Meena (मीना) is the Sanskrit-Hindi word for "fish" (also the lapis-lazuli enamel) — the Pisces zodiac sign. **Meena Kumari (1933-1972) — born Mahjabeen Bano** — was the **Hindi cinema actress called "The Tragedy Queen" of Indian cinema**. **Her performance in *Pakeezah* (1972) — released weeks before her death from cirrhosis at 38** — is among the most iconic in Indian film history. **Her Urdu poetry, written under the pen name Naaz, was published posthumously.**
Subject of Vinod Mehta's classic biography *Meena Kumari: The Classic Biography* (1972).
Meena reduces to one — the number of Tragedy Queen.