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Nighat Sultana
Characters that are born on the celluloid breathe amongst people. Otherwise, they die young! If you have watched Hasan Tariq’s classic, Neend, from 1959, you would have noticed a young prostitute in the scenes from the coalminer’s colony, who sings merrily along the littered streets, to the refrains of the famous song by Rasheed Attre, ...
Nasima Khan
The dreamy vision of the 1950s and the 1960s was something that truly inspired artistes to venture forth into the fold. They came from all walks of life, not just the bazaar, as is the case today. Nayyar Sultana, Jamila Razzaq, Shamim Bano and Najma all belonged to the middle-class and upper middle-class, respectable families; ...
Mahpara
Flamboyant girls in printed fabrics have been more than a few in every industry. And Lollywood has had its share of them, too. Amongst those, Mahpara was a prominent addition in the mid- ‘60s, who was a dusky damsel of delightful proportion! Mahapara was fortunate to enter the foray during the golden period of Lollywood, ...
Meena Chaudhary
Song and dance is the part and parcel of cinema. All pretty young things come to the industry with the wish to, sooner or later, do the lead role in the films. So was the case with Meena Chaudhary, a sweet starlet with a fondness for pirouettes. When she walked into the iron gates of ...
Emmy Minwalla
Emmy Minwalla was one of the first non-muslim actresses to make her presence felt in Pakistani film industry. Belonging to Zoroastrian faith, she was introduced as a dancer in M.J. Rana’s Sohni (1955). Her dances were considered as the necessary ingredients of many Pakistani Films. Her best performances as a dancer were in Baji (1963), Dosheeza ...
Rozina
Rozina’s very name illicit strange ambiguity. Was the name and career posited for top heroine doom; supporting role mediocrity; vamp role status; western slapstick side parts; or eastern demureness? Actually Rozina’s movie career encompassed all of these cinematic spheres but never reached any great heights per se. Her screen persona was all bubbles and effervescence ...
Asha Mathur
Both Asha Mathur and Bina Roy were introduced by Kishore Sahu in Kali Ghata (1951). While Bina Roy was relatively more successful among the two and did some memorable movies including Anarkali (1953) and Taj Mahal (1963), Asha Mathur was relegated to obscure mythical and costume films including Alif Laila (1953), Rajyogi Bharthari (1954), Malka-E-Alam ...
Bina Roy
Bina Roy, best known for her roles in films like Anarkali (1953) and Taj Mahal (1963), passed away in Mumbai on December 6, 2009 following a cardiac arrest. Bina Roy was born Krishna Sarin on July 13, 1932 in Lahore. Bina Roy was a 1st year Arts student at the Isabella Theodore College in Lucknow ...
Omar Sharif (1931 – )
Omar al-Sharif was born Michel Dimitri Shalhoub, to an Alexandrian family of Lebanese descent. He was discovered by director Yusef Chahine, who cast him in three films: Sira’afil-Wadi (Feud in the Valley, 1953), Shaytan al-Sahara (The Desert Devil, 1954), and Sira’a fil-Mina (Feud in the Port, 1955). The friendship with Chahine soured however, and all ...
Salah Abu Sayf (1915 – 1996)
Cairo is the capital of the cinema industry in the Arab World. It could not have attained this status without pioneers like Salah Abu Sayf. Starting out as an editor, he went on to directing films for over fifty years. His movies have two distinctive characteristics: unity of space and unity of dramatic treatment. Three ...
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Anita:
Anita was one of the most vulgar actresses to ever grace Pakistani Cinema. She was infamously kn...
Pakistani Film Database - 1969:
TITLE
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
MUSIC
CAST
Box-Office Status
Aanch (U)
Mohd.Khan
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Shaan - Interview:
The roomful of frantic brand managers were whispering, gushing, giggling, organising, scheduling...
Indian Film Database - 1958: Previous 1940s - 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954
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Layla Murad (1918-1995):
Layla Murad began her film career in 1932, singing "The Day of Departure" in al-Dahaya (The Vict...
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