Shehla Gill is a Pakistani actress. She worked in both Urdu and Punjabi films and is known for her roles in films ''

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'' (1978), '' Permit'' (1979), ''2 Rastay'' (1979), ''Sathi'' (1980), '' Anokha Daaj'' (1981) ''

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'' (1982) and ''

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'' (1982).

Early life

Shehla was born in

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and completed her studies from Kinnaird College for Women.

Career

She was doing a theatre play at college and was spotted by

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later she offered Shehla to work in films which she accepted. Then she made her debut as an actress in director Baqar Rizvi's film ''Black Cat'' and appeared in several films including ''Shama-e-Mohabbat'', ''Bobby And Julie'' and ''Saheli''. In 1978 she breakthrough came in film ''

'' which was directed by

and starred with Ghulam Mohiuddin, Sangeeta,

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and Nadeem Baig. She portrayed the role of Rano's daughter the film received positive reviews and it won numerous awards and she won

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for ''Best Supporting Actress''. In 1979 she appeared in films ''Waaday Ki Zanjeer'', '' Permit'', ''Har Fun Maula'', ''2 Rastay'', ''

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'' and ''Sohni Dharti''. Later she also started doing modeling for magazines, advertisements and commercials. The following year in 1980 she appeared in films ''Aap Ki Khatir'', ''Hey Yeh Shohar'' and ''Sathi''. In 1981 she worked in films ''Laggan'', ''Dushman'' and then she starred in film '' Anokha Daaj'' along with

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and

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the film was a super hit at box office.

Personal life

Shehla married a businessman and has two children later they went abroad and settled in

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Filmography

Film

Awards and recognition

References

External links

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