Rehana got her major break as a heroine in 1946 film Hum Ek Hain which was also Dev Anand's first film. She became the overnight star in 1947 with the release of her next film Sajan opposite Ashok Kumar.
She was regarded as Hindi cinema's first "jhatka queen". Whether it was her infamous "lesbian act" with Nigar Sultana in Sunehre Din (1949), or the famous bath scene in Dilruba (1950),
She appeared on the silver screen sometime in the late '30s acting in minor roles but soon took the cine world by storm in 1947, her two films Sajan and Shehnai became hit.
1948 to 1951 was the best phase of her career as she did a variety of films paired opposite most of the top heroes of that time, like Prem Adib in Actress (1948), with Raj Kapoor in Sunehre Din (1949) and Sargam (1950), with Dev Anand in Dilruba (1950), with Shyam in Nirdosh (1950) and Surajmukhi (1950), with Shekhar in Ada (1951) and with Premnath Sagai (1951). Two of her biggest hits from these were Sargam (1950) and Sagai (1951).
Mushtar Jehan was her real name,her date of birth is not known but her place of birth was Bombay.
After 1952, her career sharply went on the decline as films like Rangeeli (1952), Chham Chhama Chham, Hazar Raatein (1953) and Samrat (1954) all sank at the box office. With her career on the decline in India, Mushtar migrated to Pakistan with the hope of continuing her career there
Scene of Hum Ek Hain 1946
Song of Hum Ek Hain 1946
Song of Sajan (1947)
Song of Shehnai (1947)
Song of Sargam (1950)
Song of Dilruba (1950)
Song of Sagai (1951)
