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Rattan Kumar
Rattan Kumar, along with Baby Tabassum and Baby Naaz, was the most sought-after child-star of Bombay Cinema. Rattan would inevitably bag the coveted role whenever the demands of the script called for the hero’s childhood to be shown on screen. As such, Rattan played the childhood roles for quite a few important actors of India, ...
Saloni
When one recount Saloni’s name a couple of times, one is instantly reminded of Salome and her seven veils. Not that Saloni didn’t have her own chance to don tissue and chiffon and do a few twirls of her own. Saloni entered the Pakistani film industry in nondescript and unmemorable Urdu films, and only became ...
Renuka Devi
Renuka Devi was famous Bollywood actress of the early forties. Mostly associated with Bombay Talkies, she acted in few of their films including Jeevan Prabhat (1937), Bhabhi (1938), and Naya Sansar (1941). Also sang some hit songs including Jhuki aaye re badariya sawan ki – Bhabhi (1938). Migrated to Pakistan after partition and acted in ...
Masroor Anwar
So sincere, you could swear by him! Chubby, and baby-faced, Masroor Anwar, the versatile lyricist of our film industry, felt eternally indebted to Pakistan. And his patriotic songs are a testimony to that. Evergreen hits like Mehdi Hasan’s Apni Jaan nazr karoon, apni wafa pesh karoon were the heart and soul of the Pakistani struggle ...
Shabana
Bengali actress Shabana’s career was inextricably linked with Pakistani film actor Nadeem. In fact when the erstwhile star made his screen debut in the Urdu hit film Chakori in 1967, he was paired with the actress who began her career in the late 50’s in a slew of Bengali films. Chakori was Shabana’s first Urdu ...
Suchinda
In a land ruled by the arts and artistes, and romanticized by poetry and music, the gifts of creativity were many. The curve of the eyebrow, the charisma of lovely eyes and the wave of the fragrant hair ruled the enigmatic Bengal. Our own East Pakistan was lit up by the cultural magic of the ...
Ghulam Haider
Music composer born in Hyderabad (Sind, Pakistan). Studied dentistry. Leading composer from the Lahore group e.g. Shyam Sunder, Khurshid Anwar and S.D. Batish. With Naushad initiated a musical revolution helping to institutionalize an All-India Film aesthetic in the 40s. Learnt music from Babu Ganeshlal, with whom he worked in theatre playing harmonium in Calcutta. Briefly ...
Tarana
Although she was originally from Iran, Tarana made herself very much at home in Pakistan’s dances and movie worlds. She was discovered by a Lahore filmmaker while waltzing and fox-trotting at Karachi’s myriad dance halls. The movie that made her immensely famous throughout the country, Jaan Pehchan, also starred another Iranian actress, Shahpara, with Mohammad ...
Shahpara
Shahpara was renowned Iranian actress who was invited by producer Mohsin Shirazi (later a popular host of TV chat shows) to work in his production Jaan Pehchan (1967). It was shot under the direction of Fareed Ahmed on locations that were never seen before in Pakistani movies. The Khewra salt mines in the rugged and ...
Rahman
In an era ruled by Waheed Murad, Mohammad Ali and later Nadeem, Rahman was the only Bengali actor-director to rule the box office with his romantic-musical films in the former West Pakistan film industry. Born Abdur Rahman on February 27, 1937, in erstwhile East Pakistan, Rahman made his film debut in Ehtesham’s Bengali film, Ae ...
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Sassi (1954):
Produced in 1954, Sassi - a love legend from Balochistan and Sindh - was a big budget movie and ...
Lauren Bacall (1924 - ):
One of the screen's most independent women, Lauren Bacall grew up in a middle-class family in th...
Babra Sharif:
Model turned actress Babra Sharif was born in Lahore in 1951. Her first public appearance was in...
Raagni:
Raagni, one of the most charming film actresses of the 1940s who silently passed away on Februar...
Saath Laakh (1957):
Saifuddin Saif, a poet turned film maker, produced Saath Laakh, an unusual social drama with all...
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