Begum Khursheed Shahid (1 January 1926 – 27 June 2021) was a Pakistani actress and singer. She was also the mother of actor
Salman Shahid
Salman Shahid ( ur, ) is a Pakistani film, theatre, television and voice actor.
The son of producer Saleem Shahid and veteran actress Khursheed Shahid, he has worked in Lollywood, Bollywood as well as in theatre and television.Aruna Asaf Ali came to her school looking for someone young and her classmates told Ms. Ali about her singing and acting talents. Ms. Ali selected Kurhseed for a musical performance. Later after the performance Ms. Ali took her to the All India Radio to renowned music composer
Feroz Nizami
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, he listened her singing and encouraged her to sing. He gave her a poem to sing after listening to Khursheed so he told her to visit him the next day so that he will composed it for her. The following day when she sang the poem for Feroz, he liked it and told her that it was of Raag Darbari. Khursheed was nine when she started singing at All India Radio, Delhi. She also read poems wrote by Mukhtar Siddiqui at All India Radio.
Later she moved to Parliament Street there she meet music director Roshan Lal Nagrath paternal grandfather to popular Indian actor
Hrithik Roshan
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. He saw Khursheed's potential for singing and he started to have rehearsing for her and gave her lessons about singing. Kursheed befriend his wife and she would visit his family.
After the Partition in 1947, she along with her family moved to Lahore in
Pakistan
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. Khursheed went to Radio Pakistan for audition and she start doing musical programmes by station director Mehmood Nizami. He liked her classical singing and gave her lessons. Mehmood Nizami introduced Khursheed to Bhai Lal and she learned classical singing from Bhai Lal Mohammad. She was also inspired by
Roshan Ara Begum
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, she started copying her style and singing that many people acknowledged that Khursheed sounded like Roshan Ara on the radio. Khursheed met Roshan Ara Begum at Lahore Arts Council. There Khursheed and Roshan Ara Begum became friends and she would take Khursheed to places she would visit and then she taught Khursheed to play Tanpura.
Khursheed used do theatre before the launch of PTV in 1964 and she did a lot of quality theatre plays written by
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Faiz Ahmad ''Faiz'' (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984; Urdu, Punjabi:
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,
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Sadequain
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. Khursheed made a name for herself in theatre. After PTV was launched in 1964 in Pakistan the executive
Aslam Azhar
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of PTV offered her work. She agreed on a condition that she would be the highest paid actress and he accepted her condition. Khursheed did her first play for PTV was ''Ras Malai'' a comedy drama. Then she regularly worked for PTV in dramas ''Wadi-e-Purkhar'', ''Kaanch Ka Pul'', ''Fehmida Ki Kahani, Ustani Rahat Ki Zabani'', ''Kiran Kahani'' and ''Dhund''.
Then Khursheed appeared in Khurshid Anwar's film ''Chingari'' on the insistence of Faiz Sahib. Khursheed performance in Punjabi movie ''Bhola Sajan'' directed by Ashfaque Malik was regarded as a finest acting even Khursheed admitted herself.
In 1995 Khursheed was honoured for her contributions towards the singing, film and television industry, she was honored by the
Government of Pakistan
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with the
Pride of Performance
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.
Khursheed worked in popular TV dramas series to her credit, including '' Parchaiyan'', ''Zair, Zabar, Pesh'' and ''
Uncle Urfi
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It had such a powerful appeal for the people of all age-groups that it turned into an instant hit. The serial has 26 episodes (each with a running tim ...
'' all these dramas series were written by playwright and scriptwriter
Haseena Moin
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. Later in late 2003 she retired and went to live with her son, she moved to
Lahore
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permanently to be with her son
Salman Shahid
Salman Shahid ( ur, ) is a Pakistani film, theatre, television and voice actor.
The son of producer Saleem Shahid and veteran actress Khursheed Shahid, he has worked in Lollywood, Bollywood as well as in theatre and television.Salman Shahid
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The son of producer Saleem Shahid and veteran actress Khursheed Shahid, he has worked in Lollywood, Bollywood as well as in theatre and television.Uncle Urfi
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It had such a powerful appeal for the people of all age-groups that it turned into an instant hit. The serial has 26 episodes (each with a running tim ...
Samundar
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Cast
* Sunny Deol ... Ajit
* Poonam Dhillon ... Anj ...
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* ''Sayeen Aur Psychiatrist''
* ''Saahil''
* ''Man Chalay Ka Sauda''
* ''Inn Sey Miliye''
* ''Chabi Aur Chabiyan''
* ''Dhoop Dewar''
* ''Kaanch Ka Pul''
* ''Fehmida Ki Kahani, Ustani Rahat Ki Zubani''
* ''
Andhera Ujala
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Boota from Toba Tek Singh
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Khamosh Pani
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Awards and recognition
She was awarded the
Pride of Performance
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