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Zafar Masood (actor)
Zafar Masood was a Pakistani actor. He was a popular actor of 1970s and he was known for his roles in dramas '' Khuda Ki Basti'', '' Uncle Urfi'', '' Kiran Kahani'' and '' Zair, Zabar, Pesh''. Early life Zafar was born in Lahore at Pakistan and he completed his studies from Cathedral High School in Lahore. He was interested in acting and joined Radio Pakistan at Lahore. Career He started his acting from PTV Karachi Centre and made his debut in drama '' Khuda Ki Basti'' as Nosha. The drama was written by Shaukat Siddiqui based on his novel and he portrayed the role of Nosha and Zaheen Tahira did the role of his mother but the serial turned out to be a super-hit and won many laurels and accolades. In 1971 he worked in drama ''Dada Aur Dil Dada'' with Uzma Gillani and Mehnaz Rafi which was written by Ashfaq Ahmed later he worked in film ''Khamosh Nigahen'' with Waheed Murad, Rozina and Husna. Then he worked in '' Uncle Urfi'' written by Haseena Moin. In 1973 he worked in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahore
Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and 27th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a population of over 14 million. Lahore is one of Pakistan's major industrial, educational and economic hubs. It has been the historic capital and cultural center of the wider Punjab region, and is one of Pakistan's most Social liberalism, socially liberal, Progressivism, progressive, and Cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities. Origins of Lahore, Lahore's origin dates back to antiquity. The city has been inhabited for around two millennia, although it rose to prominence in the late 10th century with the establishment of the Walled City of Lahore, Walled City, its fortified interior. Lahore served as the capital of several empires during the medieval era, including the Hindu Shahis, Gha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begum Khurshid Mirza
Begum Khurshid Mirza (4 March 19188 February 1989), also known by her screen name as Renuka Devi, was a Pakistani television and film actress, who had been active from the pre-partition era to the 1980s. Early life, family and education Begum Khurshid Mirza was born as ''Khurshid Jehan'' on 4 March 1918 in Aligarh to Sheikh Abdullah and Waheed Jahan Begum, the founders of Women's College, Aligarh. Her father was a practising lawyer and philanthropist who was keen to bring education and enlightenment to Muslim women. Her elder sister Rashid Jahan was a prominent Urdu language writer and one of the founding members of the Progressive Writers' Movement. Mirza married in 1935 a police officer Akbar Mirza and migrated to Pakistan in the wake of the partition of India in 1947. Mirza completed her education with a master's degree in English in 1963. Film career Khurshid Mirza was introduced to Indian cinema by Devika Rani of Bombay Talkies under the screen name Renuka Devi. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naseeb Apna Apna (1970 Film)
''Naseeb Apna Apna'' is a Pakistani Urdu black-and-white film directed by ''Qamar Zaidi'' and produced by Waheed Murad. The cast included Waheed Murad, Shabnam, Zamurrud, Tamanna, Nirala and Saqi. The movie became a musical blockbuster and was one of the biggest hits of Shabnam's early career. Cast * Shabnam * Waheed Murad * Zamurrad * Nirala * Saqi * Tamanna * Zafar Masood * Mohammad Yousuf * S.M. Saleem Production The film was produced by Waheed Murad, directed by ''Qamar Zaidi'', and written by ''Iqbal Rizvi''. ''M. Ayub'' did the camera work. Release ''Naseeb Apna Apna'' was released on 3 April 1970 in Pakistani cinemas. The film completed 11 weeks on main cinemas and 32 weeks on other cinemas in Karachi and, thus, became a Silver Jubilee hit. Music The music of the film was composed by '' Lal Mohammad Iqbal'' and the songs were written by ''Masroor Anwar''. Playback singers are Ahmed Rushdi (he received the Best Playback Singer Nigar Award for this film), Mala, Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Television Corporation
Pakistan Television Corporation (; reporting name: PTV); also known as ''Pakistan Television'', is the Pakistani state-owned broadcaster founded by the Government of Pakistan, operating under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It was established on 26 November 1964, with a pilot television station established at Lahore. History Background The idea of establishing a media and television industry was conceived in late 1956 and created by the privately set up national education commission with the support of President Ayub Khan in 1960. In 1961, the private sector media mogul and industrialist Syed Wajid Ali launched a television industrial development project, bringing the role of Ubaidur Rahman, an electrical engineer in the Engineering Division of Radio Pakistan, as the project director of the first television station in Lahore. Ali reached a milestone in 1961 after establishing a private television broadcasting company with the cooperation of Nippon Electr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima Surayya Bajia
Fatima Surayya Bajia (; 1 September 1930 – 10 February 2016) was an Urdu novelist, playwright and drama writer from Pakistan. She was awarded various awards at home and abroad, including Japan's highest civil award, in recognition of her works. Bajia remained Advisor to the Chief Minister of Sindh province in Pakistan, and was a member of the managing committee of the Arts Council of Pakistan. She died on 10 February 2016 in Karachi, aged 85. A well-known personality in social welfare, literary Radio, TV and Stage, Bajia wrote for PTV Centres Islamabad and Lahore since the launch of those television channels. She wrote her first long play ''Mehman''. She contributed to literary programmes such as Auraaq and beauty care programmes under the title Aaraish-e-Khaam-e-Kakal. Bajia also produced various children programmes. Bajia was also an ardent feminist. Early life A native of Hyderabad, British India, she was born near Panj Bibi Mountain, in the town of Raichur in the prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talat Hussain (actor)
Talat Hussain Warsi (18 September 1940 – 26 May 2024) was a Pakistani actor and radio host. The son of Shaista Begum, who was one of the pioneering voices of Radio Pakistan, he was called "the Pakistani Laurence Olivier" for his versatility and his later role as mentor to other actors. Early life and education Talat Hussain was born in Delhi, British India on 18 September 1940, his parents moving to Karachi soon after partition, where his mother Shaista Begum joined Radio Pakistan as a broadcaster. His father was a civil servant. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Islamia College and in 1972 he enrolled in the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Career 1960s-1970s:Early work in radio and cinema One of his first movies was ''Chiragh Jalta Raha'' (1962), where he played a supporting role, now considered a classic, and in 1967 he joined Radio Pakistan as a voiceover artist. He then shared the screen with some important names of Pakistan's cinema, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalida Riyasat
Khalida Riyasat (; 7 July 1953 – 26 August 1996) was a veteran Pakistani television actress. Along with Roohi Bano and Uzma Gillani, she dominated Pakistan's television screens from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. Early life and family Khalida Riyasat was born in 1953 in Karachi. She was the younger sister of notable television personality Ayesha Khan (Pakistani actress), Ayesha Khan. Anyone who has been a witness of the golden era of television in Pakistan must be well aware of the sister duo comprising Ayesha Khan and Khalida Riyasat. Extremely talented, both Ayesha and her younger sister were a part of some of the most unforgettable dramas seen in the history of television in Pakistan. Although most of Ayesha's roles were supporting in nature, she naturally brought warmth and sweetness in them. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandish (1976 TV Series)
''Bandish'' () is a 1980 Pakistani television series written by Haseena Moin, directed by Shireen Khan and produced by Zaheer Khan. Synopsis The story is about a girl named Tania who leaves her grandfather's house, as she does not want to marry the boy that her grandfather has chosen for her. She meets Shahzad, a lawyer, and goes with him to his house. Cast * Khalida Riyasat as Tania * Talat Hussain as Shahzad * Salim Nasir as Aamir * Zeba Shehnaz as Ms. Disuza * Zafar Masood as Khalid * Mohammad Yousuf as Baba Jan * Mahmood Masood as Shoaib Broadcast It has had several re-runs on PTV due to its popularity. The series was rebroadcast by PTV Home PTV Home HD is a Pakistani free-to-air television channel owned by the Pakistan Television Corporation. It also broadcast as a Terrestrial television. History PTV Home started broadcasting on 26 November 1964 in West Pakistan and on 25 Decem ... in the segment ''PTV Gold Hour''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bandish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabab Kiranvi
Shabab Kairanwi (born Nazir Ahmed; 1926 5 November 1982) was a Pakistani film director, producer, and occasional screenwriter, lyricist and a novelist. He debuted in the Pakistani film industry as a producer and lyricist with ''Jalwa'' (1955) while he made his directorial debut with ''Surayya'' (1961). He directed more than fifty films out of seventy-five he produced. His films as a producer includes ''Surayya'' (1961) and ''Shama-e-Mohabbat'' (1977) among others. Most of his films revolve around social issues, social inequality concerning poor and rich besides creating comedy films. He made his first color motion picture film in 1969 with ''Tumhi ho Mehboob Meray''. ''Bemisaal'' is one of his films he worked as a scriptwriter. Early life He was born as Nazir Ahmed in 1926 in Muzaffarnagar, British India. He was originally a journalist who started his journalism career with film magazine titled ''Picture''. He was born as Nazir Ahmed, however when he memorized al-Quran du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allauddin (Pakistani Actor)
Allauddin Butt, better known as simply Allauddin (; 2 February 1920 – 13 May 1983) was a Pakistani actor who worked in Pakistani Lollywood movies. His film career spanned over 4 decades. Early life and career Allauddin Butt was born into a Kashmiri family in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India in 1920. Initially wanting to be a singer, he trained as a musician who frequented the likes of Ustad Alla Rakha, the noted tabla player, in Bombay. Then he met the veteran producer/director A. R. Kardar in Bombay who was originally from Lahore. Kardar encouraged him to try the film world and introduced him to some film personalities. When Allauddin turned to acting, he was one of the very few Pakistani film actors who mostly acted as a villain, comedian and only sometimes as a lead actor in his films. Allauddin was the older brother and mentor of Pakistani film director Riaz Ahmad 'Raju' who was active in the Pakistani film industry from the 1960s to the 1980s. Filmography *1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghulam Mohiuddin (actor)
Ghulam Mohiuddin ( Punjabi, ); also spelled Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din) (born 27 October 1951) is a Pakistani actor of Urdu and Punjabi films. One of the country's most popular film actors during the 70s, 80s and the 90s, he has worked in over 400 movies in Urdu and Punjabi during a career spanning nearly 50 years. He is popularly known as ''Gullo Bhai'' in the Pakistan film Industry. Early life and family He was born in Karachi into a Muhajir family of policemen with roots in Hyderabad Deccan and Bombay, one of five brothers and three sisters, but later shifted to Lahore, Punjab for his film work, where he has been living ever since. His son Ali Mohiuddin is also an actor, having made his film debut in 2016 with ''Sawal 700 Crore Dollar Ka''.Adnan Lodhi (24 June 2016)"Sons of Mustafa Qureshi, Ghulam Mohiuddin making film debuts with Eid releases" ''The Express Tribune''. Retrieved 1 July 2018. Career In 1974, he began his career in the film industry with the movie "Dil Walay." T ... [...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] |
