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Saturday, November 14th, 2009 by admin
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Amjad Bobby

The life of a film musician is like that of the movies he composes songs for — it has happy moments, others that see him struggle to survive and the end which comes suddenly and takes a talented soul from the world. Amjad Bobby’s life was no different. He began his career in 1969, composed ...

. Music Directors

Saturday, November 14th, 2009 by admin
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M. Ashraf

The sudden and tragic demise of M. Ashraf on February 4, 2007 brought an end to an era of great music compositions. The 65-year-old musician entertained music lovers with his matchless tunes for 45 years and died of cardiac arrest, leaving behind countless fans to mourn the loss. From Sangdil, Nadeem’s first musical hit in ...

. Music Directors

Saturday, November 14th, 2009 by admin
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Mohammad Ali

Born in 1935 at Rohtak in India into a religious family, Ali bhai, as he was affectionately referred to, and his family migrated to Pakistan soon after Partition. After temporarily settling in Multan, the family made Hyderabad their permanent home. Ali started his career from Radio Pakistan Hyderabad in the late ‘50s and learned to ...

. Actors & Actresses

Friday, November 13th, 2009 by admin
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Neeli

Neeli, one of the most popular actresses of the Pakistan film industry, was born in Hyderabad. Her real name is Neelofar. She went to Saint Mary’s Convent where she completed her F.A. She liked sports and was never interested in her studies. Her father was a Sindhi feudal lord. The director/producer Yunus Malik, one of ...

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Friday, November 13th, 2009 by admin
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W.Z. Ahmed

W.Z. Ahmed, 91, one of the most outstanding film directors of the subcontinent, passed away at a local hospital on April 15, 2007. He was suffering from an infection of the lung. He was laid to rest at the Bagh-i-Rehmat graveyard on Monday afternoon. After coming up with a series of films in only five ...

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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 by admin
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Zia Sarhady

Zia was a Hindi-Urdu director and scenarist. He was Peshawar (now Pakistan) born like Prithviraj, Raj Kapoor, and Dilip Kumar. He started his film career in 1933, assisting non-Urdu speaking directors and artistes with East India Film at Calcutta. Soon he moved to Sagar pictures where a chance meeting with Mehboob Khan, the future movie ...

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Sunday, November 8th, 2009 by admin
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Nasreen

Real name Zarina Agha, Nasreen was the daughter of actress Anwari and actor/music-director Rafique Ghaznavi, and mother of singing-star Salma Agha. She was cast as the leading lady in two pre-partition films Shahjehan (1946) and Ek Rooz (1947). She migrated to Pakistan after partition and married a wealthy carpet dealer in Karachi. One of her ...

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Sunday, November 8th, 2009 by admin
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Nina

Nina was introduced by director W.Z. Ahmed in Ek Raat (1942) as the ‘mysterious Nina’ in a country-wide publicity campaign. After the success of the film, she left her husband Mohsin Abdullah and married W.Z. Ahmed. She worked in many of her husband’s home productions under the banner of Shalimar Pictures. After partition, the couple ...

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Sunday, November 8th, 2009 by admin
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Nazar

Nazar was Pakistan’s first indigenous comedian. He made his debut in Punjabi film Gul-Baloch (released on 28th February 1944), which also introduced Indian Playback singer Mohd. Rafi. After partition, he acted in Pakistan’s first feature film Teri Yaad (1948). Later he acted in Pheray – Pakistan’s first silver jubilee film and became so popular that ...

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Sunday, November 8th, 2009 by admin
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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, ...

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