Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...
Pashto
Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ().
Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages ...
films.
Personal life
She is ethnically of
Pashtun
Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...
origins. Sonia married Tariq Mir at the age of 22. Tariq Mir and Sonia first met during the shooting of a drama. According to them, the first encounter consisted of detailed conversation, but no one had the idea that they would get married later. Sonia left showbiz two months before her marriage, but the reason was not Tariq Mir. There were some other reasons. Social values were crumbling. Sometimes, the area Superintendent of Police would visit her home. Sometimes, some factory-owner would tour her residence.
Career
Her family did not belong to showbiz. One of her cousins, Hina Khan, married the actor, Rangeela. That led Sonia to enter showbiz. She was 7 that time. She and Rangeela were neighbours. After marriage, two houses merged into one, where film shootings were common. Renowned artists, directors, and producers would visit her home. During the late 1970s, whenever child actors were required for any movie scene, Rangeela would take her to shoot along with other children.
During the late 1970s, she marked her entry as a child star; in the 1980s, she signed 12 films during her first-ever film shooting. During her career spanning over the period of 10-12-year (1982 -1993), Sonia worked in 70
Punjabi films. She also worked as an actress and model in various serials and long-plays of PTV Lahore and Quetta Centres, TV commercials, and theatre.
She left
Lollywood
Lollywood ( ur, , translit=lâli vuḍ) refers to Pakistan's film industry based in Lahore, previously the base for both Punjabi and Urdu language film production.
Lahore has been the center of Pakistani cinema since the partition of ...
at the peak of her career to marry Tariq Mir – and later relocated to
Norway
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; where she established a welfare organization along with her participation in domestic tasks. She also tried her luck in dress and jewelry designing. She has also authored a book, ''Aadhi Sadi Mein Kitni Sadiyaan''.
In 2016, she made her comeback as a television actress after fifteen years with a drama serial ''
Saya-e-Dewar Bhi Nahi
''Saya-e-Dewar Bhi Nahi'' ( ur, ; lit ''Not Even a Shadow of a Wall'') was a Pakistani drama serial that began to air on Hum TV on 10 August 2016 succeeding ''Dil-e-Beqarar''. It is directed by Shehzad Kashmiri and written by Qaisara Hayat bas ...
'' (2016).
Movies
* Do Bheege Badan
* Direct Hawaldar
* Dhanak
* Teri Bahon Mein
* Haseeno ki Barat
* Chunbalee
* Sahiba
* Iqraar
* Sapni
* Shehnai
* Aag
* Jeet
* Pyar Tera Mera
TV plays
* Suraj k Sath Sath (PTV)
* Khahish (PTV)
* Madar (PTV)
* Rozan (PTV)
* Saya e Deewar Bhi Nahi /2016 (Hum TV)
* Dill e Beqrar 2018 (A Plus TV)
* Skitten Snø 2019 Norwegian national TV (NRK)