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Chotay Nawab
''Chotay Nawab'' () is a 1980 Pakistani film it written by Agha Hassan Imtisal and directed by Iqbal Akhtar it was produced by Begum Ahad Malik. It stars Babra Sharif, Shahid (actor), Shahid, Neelo, Waheed Murad and Bindiya (Pakistani actress), Bindiya in leading roles. Synopsis Chotay Nawab Saleem Mirza (Shahid) is a pampered young man who spend his ancestral money on his friends to stay relevant the glory of Nawabs. Due to his brat nature, he lost his mansion to Saith Amjad. Later he begins to like his daughter Rabia (Babra) but she is not interested in him due to his childish nature. Jaani (Waheed) a close friend of Rabia begins to like her friend Najma (Neelo) meanwhile Rabia and Najma's wealthy friend (Bindiya) encourages them to married the man they like. Cast * Babra Sharif as Rabia Begum * Shahid (actor), Shahid as Chotay Nawab Saleem Mirza * Neelo as Najma * Waheed Murad as Jaani * Bindiya (Pakistani actress), Bindiya as Natalia * Mehboob Alam (actor), Mehboob Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babra Sharif
Babra Sharif (; born 10 December 1954) is a Pakistani film actress, best known for her acting roles from the mid-1970s to the 1990s. She is one of the most popular actress of 1970s, 1980s and 1990s as well a leading actress in urdu films. She started her career in television commercials in 1973. She has worked with many famous names of her time, including Shahid, Nadeem, Asif Khan, Waheed Murad, Ghulam Mohyedin, Faisal Rehman, Muhammad Ali and even Sultan Rahi. She had great success in Urdu films in Pakistan. She was also known as ''Audrey Hepburn of Pakistan'' and ''Marilyn Monroe of Pakistan'' due to her fashion styles roles and romantic comedy roles in films. She did a variety of roles which proved her versatility as an actress. Some critics have also considered her among the best actresses of her time in Pakistan. She has worked in more than 150 movies. Early life Sharif original name as Kiran Malik was born in Lahore, Pakistan in a middle-class family. From her ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masood Akhtar (actor)
Masood Akhtar (; 5 September 1940 – 5 March 2022) was a Pakistani film and television actor who was considered one of the versatile actors of the industry. Early life and education Masood Akhtar was born in Sahiwal on 5 September 1940. After receiving his primary education from a local school, he entered Military College Murree. Later, he enrolled in MAO College Lahore. After graduation, he started working in a bank, while he continued his studies to earn his Bachelor of Laws degree. Acting career Akhtar began his acting career in the 1960s with theatre and soon became one of the popular performers on stage. In 1968, director and producer Shabab Kiranwi introduced him to the film industry. He worked in around 135 movies — 78 Urdu, 51 Punjabi, three double versions and two Pashto. Akhtar is the pioneer of starting stage drama at Alhamra Arts Council. One of his early plays, ''Paisa Bolta Hai'' (transl. Money Speaks), which was staged at Alhamra in the 1970s, earned hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1980 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1980 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Worldwide gross revenue The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1980. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1980. Events * April 29 – Sir Alfred Hitchcock, known as "The Master of Suspense", dies at his home in Bel Air, California, at the age of 80. * May 21 – '' The Empire Strikes Back'' is released and is the highest-grossing film of the year (just as its predecessor, '' Star Wars'', was three years prior). * June 9 – Richard Pryor sets himself on fire while free-basing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum. Pryor ran down his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistani Romantic Drama Films
Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as 85-90% of the population follows Sunni Islam. A majority of around 97% of Pakistanis are Muslims. The majority of Pakistanis natively speak languages belonging to the Indo-Iranic family ( Indo-Aryan and Iranic subfamilies). Located in South Asia, the country is also the source of a significantly large diaspora, most of whom reside in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, with an estimated population of 4.7 million. The second-largest Pakistani diaspora resides throughout both Northwestern Europe and Western Europe, where there are an estimated 2.4 million; over half of this figure resides in the United Kingdom (see British Pakistanis). Ethnic subgroups Ethnically, Indo-Aryan peoples comprise the majority of the population in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s Urdu-language Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and regent * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehnaz Begum
Mehnaz Begum (, 1958 – 19 January 2013) was a Pakistani TV, radio, and film singer. She was well known as a film playback singer in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the recipient of several Nigar Awards. Dawn (newspaper), 10 April 2006. Retrieved 21 April 2020 Early life Mehnaz was born at Mahmudabad, Uttar Pradesh, in 1958. Her family migrated to in the late ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masood Rana
Masood Rana (), (6 August 1941 – 4 October 1995) was a Pakistani film playback singer. He began his singing career in 1962 with the film ''Inqalab'', became one of the top male singers in Urdu and Punjabi films for more than three decades and remained a busy singer until his death in 1995. Rana still holds the record for singing over 300 film songs each in Urdu and Punjabi, a record he shared with Ahmed Rushdi and Noor Jehan. Early life Masood Rana was born in Mirpur Khas, Sindh, then British India, on 6 August 1941. He was born in a Rajput land-owning family which had migrated from the East Punjab city of Jalandhar. He started his singing career on Radio Pakistan, Hyderabad, Sindh in 1955 and later helped establish a singing group in Karachi in the early 1960s with the Pakistani film actor Nadeem Baig and a fellow singer Akhlaq Ahmed. Film career Masood Rana got his first breakthrough when the noted Pakistani film actor ''Saqi'' introduced him to producer and direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naheed Akhtar
Naheed Akhtar (also spelled Nahid Akhtar; born 26 September 1956) is a Pakistani playback singer. She is tagged as the "''Nightingale of Pakistan''". She was the top Lollywood playback singer during the second half of the 1970s and 80s. She is one of the most popular and successful singers of Pakistan. She won 3 Nigar Awards and a Pride of Performance in 2007. Early life and family Naheed was born on September 26, 1956, in Multan, Punjab. She has 3 sisters and 4 brothers. A sister of hers, ''Hamida Akhtar'', was also a singer. Singing career Naheed's career began in 1970 when she sang a duet with Khalid Asghar in " Raag Malhar" at Radio Pakistan Multan. She has recorded songs in a range of styles, including Pakistani film music, pop, Ghazal, traditional Pakistani classical music, Punjabi folk songs, Qawwalis, Naat & Hamds and others. She was first discovered for films in the mid-1970s by veteran music director M. Ashraf who pursued her to sing in films. She had no we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khawaja Pervaiz
Khawaja Pervez (; 28 December 1930 – 20 June 2011) was a prominent Pakistani film composer- lyricist and film songwriter for both Urdu and Punjabi language films. His birth name was Khawaja Ghulam Mohiuddin. His professional career spanned over 40 years.(Associated Press of Pakistan) Early life Khawaja Ghulam Mohiuddin, popularly known as Khawaja Pervaiz was born into a Kashmiri Muslim family in Amritsar, Punjab, British India. After independence of Pakistan in 1947, his family along with him moved to Lahore. He graduated from Dayal Singh College, Lahore in 1954. Career Khawaja Pervaiz's college friend Zafar Iqbal who was a son of film director Wali Sahib introduced him to his father who later hired him as an assistant. He worked with Wali Sahib while the latter was making the films ''Guddi Gudda'' (1956), ''Lukan Miti'' (1959) and ''Sohni Kumharan'' (1960). Khawaja Pervez's first film, as a lyricist, was Diljeet Mirza's ''Rawaj'' in 1965 in Pakistan. He got a big breakthro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najma Mehboob
Najma Mehboob (1949 – 6 December 1983) was a Pakistani film and TV actress. She mostly played characters and mother roles in dramas and films both in Urdu and Punjabi language, Punjabi languages. Early life Najma was born in 1949 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Initially, she worked in stage plays. Career Then, she came to television in 1969 with a drama ''Haathi Daant'' telecast from Pakistan Television, Lahore. Afterward, she appeared in several individual television dramas and serials. She also acted in 82 films in which, the first one was ''Geo Dhola'' (1969) and ''Nazak Rishtay'' (1987) was her last film which was released after her death. Personal life Najma was married to TV producer ''Muhammad Nisar Hussain'' and had one child with him. Death On 6 December 1983, she died at Lahore after being hit by a running train during the shooting for a Punjabi film ''Rickshaw Driver'' while she was trying to save a child. Filmography Television series Film Awards and nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahid (actor)
Shahid Hameed ( Punjabi, ), known simply as Shahid, is a Pakistani film actor who starred in many films of the 1970s and 1980s. His first film was ''Aansoo'', released in 1971. He worked in around 300 films. Early life and education Shahid was born on 24 July 1950 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. He hailed from a prosperous Punjabi Rajput family, which allowed him the freedom to pursue acting as a passion rather than a financial necessity. He had four sisters. Among the regular visitors to the family residence were the likes of Urdu poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Major-General Rao Farman Ali, his first cousin. Shahid completed his early education in Lahore and later graduated from Punjab University. Career 1971–1998 Shahid began his acting career in 1970 when director Abbas Nosha cast him in the film ''Ek Raat''. However, this film was never released. His proper debut came shortly afterward when S.A. Bukhari offered him a lead role in the film ''Aansoo'' (1971), where he po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saqi (actor)
Abdul Latif Baloch, better known by his screen name Saqi (2 April 1925 – 22 December 1986), was a Pakistani film and television actor. He is known for mostly playing supportive roles in the Lollywood movies. He starred in more than 500 Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, and Pashto films. Early life and family Saqi was born on 2 April 1925, in Baghdad, Iraq, where his father had been appointed during the First World War and later stayed there for a while as a railway employee. Saqi belonged to a Baloch family settled in Dadu District, Sindh. His mother was a Kurd from Iraq. His brother ''Abdul Karim Baloch'' served as a general manager at PTV, Karachi Center. Career Saqi could speak more than 10 languages and his ability to speak English fluently helped him gain a small role in an international film '' Bhowani Junction'' (1956) which was partly shot in Lahore. His first Urdu film ''Ilteja'' was released in 1955. He appeared in a leading role along with Nighat Sultana in the movie ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
