Kashmir in His Majesty’s Secret Service


And while we are still on philims…a bit of trivia.

What are the odds that a Bond flick would have two Kashmir born actresses in it? A million dollar odds.

Zaheera (credited as Zara) in her debut film ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ (1969). She played the role of Indian ‘Angel of Death’ in this Bond flick.

Zara (21 at the time), was born in Kashmir and went to live in England when she was 12. And studied economics in London.

Joanna Lumley who played the English ‘Angel of Death’ in the film was born in Srinagar in 1946 to a British Indian Army officer.

Based on these facts, I declare ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ (1969) to be the official favouritest Bond flick of all Kashmiris.

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Previously: Peter Fleming in Kashmir, 1935. The younger brother of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond fame.

2 Replies to “Kashmir in His Majesty’s Secret Service”

  1. Great research….God knows how do you stumble upon such facts….you must be reading more than 24 hrs a day….

  2. To make it clear, Joanna Lumley was the daughter of Major James Rutherford-Lumley, who served in the 6th Gurkha Rifles, a regiment of the British Indian Army, and Beatrice Rose Weir. As for Zaheera, she later went back to India to do more film roles, until around 1982. I believe she got married to a business man and became a housewife and had children.

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