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Meera (actress)
Irtiza Rubab ( ur, ) (born 12 May 1977), better known by her stage name Meera ( ur, ), is a Pakistani film actress and television presenter. She has appeared in Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi movies. Career Meera made her movie debut in 1995, and earned nationwide critical acclaim in 1999 for her lead performance in ''Khilona'' (1996–97). She won her first Nigar Award for her acting in ''Khilona'', and received significant praise for her work. With the release of ''Inteha'', another critical and commercial success, she won the second consecutive Nigar Award for Best Actress of the year for her break-out performance. During the late 1990s, she became an integral part of Lollywood. In 2004, she played a prominent role in ''Salakhain'' which lifted her image internationally. In 2005, she acted in a joint Indo-Pakistani film, ''Nazar'' with which she debuted in Bollywood. In 2010, she played the titular role of Husan Ara in TV One's ''Husan Ara Kaun'', followed by another role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikhupura
Sheikhupura ( pa, ; ur, ) also known as Qila Sheikhupura, is a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. Founded by the Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Jehangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is the List of most populous cities in Pakistan, 16th largest city of Pakistan by population and is the headquarters of Sheikhupura District. The city is an industrial center, and satellite town, located about 38 km northwest of Lahore. It is also connected to District Kasur. The old name of Sheikhupura was “Virkgarh” due to large number of Virk jatts, Jats settled in the area. The Virks are still strong in this area both politically and economically. There are around 132 villages in this area which belong to the Virks. Etymology The region around Sheikhupura was previous known as ''Virk Garh, or'' "''Virk'' Fort", in reference to the Jat people, Jat tribe that inhabited the area. The city, founded in 1607, was named by Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Jahangir, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotal
''Hotal'', also spelled as ''Hotel'', is a 2014 Pakistani psychological thriller film, written and directed by Khalid Hasan Khan. It is claimed to be Pakistan's first psycho- thriller feature film. It was also tagged as the first Hindi feature film outside Bollywood. The film stars Meera, Humayun Gillani, Sadiq A. Khan, Neha Anil, Tariq Jamal, Baila Naz, Anees Raja, Nisa Jabie, Nasreen Jaan and Wiam Dahmani. The film was released on 13 May 2016. Upon release, it received overwhelming negative reviews from critics and was a box office failure. The same year, critic Omair Alavi added the film in his list of ''Top Worst Pakistani films of 2016.'' Plot The story resolves around an Indian girl Kashika (Meera) who is expecting her first child. Kashika's husband Naresh (Humayun Gillani) wants to have a son while Kashika wishes to have a daughter. She stays in a hotel, on the advice of her doctor. There she meets her sister (same mother, different father), who was never born. Myste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faisal Saif
Faisal Saif (27 April 1976 – 13 September 2022) was an Indian film director, film critic and writer. He began his film career as an assistant director on '' Aur Ek Prem Kahani'', ''Angaar'' and ''Grahan''. He mostly chose controversial horror themes and stories for his films and directed ''Jigyaasa'', '' Main Hoon Rajinikanth'' and ''Islamic Exorcist''. Life and career Saif was born in Mumbai on 27 April 1976. He started his career as an independent music video director. He directed videos for Catrack Music and Vital Records. Saif made his first feature film '' Come December'' in 2003 which received the International Special Award of Cultural Vision in storytelling from the Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival. He then made ''Jigyaasa'' (2006). India media believed that ''Jigyaasa'' was based on the life of the sex symbol ''Mallika Sherawat'', but Faisal has denied this. He made the film ''Paanch Ghantey Mien Paanch Crore'' with Pakistani actor ''Meera''. Faisal was also co-edito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paanch Ghantey Mien Paanch Crore
''Paanch Ghantey Mein Paanch Crore'' (also known as ''5 Ghantey Mein 5 :Crore''; ) is a Psycho Thriller film written and directed by Faisal Saif. This film is Pakistani film actor Meera's third Bollywood film in five years. The Times of India listed the film in Bollywood's Top 10 Bold Film category of 2012 along with films such as Ishaqzaade, Raaz 3 and Hate Story. Plot The film tells the story of chartered accountant Vikram (Played By Shawar Ali) and his keep Soniya (Played By Meera) who are waiting for another accountant Muqaadam (Played By Rashid Khan) to deliver R50 million hard cash to their farm house. Vikram works for Sultan Corporation which is owned by Sultan (Played By Ranjeet). As soon as Muqaadam delivers the money, Vikram and Sonia plans to kill Muqaadam and escape to Singapore next day with 50 million to start a new life. Vikram and Soniya go exactly by their plan. Enter Karan Oberoi (Abhishek Kumar) whose car breaks down in front of Vikram's farmhouse. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Ali
Maqsood Mahmood Ali (born 19 September 1958), better known as Lucky Ali, is an Indian singer, songwriter and actor. With several popular singles and albums, he emerged as a significant figure of Indipop during the 1990s. Early life and education Ali is the second of the eight children of Bollywood actor, Mehmood Ali. His mother Mahelaka, was part Bengali and part Pashtun, and the sister of 1960s Indian actress Meena Kumari. The Bollywood actress and dancer, Minoo Mumtaz, is his paternal aunt. He attended City Montessori School, Convent of Jesus and Mary, Hampton Court, Mussoorie, Manekji Cooper (Kindergarten) (Juhu), Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai, and the Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore. Personal life Ali has two children with his first wife – Ta'awwuz and Tasmiyah. He then married Inaya (Anahita, a Persian). With her, he has two children: Sara and Raiyan. He married a third time in 2010 to British model and former beauty queen Kate Elizabeth Hallam whom he divorced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasak (2005 Film)
''Kasak'' (English: Desire) is a 2005 Indian Hindi film. It is the second film that Meera the Pakistani actress has made whilst in Bollywood. Plot Amar and Anjali meet in a hospital where he takes care of an old lady who is in coma. They fall deeply in love. When the old lady (who is very rich) awakens from coma, her son tries to get her will changed so that he is the sole beneficiary. Disgusted, she names Amar as the beneficiary and dies. Amar doesn't want the money since he is happy with Anjali. But Anjali convinces him to take the money claiming that he would be disrespecting the old lady's last wish by refusing. Amar and Anjali get married soon after. Once married, she convinces Amar to transfer the funds to her name. All Amar wants is her love and does so. She shows her true colors soon after and throws him out. Even then Amar is still in love with her and comes to her to convince her to keep the money but still be with him. He doesn't want the money. She realizes that Amar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begum Para
Begum Para (née Zubeda Ul Haq; 25 December 1926 – 9 December 2008) was an Indian Hindi film actress who was active mostly in the 1940s and 1950s. After almost 50 years of absence in the industry, she returned to films with her last role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's ''Saawariya'' (2007) as Sonam Kapoor's grandmother. In her times in 1950s, she was considered a glamour girl of Bollywood, so much so, that ''Life'' magazine had a special session with her devoted to her fine sensuous photographs. Early life Begum Para was born as Zubeda Ul Haq in Jhelum in British India (present day in Pakistan). Her family was from Aligarh. Her father, Mian Ehsanul-Haq, was a judge who at some point in his life went into the judicial service of the princely state of Bikaner, now northern Rajasthan, where he became chief justice of its highest court. He was a fine cricketer of his time. She was brought up very disciplined yet liberal. She spent her childhood in Bikaner. She was educated at the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PTV Home
PTV Home HD is a Pakistani Free-to-air Television channel owned by the Pakistan Television Corporation. It also broadcast as a Terrestrial television Terrestrial television or over-the-air television (OTA) is a type of television broadcasting in which the signal transmission occurs via radio waves from the terrestrial (Earth-based) transmitter of a TV station to a TV receiver having an ant .... Current programming References External links Pakistan Television (PTV) official PTV Home website, Retrieved 8 June 2016 {{Television in Pakistan , state=autocollapse * Television stations in Islamabad Television channels and stations established in 1964 Publicly funded broadcasters Multilingual broadcasters Public broadcasting in Pakistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baaji
''Baaji'' () is a 2019 Pakistani romantic drama film, directed by Saqib Malik and produced by his Production company Page 33 Films. The film features Meera as Shameera Osman Khalid Butt as Rohail Khan/ Khalid Osman, Amna Ilyas as Neha, Mohsin Abbas Haider as Ajji, Ali Kazmi as Rammy , Nayyar Ejaz, and Nisho in pivotal roles. It is a dramatic tale of a fading Lollywood actress Shameera (Meera), who is not accepting that now her position in the industry is not much valuable. The story revolves around the relationship of Shameera with a Salon girl Neha (Amna Ilyas) who later becomes an assistant of Shameera and make this opportunity happens of working with an American Based Pakistani Director Rohail Khan (Osman Khalid Butt). Neha who belongs to a conservative lower middle class family then also make herself involved in Shameera's comeback movie titled ''Waapsi'' by helping them in rehearsals and script making so far she get a chance to take a supporting role in the movie. The film inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naagin (Geo Kahani)
''Naagin'' () is a Pakistani supernatural thriller drama series, which aired from 17 April 2017 to 27 May 2019 on Geo Kahani. The series is produced by Babar Javed under the banner of Blue Eye Entertainment. The show stars Wajeeha Khan Durani, Sheen Javed, Resham, Jana Malik, Hareb Farooq and Meera in leading roles. Apart from Pakistan, the show was also the most watched show of Geo Kahani in the United Kingdom. After 177 episodes, the show stopped airing on 6 May 2018, and was renewed almost a year later on 6 March 2019. The producer of the show confirmed that there will be a new season for Naagin which will hopefully come in 2022 with the same lead cast but with a new fresh story. Plot The story revolves around a house where the elders are aware that when they made this house they had to kill some snakes who were living there. But what they don't know is that there were two survivors (both girls), one is Muskaan who was taken by an ordinary man who saw that snake in a baby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
