Badar Khalil (), also known as 'Baddo Aapa', is a Pakistani television actress.
[ She gained popularity for her role in the TV play ''Bi Jamalo'' portraying herself as Bi Jamalo.]Hum TV
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Early life
Badar Khalil was born on 5 July, 1945 in Delhi
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in British India
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to a Kashmiri Muslim father and a Delhite mother. Her family moved to Lahore
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, Pakistan
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, during Partition of India
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in 1947.
Career
In Karachi, her first main appearance was in the drama ''Unkahi,'' a classic TV drama written by Pakistani playwright Haseena Moin.[ In July 2014, she was getting ready to move to Canada after a 46-year-long professional acting career to live with one of her sons who lives there.][ Although she stayed and continued working with ]ARY Digital
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and Geo Entertainment.
Personal life
Badar lives in Karachi
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, where she had moved with her husband, the TV director Shahzad Khalil.[ In 1989, her husband died of cardiac arrest.][
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Filmography
Television series
* ''Bi Jamalo'' (1969) [
* '' Nadaaniyaan'']
Profile of Badar Khalil on tv.com.pk website
Retrieved 1 April 2019
* ''Half Plate''
* '' Teesra Kinara'' (1980)
* '' Ankahi'' (1982)[
* '' Tanhaiyaan'' (1985) ][
* '' Dhoop Kinare'' (1987)
* '' Parosi'' (1992)
* '' Tumse Kehna Tha'' (1995)
* '' Chaandni Raatain'' (2002)
* '' Quddusi Sahab Ki Bewah'' (2012)][
* '' Doraha''][
* '' Marvi''
* '' Madiha Maliha''
* '' Bulbulay''
* '']Meri Behan Meri Dewrani
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* '' Shukk''[
* '' Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain''
* '' Shareek-e-Hayat''
* '' Malaal''
* '' Mere Qatil Mere Dildaar''
* '' Shikwa''
* '' Vasl''
* '' Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay'']
Film
* '' Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa''
* '' Khulay Aasman Ke Neechay''
Awards and recognition
See also
* Pakistan Television
References
External links
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1944 births
Living people
Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent
Muhajir people
Pakistani television actresses
Actresses from Karachi
Hum Award winners
Actresses from Lahore
Pakistani film actresses
20th-century Pakistani actresses
PTV Award winners
21st-century Pakistani actresses
Pakistani television newsreaders and news presenters
Actresses from Delhi