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Madam Noor Jehan
Heroine, Director and Singer
First film as a child star: Pind di Kurri (Punjabi - 1935)
First film as heroine: Khandan (Urdu - 1942)
First film (in Pakistan): Chann
We (Punjabi - 1951)
Last film (as actress): Ghalib (Urdu
- 1961)
Madam Noor Jehan came back to Lahore after a remarkable film- and singing career
in Bombay. Her first film was a Punjabi film Chann
We, which was a great melodious movie. Madam Noor Jehans first Urdu film
in Pakistan was Dopatta and it was all
time greatest musical Urdu film. She had just 13 films in 11 years career as
film heroine. Chann We, Dopatta, Intezaar, Patey Khan, Choomantar, Koel and Neend were superhit films.
Madam Noor Jehan's filmography as heroine in Pakistan:
| No. |
Year |
Film |
Language |
Actors |
| 1 |
1951 |
Chann way |
Punjabi |
Noor Jehan, Jahangir, Santosh, Yasmin, Salim Raza |
| 2 |
1952 |
Dopatta |
Urdu |
Noor Jehan, Ajay Kumar, Sudhir, Yasmin |
| 3 |
1953 |
Gulnaar |
Urdu |
Noor Jehan, Santosh, Babbo, Zarif, Shahnawaz |
| 4 |
1955 |
Patay
Khan |
Punjabi |
Noor Jehan , Aslam Pervez, Zubaida, Zarif, Musarrat Nazir, Allauddin |
| 5 |
1956 |
Intezaar |
Urdu |
Noor Jehan, Santosh, Asha Poslay, Ghulam Mohammad |
| 6 |
1956 |
Lakht-e-Jiggar |
Urdu |
Noor Jehan, Santosh, Habib, Yasmin |
| 7 |
1957 |
Nooraan |
Punjabi |
Noor Jehan, Sudhir, Nazar, Ajmal, Salim Raza, Rangeela |
| 8 |
1958 |
Annar
Kali |
Urdu |
Noor Jehan, Sudhir, Zarif, Ragni, Shamim Ara, Hamalia Wala |
| 9 |
1958 |
Chhoomantar |
Punjabi |
Noor Jehan, Aslam Perwez, Laila, Zarif, Salim Raza, Allauddin |
| 10 |
1959 |
Koel |
Urdu |
Noor Jehan, Aslam Pervez, Neelo, Nazar, Allauddin |
| 11 |
1959 |
Neend |
Urdu |
Noor Jehan, Aslam Pervez, Neelo, Yasmin, Nighat, Allauddin |
| 12 |
1959 |
Perdesan |
Punjabi |
Noor Jehan, Aslam Pervez, Asha, Zarif |
| 13 |
1961 |
Ghalib |
Urdu |
Noor Jehan, Sudhir, Agha Salim Raza |
| 14 |
1963 |
Baji |
Urdu |
Guest: Madam Noor Jehan (Nayyar Sultana, Darpan, Zeba) |
Related links:
» Madam Noor Jehan's Urdu
website
» Madam Noor Jehan as
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Asha Poslay
Heroine, vamp, comedian, Character Actress
First film: Teri
Yaad (Urdu - 1948)
Last film: Insaf (1986)
Aasha Posley was heroine in the first ever released film in Pakistan. She did
not succeed as heroine and played b-roles in the 50s. Latter in her film career
she was an extra actress, mostly in vamp roles. She appeared in a total number
of 129 films, 76 Urdu and 53 Punjabi films. Maa ke Ansoo, Mirza
Jatt, Nikke hundiya
da pyar and many other films were as supporting/vamp actress.
Aasha Posley was sister of singer Kousar Perveen and daughter of musican Nath
(Inayat Ali) who was music director of Pakistan's first film Teri
Yaad. She died ...
Here
are some famous films of Asha Posley in her peak period:
| No. |
Year |
Film |
Language |
Actors |
| 1 |
1948 |
Teri Yaad |
Urdu |
Asha Poslay, Nasir Khan, Nazar & Jahangir |
| 2 |
1949 |
Ghalt Fehmi |
Urdu |
Asha Poslay, Jahangir, Nazar |
| 3 |
1952 |
Shola |
Urdu |
Asha Poslay, Masood, Arshad |
| 4 |
1953 |
Barkha |
Urdu |
Sabiha, Masood, Nazar, Asha Poslay |
| 5 |
1953 |
Mehbooba |
Urdu |
Shammi, Santosh, Asha Poslay |
| 6 |
1953 |
Shehri
Babu |
Urdu |
Sawarn Lata, Santohs, Asha, Nazar, Allauddin |
| 7 |
1954 |
Perwaz |
Urdu |
Sabia, Yousuf Khan Khan, Asha Poslay, Nazar |
| 8 |
1954 |
Sassi |
Urdu |
Sabiha, Sudhir, Asha Poslay, Nazar, Salim Raza |
| 9 |
1955 |
Noukar |
Urdu |
Sawarn Lata, Nazir, Ragni, Asha Posley |
| 10 |
1955 |
Toofaan |
Urdu |
Sabiha, Sudhir, Asha, Zarif, Shola |
| 11 |
1955 |
Bulbul |
Punjabi |
Asha Poslay, Sudhir, Nazar, Zeenat |
| 12 |
1955 |
Pattan |
Punjabi |
Musarrat Nazir, Santosh, Aasha Posley, Nazar |
| 13 |
1956 |
Intezaar |
Urdu |
Noor Jehan, Santosh, Asha, Ghulam Mohammad |
| 14 |
1956 |
Dulla
Bhatti |
Punjabi |
Sabiha, Sudhir, Asha Poslay, Asif Jah, Allauddin |
| 15 |
1957 |
Ishq-e-Laila |
Urdu |
Sabiha, Santosh, Asha Posley, M. Allauddin |
| 16 |
1959 |
Perdesan |
Punjabi |
Noor Jehan, Aslam Pervez, Asha, Zarif |
| 17 |
1959 |
Sheikh Chilli |
Punjabi |
Sabiha, Aslam Pervez, Asha Poslay, Asif Jah |
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Sawarn Lata
Heroine and Character Actress
First film: Sachai (Urdu - 1949)
Last film: Duniya na maney (Urdu - 1971)
She was
heroine of Pakistans first ever silver jubilee film Pherey.
As heroine Laarey, Sherhri Babu, Noukar, Heer and
as character actress Sawaal were
som big films.
Sawarn Lata was born as Sikh
and converted to Islam after she married prominent actor, producer and director Nazir.
The first film they produced in Pakistan was "Heer Ranjha", but film print was
destroyed due to poor negative of the film. Her real name was Saeeda Bano and she died on February 8, 2008.
Sawarn Lata's filmography:
| No. |
Year |
Film |
Language |
Actors |
| 1 |
1949 |
Sachai |
Urdu |
Sawarn Lata, Nazir, Akhtari, Majeed |
| 2 |
1949 |
Pherey |
Punjabi |
Sawarn Lata, Nazir, Nazar, Zeenat, Alam Siaposh |
| 3 |
1950 |
Anokhi Daastan |
Urdu |
Sawarn Lata, Nazir, Nazar, M. Ismael |
| 4 |
1950 |
Laaray |
Punjabi |
Sawarn Lata, Nazir, Nazar, Allauddin, |
| 5 |
1952 |
Bheegi Palken |
Urdu |
Sawarn Lata, Nazir, Nazar, Allauddin |
| 6 |
1953 |
Sheri
Babu |
Punjabi |
Sawarn Lata, Santosh, Nazar, Allauddin, |
| 7 |
1955 |
Khatoon |
Urdu |
Sawarn Lata, Nazir, Naeem Hashmi |
| 8 |
1955 |
Noukar |
Urdu |
Sawarn Lata, Nazir, Ragni, Salim Raza |
| 9 |
1955 |
Heer |
Punjabi |
Sawarn Lata, Inayat Bhatti, Zeenat, Nazar |
| 10 |
1956 |
Sabira |
Urdu |
Sawarn Lata, Nazir, Nazar, Ilyas Kashmiri |
| 11 |
1956 |
Soteeli Maa |
Urdu |
Sawarn Lata, Nazir, Nazar, Masood |
| 12 |
1957 |
Noor-e-Islam |
Urdu |
Sawarn Lata, Darpan, Nazir, Nazar, Majeed |
| 13 |
1959 |
Shama |
Urdu |
Sawarn Lata, Nazir, Neelo, Darpan |
| 14 |
1962 |
Billo Jee |
Punjabi |
Sawarn Lata, Habib, Nazir, Nazar |
| 15 |
1965 |
Azmat-e-Islam |
Urdu |
Sawarn Lata, Habib, Naeem Hashmi |
| 16 |
1966 |
Sawaal |
Urdu |
Sabiha, Santosh, Ejaz, Sawarn Lata, Nazir |
| 17 |
1971 |
Duniya na maney |
Urdu |
Zeba, Mohammad Ali, Sawarn Lata, Ilyas |
» Remembering Sawarn Lata (in Urdu/Punjabi) |
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Ragni
heroine, Character Actor, vamp
First film: Mundri (Punjabi - 1949)
Last film: Aab-e-Hayyat (Pashto - 1983)
The
almond-eyed beauty - actress Ragni died on February 27 at Lahore.
She was 85. Once she ruled over the hearts of thousands and won the
title of "Ahu-Chashm" with her first film Dulla Bhatti in 1940.
Ragni was born in Gujranwala in 1923 as Shamshad Begum, her
mother was a Muslim woman and father was a Hindu landlord. She set a record for
the highest fee by a heroine when she charged Rs 100,000 for Shahjehan (in
which she played Mumtaz Mehal, she was paired with Kundan Lal Saigal.
In Pakistan she produced and acted in film Beqarar in 1950 with her
second husband S. Gul. Noukar in
1955 was one of her big film and her portrayal of Dil
Aram in Anarkali (1958)
earned her a lot of appreciation. She played character roles in Naela (1965), Lado (1966), Sheran
di jori (1969), Charhda Suraj (1970) and some other films. She
was seen in 60 films, 36 Urdu, 23 Punjabi and one Pashto film in Pakistan.
Filmography of Ragni before partition:
No. |
Year |
Film |
Language |
Director's |
Actor's |
1 |
1940 |
Dulla Bhatti |
Punjabi |
R.K.Shori |
Ragni, M.D,Kanwar, Majnu, Zahoor Shah |
2 |
1940 |
Himmat |
Punjabi |
R.K.Shori |
Ragni, Majnu, Manorma, Zahoor Shah |
3 |
1940 |
Mera Mahi |
Punjabi |
Shankar Mehta |
Ragni, Kiran Deevan, Manorma, Zahoor Shah |
4 |
1942 |
Nishani |
Punjabi |
R.K.Shori |
Ragni, Majnu, Roop Leikha, Kamla |
5 |
1942 |
Patwari |
Punjabi |
B.S. Rajan |
Ragni, Narang, Manorma, Zahoor Shah |
6 |
1942 |
Ravi Par |
Punjabi |
Shankar Mehta |
Ragni, Deena, Rajindra, Saleem Raza |
7 |
1943 |
Poonji |
Punjabi |
Vishnu Panjuli |
Ragni, Janeat, Manorma, M. Ismael, Ajmal |
8 |
1944 |
Dasi |
Urdu |
Hearan Boss |
Ragni, Najmul Hassan, Oam Parkash |
9 |
1945 |
Dhamki |
Urdu |
Ravindar Radev |
Ragni, Al-Nasir, Ajmal, Kalawati, G.N. Butt |
10 |
1945 |
Shirin Farhad |
Urdu |
Parlaw Dutt |
Ragni, Janeat, Ghulam Mohd, Zahoor Shah |
11 |
1946 |
Bindia |
Urdu |
C.M. Lohar |
Ragni, Kamal Zamindar, E. Bilemoria |
12 |
1946 |
Neik Perveen |
Urdu |
S.M. Yousuf |
Ragni, Ilhas, Shakir, Yaqoob, Rehana |
13 |
1946 |
Shahjehan |
Urdu |
A.R. Kardar |
Ragni, K.L.Saigal, Sulochna, Nasreen |
14 |
1947 |
Farz |
Urdu |
Narinjan |
Ragni, Sudhir, Farida, Laila, Agha |
15 |
1947 |
Man Mani |
Urdu |
S. Badami |
Ragni, Jay Raj, E. Balimoria, Sabeeta |
Filmography of Ragni as heroine in Pakistan:
No. |
Year |
Films |
Langu. |
Director's |
Actor's |
1 |
1949 |
Mundri |
Punjabi |
Daud Chand |
Ragni, Ilyas Kashmiri, Allauddin |
2 |
1950 |
Kundan |
Urdu |
Khadim Mohayuddin |
Ragni, Shakar, Azad, Hamaliya Wala |
3 |
1951 |
Akeli |
Urdu |
M.M.Mehra |
Ragni, Santosh, Neena, Nazar |
4 |
1955 |
Iltija |
Urdu |
Chdohary Gull |
Ragni, S. Gul, Yasmin, Salim Raza |
5 |
1955 |
Nazrana |
Urdu |
Murtaza Jeelani |
Ragni, Santosh, Zeenat, Nazar, Azad |
6 |
1955 |
Noukar |
Urdu |
Atta Ullah Shah Hashmi |
Sawarn Lata, Nazir, Shaad, Ragni, Zeenat, Asha Poslay, A. Shah,
Agha Salim Raza |
7 |
1955 |
Shararay |
Urdu |
Afzal Jahangir |
Sabiha, Ragni, S. Gul, Hamaliyawala |
8 |
1957 |
Bedari |
Urdu |
Rafiq Rizvi |
Ragni, Rattan Kumar, Santosh, Meena |
9 |
1958 |
Annar
Kali |
Urdu |
Anwar Kemal Pasha |
Noor Jehan, Sudhir, Zarif, Ragni, Shamim Ara, Hamalia Wala, Fazal Haq |
10 |
1960 |
Zanjeer |
Urdu |
Masood |
Ragni, Masood, Nazar, Fozia, Azad |
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Najma
Heroine
She was second heroine in Pakistan's first released film Teri
Yaad. She married Bari Malik who was the owner of Pakistan's largest film
studio - Bari Studio Lahore. Actress Saloni was
Bari Malik's second wife. Najma's son Raheel Bari is running Bari studio in these
days. Here is her filmography:
| No. |
Year |
Film |
Language |
Actors |
| 1 |
1948 |
Teri Yaad |
Urdu |
Asha Poslay, Nasir Khan, Najma, Nazar & Jahangir |
| 2 |
1949 |
Hachkolay |
Urdu |
Najma, Sudhir, Ajmal, M. Ismael |
| 3 |
1950 |
Hamari Basti |
Urdu |
Najma, Sabiha, Nazir, Zarif, Shah Nawaz |
| 4 |
1951 |
Billo |
Punjabi |
Najma, Darpan, Zeenat, M. Ismael |
| 5 |
1952 |
Harjai |
Urdu |
Najma, Masood, Zeenat, Asif Jah |
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Shamim
Heroine
Shamim was the first heroine in Pakistan's first ever silver jubilee
Urdu film Do
Aansoo (1950). She was Mrs. Anwar Kamal Pasha - who was the most successful
film director in the 50s.
| No. |
Year |
Film |
Language |
Actors |
| 1 |
1949 |
Shahida |
Urdu |
Shamim, Nasir Khan, Shakir, Hamaliya Wala |
| 2 |
1950 |
Do
Aansoo |
Urdu |
Sabiha, Santosh, Shamim, Ajmal, Allauddin |
| 3 |
1950 |
Gabhroo |
Punjabi |
Shamim, Santosh, Ajmal, Allauddin |
| 4 |
1951 |
Dilbar |
Punjabi |
Shamim, Anwar Kemal, Asif Jah, Sahra, Ajmal |
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Shola
Supporting heroine
She was famous supporting heroine in the 50 and appeared in a total number
of 17 films from Teri
Yaad in 1948 till Ghalib in
1961. Here are some famous films of Shola:
| No. |
Year |
Films |
Language |
Actors |
| 1 |
1948 |
Teri
Yaad |
Urdu |
Asha Poslay, Nasir Khan, Najma, Nazar, Shola |
| 2 |
1950 |
Shammi |
Punjabi |
Shammi, Santosh, Ajmal, Shola, Ghulam
Mohammad |
| 3 |
1955 |
Toofan |
Urdu |
Sabiha, Sudhir, Shola, Asha, Zarif |
| 4 |
1956 |
Hameeda |
Urdu |
Sabiha, Santosh, Ejaz, Shola, Zeenat,
Nazir |
| 5 |
1956 |
Shalimar |
Urdu |
Rehana, Sudhir, Shola, Nazar |
| 6 |
1957 |
Daata |
Urdu |
Sabiha, Sudhir, Shola, Diljeet Mirza,
Ghulam Mohammad |
| 7 |
1957 |
Laila Majnoo |
Urdu |
Bahar, Aslam Pervez, Shola, Ilyas Kashmiri |
| 8 |
1959 |
Society |
Urdu |
Musarrat Nazir, Sudhir, Shola, Husna,
Zeenat, Salim Raza |
| 9 |
1961 |
Ghalib |
Urdu |
Noor Jehan, Sudhir, Salim Raza |
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