Mumtaj

Nagma Khan (born 5 July 1980), known mononymously as Mumtaj is an Indian actress known for her works in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam language films. She entered the film industry through the Tamil film Monisha En Monalisa (1999) and subsequently starred in Kushi (2000), Kushi (2001), Looty (2001), Chocolate (2001), Gemini (2002), Chellame (2004), London (2005), Veerasamy (2007) and Rajadhi Raja (2009). In the early 2000s, she appeared in notable item numbers. In 2018, after her appearance in Bigg Boss Tamil 2 (marked her last media appearance), she announced her retirement from the film industry for good after spending 19 years in the industry and has no interest in making a comeback to the industry.

==Early life== Mumtaj was born Nagma Khan on 5 July 1980 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India into a Tamil Muslim family. She completed her schooling at Mount Mary's Convent School, Bandra, Mumbai. As a teenage ardent film fan, she revealed that her room was full of posters featuring Sridevi, and when the school bus used to cross Filmistan Studios, she used to crane her neck out to catch a glimpse of the artistes.