Peshawar
Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...
– 15 April 1999, Peshawar) was a Pakistani actress. She was a popular actress who starred in many
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. She was murdered on 15 April 1999.
Personal life
Yasmeen was born as Shamshad in Kakshal,
Peshawar
Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...
in 1950 to Moeen Khan and Syed Bibi. In the 1960s, her family moved to
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...
where she was able to take up a role in her career's first film. Soon Yasmeen's popularity grew in films and she became a well known actress.
Yasmeen married her fellow actor Saqi and had a daughter with him. Her second marriage was to Malik Bari, the owner of Bari Studios, Lahore which however, did not last long. This union did produce another daughter, Qara-tul-Aeen. Her third marriage was with Arifullah, a business owner in Shoba Bazar, Peshawar.
Career
Yasmeen Khan's career was launched when she played a lead role in the first Pashto movie to become a hit; '' Yousaf Khan Sherbano'' released in December 1970. Yasmeen acted with the Pashto actor
and the pair became icon of Pashtun films. She acted in more than 80 pashto movies along with Badar Munir and 200 movies in her total career. Yasmeen Khan's first
Dulhan Ek Raat Ki
''Dulhan Ek Raat Ki '' () is a 1967 Indian Hindi-language film starring Dharmendra, Nutan and Rehman, the same trio who did '' Dil ne Phir Yaad Kiya''. The film is based on the Thomas Hardy novel '' Tess of the d'Urbervilles''. The songs from th ...
'' was released in 1975. The film's dance number ''Aaja aaja karle pyar, kehti hai suhani shaam'' brought much fame to Yasmeen Khan and soon she also started acting in
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 ...
films like ''Hathkari'' (1976).In 1995, Yasmeen launched her film direction and production but due to little success in it, she left the work. After her third marriage, Yasmeen Khan distanced herself from the
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
industry because she felt that the industry was becoming vulgar and did not focus on Pashtun culture. Yasmeen withdrew herself from showbiz and turned towards religion. She tried to lead her husband, Arifullah; who was deep into gambling, to correct his ways but Yasmeen's efforts made him furious and he ended up killing her.
Death
Khan was asleep when she was shot in her head by her husband, Arifullah and her room's door was locked. Her daughter Qara-Tul-Aeen discovered her mother's dead body and reported the incident to the police. Arifullah was held suspect in her death but released after few months from Peshawar jail. Arifullah was later murdered.
Filmography
* Dehqan
* '' Yousaf Khan Sherbano'' (1970)
* Dulhan Aik Raat ki
* '' Adam Khan Durkhaniye'' (1971)
* Orbal- 1973
* '' Mitti Ke Putlay'' (1974)
* Mah Jabeen- 1972
* Jehan Barf Girti Hay- 1972
* Dil Walay- 1974
* Dosti Te Dushmanee- 1977
* Dameena Dameena - 1977{{Citation, title=Dameena Dameena (1977) - IMDb, url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1261827/fullcredits, access-date=2020-12-05