Tamanna Begum (1944 – 20 February 2012) was a Pakistani

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and television actress.

Early life and career

Actress Tamanna was born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Tamanna started her media career from Radio Pakistan, Lahore in 1960 as a presenter and later performed in theater plays before joining films. She ventured into films in 1962 with the film ''Daaman (film)'' and continued working in the

Pakistani film industry Cinema of Pakistan, popularly known as Lollywood ( ur, ), refers to the filmmaking industry in Pakistan. Pakistan is home to several film studios centres, primarily located in its three largest cities – Karachi, Lahore, and Faisalabad. ...

until the late 1980s. She had performed in over 260 films and in hundreds of TV drama serials. She often appeared in negative roles but also performed some entertaining and comedy roles also.

Filmography

Tamanna did a total of 263 films. Some of her popular films are: *Daaman (1963 film) - Her debut film as an actress * Ashiana (1964 film) * Naseeb Apna Apna * Afshan (1971) * Ilzaam (1972) *

Nadaan Nadaan may refer to: * ''Nadaan'' (1943 film), an Indian Hindi-language film * ''Nadaan'' (1951 film), an Indian Hindi-language film by Hira Singh * ''Nadaan'' (1971 film), an Indian Hindi-language drama film by Deven Verma, starring Asha Parekh ...

(1971) *Muhabbat (1972 film) * Umrao Jaan Ada (1972 film) *Anmol (1973 film) *

Bharosa ''Bharosa'' () is a Hindi film released in 1963. The film is remembered for the music and songs. The music for the film was composed by Ravi. Rajendra Krishan penned the lyrics of the songs. ''Woh Dil Kahan Se Laun'' rendered by Lata Mangeshka ...

(1977) *''Behen Bhai''(1979) *Sohra Te Jawai (1980) *Mehndi (1996 film) After over a decade of a career in films, she joined television and appeared in many character roles in Pakistani TV drama serials.

Awards and recognition

* Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1977 for film ''Bharosa'' (1977).

Death

Tamanna Begum died after a protracted illness in Karachi on 20 February 2012 at the age of 68. She had had a heart attack some time ago and was under treatment in a private hospital. The heart attack had led to kidneys' failure and she used to have dialysis treatment twice a week. She could not fully recover, though, and finally died.Actress Tamanna dies at 64
Samaa TV website, Published 20 Feb 2012, Retrieved 15 March 2019 Among the survivors are a daughter, son-in-law and many grandchildren.Film, TV actress Tamanna Begum dies
The News International (newspaper), Published 21 February 2012, Retrieved 15 March 2019

References

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