Shamim Bano (also commonly termed 'Shamim' or 'Bano Begum') (29 July 1920 – 23 October 1984), was a film actress and singer in

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n and Pakistani Cinema. She starred alongside

Dilip Kumar Mohammed Yusuf Khan (; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021), better known by his stage name Dilip Kumar, was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, he dominated the Indian movie scene from l ...

in his debut film '' Jwar Bhata''.Not to be confused with another, later Pakistani film actress

Shamim Ara Shamim Ara (22 March 1938 – 5 August 2016) was a Pakistani film actress, director and producer. She was known as ''The Tragic Beauty'' because of the tragic heroine roles she often portrayed in films. She was one of the most popular actress ...

She was the wife of famed Pakistani film director and producer

Anwar Kamal Pasha Anwar Kamal Pasha ( ur, ), (23 February 1925 – 13 October 1987) was the pioneer in the Pakistan film industry and an early Pakistani film director and producer from Lahore, Pakistan. Life and career Pasha was a graduate from the Forman ...

, and thus daughter-in-law of poet, writer and scholar Hakim Ahmad Shuja.

Early life

Shamim Bano was born in

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, in 1920 to a family of Pathan farmers and small landowners later they settled in the

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region but her parents sold most of their patrimony and shifted to

and later

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(now

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), soon after the end of the

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Career

Shamim was a successful Indian heroine of the 1940s. She was related to legendary actress and singer

Khursheed Bano :''This is about the Indian performer. For people so surnamed, see Khurshid.'' Khursheed Bano ( ur, ) (14 April 1914 – 18 April 2001), often credited as Khursheed or Khurshid, was a singer and actress, and a pioneer of the Indian cinema. He ...

as well as

Meena Kumari Meena Kumari (born Mahjabeen Bano; 1 August 1933 – 31 March 1972) was an Indian actress and poet, who worked in Hindi films. Popularly known as ''The Tragedy Queen'', she was active between 1939 and 1972. Kumari is widely considered one of ...

. She is remembered for her memoriable role as being the co-star of

in his first film '' Jwar Bhata'' (1944). She started her career in the late 1930s with Vishnu Cine's ''Baghi'' (1939). Ranjit Movietone's ''Armaan'' (1942) was one of the most popular films of her career. Another milestone of her career was Kishore Sahu's ''

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'' (1947), which became quite controversial during its release because it dealt with the topic of Hindu widow remarriage. ''Mehmaan'', ''Sanyasi'' and '' Pehle Aap'' were other notable films of her career. After partition in 1947 she migrated to

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and appeared in few Pakistani films including '' Shahida'' (1949) where she was paired with Dilip Kumar's younger brother Nasir Khan and ''

Do Ansoo ''Do Ansoo'', ( ur, ; ''Two Tears'') film made in 1949 and released in Pakistan on 7 April 1950, was the first Urdu language film to attain a silver jubilee status in Pakistan.

'' (1950) which became the first hit

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film of Pakistan.

Personal life

Shamim married director and producer

with whom she had worked in movie ''

Do Ansoo ''Do Ansoo'', ( ur, ; ''Two Tears'') film made in 1949 and released in Pakistan on 7 April 1950, was the first Urdu language film to attain a silver jubilee status in Pakistan.

'' and Anwar was younger then her after her marriage with Kamal she had three children and then bid adieu to her film career and settled in for a marital bliss.

Death

She died at her home in

in 1984.

Filmography

Film

Awards and recognition

Notes

References

External links

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