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Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by admin
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Sheikh Hasan

As mentioned several times in the past, Bollywood was teeming with professionals because of the huge theater available for the showing of talents in the subcontinent, in the 1940s. Sheikh Hasan came forward, having been inspired by the social romantic movies. He was for­tunate that he was noticed and tried on regular basis by the ...

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Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by admin
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Zahoor Raja

There is something about the old guard that has wholesomeness to it. That’s not to decry the younger lot, but the old schooling taught you a lot more than what the best institutions teach you today. One of the seniors, who made a good impression on our cinema, despite relatively skimpy contribution, was Zahoor Raja, ...

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Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by admin
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Shaukat Hussain Rizvi

World is a stage. And very few characters of this stage have the right metabolism to stay and perform on it for long. But, there are those too, who stay for a short while, and perform such distinctive acts that people do not forget them for a long time. Amongst those, in the film business, ...

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Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by admin
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Zeba

In her own right, Zeba, who was born Shaheen, was, and arguably remains because of her past cinematic achievements, one of the most successful actresses Pakistan cinema has ever produced. During her luminous three decade career, her incandescent presence never dimmed and she continued to delight millions of her fans. She was also one of ...

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Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by admin
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Rehana

Rehana took the cine-world by storm, when she first appeared on the silver screen way back in the mid-40s. After doing some unmemorable supporting roles, Rehana made her debut as a leading lady in Hum Ek Hain (1946) – a movie about national unity. Incidentally, Hum Ek Hain also marked Dev Anand’s debut. The success ...

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Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by admin
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Neelo

Real Name Cynthia Alexander Fernandes, Neelo was Pakistan’s first oomph girl. Born 30th June 1941 in Bhera Village – Sargodha, she started her career as child artiste in Hollywood’s Bhowani Junction (1955) which was shot in and around Lahore. Her first Pakistani film was Sabira (1956), directed by Rafi Chaudhary, which had Swaranlata and Nazir ...

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Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by admin
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Azurie

You might think that in the earlier years there were only male dancers around. That is not so. The participation of women in the performing arts, dance in particular, is not a new phenomenon. Long before Rafi Anwar and Ghanshyam, there was Azurie. (Panna and Amy Minwalla entered the field many years later). Anna Marie ...

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Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by admin
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Ayaz Naik

In the annals of filmdom, it has been observed that some people show their talents right from their very first appearance on the silver screen. They are so confident and talented that the cinegoers can’t help but mesmerized by his or her charisma. In Pakistan, Waheed Murad was one such person. Similar was the case ...

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Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by admin
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Afshan Qureshi

Some talented people, who join a discipline very early in their lives, are not fully appreciated immediately. But, later in life, when their repertoire is revealed to the world, it is a fuller picture of approval than for those who get recognition early in their careers. In this category, you can take the names of ...

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Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by admin
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Yasmin

She was one of the Pakistani film industry’s earliest heroines, building her career during the 1950′s and 1960′s. Although she made a slew of commercially successful films including Aadmi and Baaghi she never rose to any great heights of a heroine. Perhaps this was because her films roles were mostly very coy and demure eastern ...

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