Zohra Begum, better known as Saloni ( ur, ; 195015 October 2010), was a Pakistani
film actress
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of the late 1960s, and early 1970s. She remained a successful actress and gave numerous successful films.
Early life and career
Born in Hyderabad
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, Sindh, she started her film career in 1964 from film ''Ghaddar'', starring Mohammad Ali
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and Sudhir.[
She acted both in Punjabi and Urdu films. ''Chan Makhna'', ''Dil Da Jani'', ''Sajan Piyara'' and ''Phany Khan'' were among her popular films. She starred with prominent heroes like ]Waheed Murad
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, Yousuf Khan, Ejaz Durrani
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and Akmal Khan
Akmal Khan, or Akmal, (11 November 1929, in Lahore, Pakistan – 11 June 1967) was a Pakistani film actor.
Early life and career
Akmal Khan's birth name was Mohammad Asif Khan and he was born in 1929 at Lahore, British India. Akmal Khan (his p ...
. Her last film was ''Amir tay Gharib'' in 1979.[
In the early 1970s, she married the Bari Film Studios' owner ''Bari Malik''. Saloni was the second wife of Bari Malik and stepmother of ''Khurram Bari'', one of the owners of Bari Studios on ]Multan
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Road. After a few years of her marriage, she announced her retirement from films and left the film industry in 1979. Along with her husband, she moved to Dubai and returned to Pakistan five years prior to her death.
Death
Saloni was visiting her daughter in Karachi, when she died of liver failure there on 15 October 2010.[ She was laid to rest at ''Thai Pind'', near Firdous Market, Gulberg, ]Lahore
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.[ A few years later on December 22, 2015, her husband, ''Bari Malik'' also died in Lahore at the age of 97.]
Filmography
*''Ghadaar'' (1964)
*''Aisa Bhi Hota Hai'' (1965)[
*''Nache Nagan Bajey Been'' (1965)
*''Khota Paisa'' (1965)
*''Phannay Khan'' (1965)][
*''Qabeela'' (1966)
*''Sarhad'' (1966)
*''Baghi Sardar'' (1966)
*''Koh-e-Noor'' (1966)
*''Lori'' (1966)
*''Janbaaz'' (1966)][
*''Elan'' (1967)
*''Dil Da Jani'' (1967)][
*''Hatim Tai'' (1967)
*''Baalam'' (1968)
*''Zalim'' (1968)
*''Chann Makhna'' (1968)][
*''Badla'' (1968)
*''Sohna'' (1968)
*''Hameeda'' (1968)
*''Dilbar Jani'' (1969)
*''Bhaiyyan Di Jori'' (1969)
*''Shabistan'' (1969)
*''Kochwan'' (1969)
*''Guddo'' (1970)
*''Chor Naaley Chattar'' (1970)][
*''Pyar De Palaikhe'' (1971)
*''Sipah Salar'' (1972)
*''Amir tay Gharib'' (1979) - last film in her career][
]
See also
* List of Lollywood actors
Lists of Pakistani actors are split by gender.
* List of Pakistani actresses
* List of Pakistani male actors
This is an alphabetical list of notable Pakistani male film and television actors:
A
* Aagha Ali
* Abdullah Ejaz
* Abdullah Kad ...
References
External links
* Filmography of Saloni on IMDb website
1950 births
2010 deaths
20th-century Pakistani actresses
Pakistani film actresses
Actresses from Karachi
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