Archive for the ‘Lollywood’ Category
Shabnam
It was Bengali jadoo right out of the books of incantations when Shabnam appeared as Jharna in the first ever Urdu film from East Pakistan, titled Chanda. She was destined to become a true superstar, unmatched in the history of our industry. She came to cinema in the mid-1950s, Bengali films included, and her long ...
Shabab Kiranvi
The ever-loving doyen of our film industry during the sixties and the seventies was none other than Shabab Kiranvi. From humble beginnings, he rose to great prominence in Lollywood and became the heart and soul of local cinema in a short while. If you can cite one individual in Lollywood, who enriched the industry by ...
Santosh Kumar
Pakistan’s first ever romantic film hero Syed Moosa Raza aka Santosh Kumar was born on 25th December, 1925 in Lahore. He graduated from Usmania University Hyderabad Deccan with distinction as it was pre-requisite for higher Govt. Officer Job. While he was waiting for his interview a friend diverted his attention towards films. Since Santosh looked ...
Sabiha Khanum
Stars and superstars are the main vehicle for the multi-million rupees film trade. In countries around the globe the public devotion towards movie actors and actresses has touched the level of worship and they have assumed the stature of quasi-deities for their ardent followers. At the time of independence, Pakistani Cinema, having no established or ...
Babra Sharif
Model turned actress Babra Sharif was born in Lahore in 1951. Her first public appearance was in a short television commercial for Jet washing Powder. Soon she became known as the ‘Jet girl’ in households all over the country. Later she appeared in television plays including Miss 4 O’Clock, Kiran Kahani, Massi Shurbatay under some ...
Andaleeb
In the midst of stars, Pakistani cinema in the ’60s and the 70s was wonderful enough to bring on noticeable young faces, which enchanted people all over the country. Nasira, Tarannum, Tamanna, Sultan Rahi, Badar Munir, Akmal, Zamarrud, Albela, Ali Ejaz, Najma, Nazli, Durdana Rehman and many others started in smaller roles. But, most of ...
Aasiya
Lovely and versatile Aasiya began her career just before the advent of the 1970s, when Pakistan already had some very powerful performers like Zeba, Shamim Ara, Deeba, Rani and Rozina. Nisho, Sangeeta and Aasiya joined the ranks almost at the same time. Aasiya had a couple of good movies in the early phase, when she ...
Kamal
Born as Syed Kamal in Meerath, India on April 27, 1937, Kamal belonged to an Afghan family that migrated to India in the 1850s. He was not only tall, fair and handsome, but also bore an uncanny resemblance to the great Indian actor and fellow Pathan, Raj Kapoor. It was this resemblance that hindered his ...
Jamila Razzaq
Cinematic appeal is a thing of wonder. Very ordinary faces become sliver screen icons on the right exposure, and there are also those who are too cute for words, but never, dazzle the screen with their true beauty on the parda e-seemi. There are very few men and women who look equally charming on and ...
Iqbal Shehzad
Amongst those who made a huge difference with new ideas and new angles, Iqbal Shehzad should stand prominently in our star cast of the 60s. Iqbal is the brother of two star cricketers of our country, Waqar Hasan and Parvez Sajjad, but his field of action was not the 22-yards pitch. He was, basically, a ...
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