Posts Tagged ‘Lollywood’
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 ...
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 ...
Rani
Nasira, Rani to her countless fans, ruled undisputed over the hearts of millions throughout the 70s, 80s and somewhat into the 90s, armed with confidence and charm. In her private life, too, Rani led a typical filmi style, replete with a rags-to-riches story, rapturous and unfulfilled love and repeated betrayals by men she loved. But ...
Shamim Ara
Putli, Shamim Ara to her innumerable fans, was the daughter of a popular dancer from Aligarh, Uttar Pardesh, India. At a very young age, Putli started receiving her lessons in acting and dancing from her talented mother and subsequently became a competent dancer herself. The mother aimed to be an actress. However, her hopes could ...
Mussarat Nazir
As soon as she entered the tinsel foray, she was dubbed Pakistan’s first sex symbol, both for her voluptuous figure, beautiful face and springy, sexy gait. She enhanced this screen persona with close fitting outfits that included saris with low necked and torso baring blouses and an acting style that was vigorous, replete with nakhra ...
Sudhir
Sudhir aka Lala Sudhir was the first action hero of Pakistan. Sudhir’s real name was Shah Zaman Khan and he was born in 1922 in Lahore to an ethnic Pashtun family. He started his career in United India opposite the popular leading lady of those times Raagini in film Farz. Farz was released in 1947 ...
Madiha Shah
Madiha Shah was born as Rubina Butt in 1970. Later known as Madiha Shah, she was the top-ranking heroine of Pakistani cinema from late 80’s to early 90’s. She started her career as a model, and one of her friends introduced her to television. Her first play, Hari Bhari Chhaon in Punjabi, was aired from ...
Meena Shorey
Meena Shorey was the silver screen temptress of the 40′s and the 50′s. Once the hippest girl in the Indian movie industry, she was born in Raiwind in a small rural household. Her father lived a wayward life and used to beat his wife brutally. One of Meena’s sisters married and moved to Bombay, and ...
Nayyar Sultana
Nayyar Sultana’s real name was Tayyaba Bano, and she was born in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh in 1937. At the time of the partition of India, her family migrated to Karachi. While visiting Lahore, she met Anwar Kamal Pasha’s who gave her a small role in his forthcoming film Qatil with the screen name of ...
Bahar
Kishwar Sultana, popularly known as Bahar, was born on 1st August 1944. She joined the film industry in 1955, when she was introduced by director Anwar Kamal Pasha for his Punjabi film, Chan Mahi (1956). It was a box office hit and brought Bahar many offers from different directors which she could not accept because ...
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