, Suraiya entered the cinema. It is said that when Ruby’s film Anarkali was made for the third time, Sulochana got the side role of Salim’s mother Jodha Bai instead of the lead role. When Ruby’s stardom started to end, slowly getting a side role also stopped. Then Ruby started working as extra. When Ruby, who has expensive hobbies, stopped getting work in the industry, the financial crisis started, but she never spread her hand in front of anyone. Gradually, work stopped getting work, then she started living an anonymous life away from the eyes of the people. In 1973, Sulochana was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the most respected Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the film world for his contribution to Indian cinema. On 10 October 1983, Ruby Mayors said goodbye to the world.