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S. Suleman
Syed Suleman (29 December 1938 14 April 2021), also known as S. Suleman or Sullu Bhai, was a Pakistani film director. He also appeared in Bollywood films with minor roles before Muhajir (Pakistani), migrating to Pakistan and after migration, he directed around forty-eight films in Lollywood, Pakistan film industry, including two Punjabi language, Punjabi films between 1961 and 1998. He made his acting debut with an Indian film Mela (1948 film), ''Mela'' playing the younger role of Dilip Kumar. He made his directorial debut with ''Gulfam'' (1961) while his last film as a director is ''Very Good Dunya Very Bad Log'' (1998). ''Zeenat'' (1975) is the first film of Suleman which helped him to earn his first Nigar Awards — Best Director. He also directed Urdu Serial (radio and television), TV serials after leaving Pakistan film industry. Early life He was born as Syed Suleman in Hyderabad State, British Raj, British India (in modern-day Hyderabad, India). Following the partition ...
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Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the Marathwada region of Maharashtra in India. The state was ruled from 1724 to 1857 by the Nizam, who was initially a viceroy of the Mughal empire in the Deccan. Hyderabad gradually became the first princely state to come under British paramountcy signing a subsidiary alliance agreement. During British rule in 1901 the state had an average revenue of Rs. 417,000,000, making it the wealthiest princely state in India. The native inhabitants of Hyderabad Deccan, regardless of ethnic origin, are called "Mulki" (countryman), a term still used today. The dynasty declared itself an independent monarchy during the final years of the British Raj. After the Partition of India, Hyderabad signed a standstill agreement with the new dominion of ...
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Anwar Kamal Pasha
Anwar Kamal Pasha ( ur, ), (23 February 1925 – 13 October 1987) was the pioneer in the Pakistan film industry and an early Pakistani film director and producer from Lahore, Pakistan. Life and career Pasha was a graduate from the Forman Christian College, Lahore, and went on to earn two Master of Arts degrees at the University of the Punjab. He generally scripted, produced and directed his own films, which dealt with such social themes as poverty, love, social strata, suicide, moral decay and death. Anwar Kamal Pasha trained and introduced many new people to the Pakistan film industry who later made a name for themselves, including film directors M. S. Dar, M. Akram, Altaf Hussain (film director), music directors Master Inayat Hussain and later his younger brother Master Abdullah. He also introduced Pakistani film actors Aslam Pervaiz, Sabiha Khanum, Musarrat Nazir, Nayyar Sultana, Bahar Begum and Rani. He made a total of 24 movies. Personal life He was the son ...
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Waseem Abbas
Waseem Abbas ( ur, وسِیم عبّاس) is a Pakistani television, film actor and director. He is known for his roles in television dramas for PTV and other networks, including '' Samundar'', ''Raat'', '' Ashiyana'', '' Family Front'', '' Landa Bazar'', and ''Din''. Career Waseem Abbas is the son of singer and actor Inayat Hussain Bhatti. His uncle Kaifee (real name Kifayat Hussain Bhatti) was also an actor and director. He started his career as a TV actor in Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th List of largest cities, most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is th .... Filmography Films * Haidar Daler (1978) * Manzil (1981) * Aina Aur Zindagi (1982) * Zara Si Baat (1982) * Tina (1983) * Badaltay Rishtay (1983) * Naseebon Wali (1984) * Shah Behram (1985) Punjabi film * Haq Mehr (1985) * First Blood 1986 * Jugnu 1987 * Jut ...
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Babra Sharif
Babra Sharif ( ur, ), (born 10 December 1954) is a Pakistani film actress, most known for her roles from the mid-1970s to the 1980s. She started her career in television commercials. She has worked with many famous names of her time, including Shahid, Nadeem, Waheed Murad, Ghulam Mohyedin, Faisal Rehman, Muhammad Ali and even Sultan Rahi. She had great success in Urdu films in Pakistan. She did a variety of roles which proved her versatility as an actress. Some critics have also considered her as one of the best actresses of her time in Pakistan. She has worked in more than 100 movies. Early life Sharif was born in Lahore, Pakistan in a middle-class family from her early childhood, she took considerable interest in show business. Career Modelling and television Sharif began modelling at the age of 12; she made her presence felt in a 'Jet' washing powder commercial in 1973 and came to be known as 'Jet' powder girl. Fair-haired, attractive and intelligent, she soon became a hou ...
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Ghulam Mohiuddin (actor)
Ghulam Mohiuddin (Punjabi, ur, غلام محی الدین); also spelled Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din) (born 27 October 1951) is a Pakistani actor of Urdu and Punjabi films. One of the country’s most popular film actors during the 70s and the 80s, he has worked in over 400 movies in Urdu and Punjabi during a career spanning nearly 50 years. He is popularly known as Gullo Bhai in the Pakistan film Industry. Career He first worked in film ''Dil Walay'' in 1974 and then he worked in film '' Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat'', released in 1975, was a blockbuster in Pakistan and China. The film was inspired by a Chinese folk story. His co-star was Babra Sharif, her first as a heroine. Since then, he has received several Nigar Awards, Lux Style Awards and a Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2020. Family His son Ali Mohiuddin is also an actor, making his film debut in 2016 with '' Sawal 700 Crore Dollar Ka''.Adnan Lodhi (24 June 2016)"Sons of Mustafa Qureshi, Ghulam Mohiu ...
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Shabnam
Jharna Basak (born 17 August 1946), known by her stage name Shabnam, is a Bangladeshi–Pakistani stage and film actress. Actor Waheed Murad introduced her to the Pakistani film industry by offering her a lead role in his film '' Samundar'' in 1968. Shabnam remained active in Lollywood in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. She has been nominated for Nigar awards several times, winning it 13 times (the most for an actress). She has appeared in over 150 films films. She was a leading actress in the Pakistani film industry for 28 years. Shabnam migrated from East to West Pakistan in 1968, and lived in the country until the late 1990s, later she returned to her native Bangladesh. Early life Shabnam was born on 17 August 1946 in Dhaka, in the erstwhile British India in a Bengali Hindu family. Her father was Nani Basak, a football referee from Dhaka. As a young girl, she was more adventurous and tomboyish in nature in comparison to her sister, who was into singing. She would still practi ...
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Nadeem Baig (actor)
Mirza Nazeer Baig (born 19 July 1941), also known by his stage name Nadeem ( ur, ندیم) is a Pakistani actor, singer and producer. He has appeared in over two hundred films and has won the 1997 Pride of Performance award. In Pakistan Nadeem enjoys the same status as Amitabh Bachchan enjoys in India. Early life Baig was born in Vijayawada in modern Andhra Pradesh which, in 1941, was part of Madras Presidency in British India. Nadeem Baig migrated to Dhaka, East Pakistan along with his family after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. He finished his high school at Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam and attended some years of college at Government Islamia Science College, Karachi before he entered the Pakistani film industry.Profile: The legend speaks
Dawn (newspaper), Published 29 July 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2021
Nadeem, along with artist ...
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Zeba
Shaheen Bano (born 10 September 1945), known professionally as Zeba ( ur, ), is a Pakistani actress. She was one of the top stars of the Pakistani film industry in the 1960s and the early 1970s.Profile of Zeba on pakmag.net website
Retrieved 26 January 2022
She was voted among 25 of the greatest actors of Asia in a 2010 CNN poll.


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Zeba's family migrated to Pakistan from India when she was only 3 years old. She received her basic education in Pakistan. She made her screen debut in film ''Chiragh jalta raha'' in 1962. During a career that spanned almost three decades, Zeba appeared in numerous commercially successful as well as critically appreciated films, many of which featured her alongside actor and ...
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Muhammad Ali (actor)
Mohammad Ali ( ur, مُحمّد علی ; 19 April 1931 – 19 March 2006) was a Pakistani actor. He was known as ''Shahenshah-e-Jazbaat'' ( ur, شہنشاہِ جذبات), meaning ''The Emperor of Emotions''.Remembering Mohammad Ali – the legend of Pakistani films
Daily Times (newspaper), 21 March 2018, Retrieved 8 May 2022
A versatile performer, he acted in dramatic, romantic, and historical movies. He was voted among 25 of the greatest actors of Asia in a 2010 poll.


Early life

Mohammad Ali was born in Rampur,
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Syed Noor
Syed Noor (Punjabi, ur, ) (born Syed Ghulam Mohyuddin Noor) is a Pakistani film director based in Lahore. In 1970 Syed Noor joined the Pakistani film industry as an assistant to director S. Suleman. Noor assisted S. Suleman for 18 feature films, after which, he penned his first script for the film, "Society Girl" in 1976, which was considered the best film of the year. After the success of his first film, Noor became the prime screenwriting talent in the Pakistani film industry and worked with all the prominent directors of the time. Syed Noor wrote about 250 films from 1976 to 1992. His written scripts and screenplays were both in Urdu and in Punjabi. As a writer, Noor won many awards in his career, including National Award, Nigaar Award, Graduate Award, Bolan Award, and Asian Award. During his writing career, he was also offered acting opportunities, which he turned down as his ultimate goal was to direct feature films. He had assisted S. Suleman for 5 years with the inten ...
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Waheed Murad
Waheed Murad ( ur, ; 2 October 1938 – 23 November 1983), also known as Chocolate Hero, was a Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer. Famous for his charming expressions, attractive personality, tender voice and unusual talent for acting, Waheed is considered one of the most famous and influential actors of South Asia and has influenced the film industry in the subcontinent. Born in Sialkot, Pakistan, he graduated from the S.M. Arts College Karachi, and then earned a master's degree in English literature from University of Karachi. He started his film career in a cameo in 1959 in the film ''Saathi'' when he was 21 years old. One of his films, '' Armaan'', which was produced by him, was a great success. Murad is the only actor of film industry to secure the highest number of platinum, diamond, golden and silver jubilees. He mesmerized Pakistani nation during 1960s and 1970s more than anyone before or after and is considered to be evergreen chocolate hero of Pakista ...
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Nisar Bazmi
Nisar Bazmi (1 December 1924 – 22 March 2007) was a composer and music director of Indian and Pakistan film industry.Nisar Bazmi passes away (obituary and profile)
Dawn (newspaper), Published 23 March 2007, Retrieved 27 December 2018
Nisar Bazmi was known as one of the accomplished musician of South Asia. He also introduced new singers like Alamgir and . The duo of composers Laxmikant–Pyarelal were musicians with Bazmi in