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Shamim Ara

Shamim Ara

Actor, Director, Producer

Born March 22, 1938 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Died August 5, 2016

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Shamim Ara is a renowned film actress, film producer and film director of Pakistan. She was born in British India at Aligarh in 1938. Her father's name was Syed Ali Ahmad and her maternal grandmother's name was Iqbal Begum who played a very active role in developing Shamim Ara's film career in Pakistan after Shamim Ara's mother's death at an early age. The family encouraged her to become a professional dancer in her childhood. Then her family visited Karachi, Pakistan in 1956 and Shamim Ara ran into a famous Pakistani film director Najam Naqvi there who was looking for new talent for his upcoming new movie Kunwari Bewa (1956) in Karachi. She was cast for the movie and her film acting career was launched. She acted in over 80 Pakistani films including super-hits like Saheli (1960),Qaidi (1962), Naila (1965) and Anarkali (1958). In 1976,she decided to become a film director herself and turned out many super-hit films like Playboy (1978), Miss Istanbul (1996) and Munda Bigra Jaye (1995) among many others. After Shamim Ara's husband Sardar Rind died in a fatal car accident on Karachi-Hyderabad Highway, she married film director Fareed Ahmed but this marriage only lasted for a very short time and the couple separated for unknown reasons and got divorced.Then Shamim Ara married A.Majeed from Agfa Color Film Company and had a son with him named Salman Iqbal. As of 2016, she is still married to Dabeer-ul-Hasan who is a film story writer and an associate film producer. Shamim Ara had a brain hemorrhage in Lahore, Pakistan in October 2010. She was then taken to London for treatment by her family. In London, after a brain surgery, she went into a coma and stayed in that coma until her death on 5 August 2016. Her son Salman Iqbal looked after her while she was being treated in the hospital. Looking at her entire film career, she did more than 80 films. There is no denying that she was an extremely active, talented and a successful film personality of Pakistan.

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Filmography

Actor

54

Type

Year

Film star Interviews- Doctor Zee Show from America Video2020We did a show on her life

Heart Talks TV Series2000Self - Guest

Beta Feature Film1994

The Elephant Walk Feature Film1993

Night Club Feature Film1978

Zaib Un Nisa Feature Film1976

Night Club Feature Film1971

Parai Aag Poster

Parai Aag Feature Film1971

Mishor Kumari Feature Film1970

Salgirah Poster

Salgirah Feature Film1969

Doosri Maa Feature Film1968

Saiqa Feature Film1968

Do Raha Feature Film1967

Hamraz Feature Film1967

Lakhon Mein Aik Poster

Lakhon Mein Aik Feature Film1967

Shola Aur Shabnam Poster

Shola Aur Shabnam Feature Film1967

Aag Ka Darya Feature Film1966

Qabeela Feature Film1966

Azmat-e-Islam Poster

Azmat-e-Islam Feature Film1965

Devdas Feature Film1965

Fashion Feature Film1965

Naila Feature Film1965

Chingari Poster

Chingari Feature Film1964

Farangi Feature Film1964

Haveli Feature Film1964

Maikhana Feature Film1964

Pyar Ki Saza Feature Film1964

Shikari Feature Film1964

Tanha Feature Film1964

Dulhan Feature Film1963

Ik Tera Sahara Poster

Ik Tera Sahara Feature Film1963

Kala Pani Feature Film1963

Mera Kya Qasoor Feature Film1962

Qaidi Feature Film1962

Insaan Badalta Hai Feature Film1961

Zamana Kya Kahega Feature Film1961

Zameen Ka Chand Feature Film1961

Bhabhi Feature Film1960

Do Ustad Feature Film1960

Izzat Feature Film1960

Raat Ke Rahi Poster

Raat Ke Rahi Feature Film1960

Roop Matti Baz Bahadur Feature Film1960

Saheli Feature Film1960

Alam Ara Feature Film1959

Apna Paraya Poster

Apna Paraya Feature Film1959

Faisla Feature Film1959

Jaidad Feature Film1959

Mazloom Feature Film1959

Raaz Feature Film1959

Savera Feature Film1959

Anarkali Poster

Anarkali Feature Film1958Suraiyya - Anarkali's sister

Wah Rahe Zamane Feature Film1958

Kunwari Bewa Feature Film1956

Miss 56 Feature Film1956

Director

9

Hearty Feature Film1997

Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin Feature Film1997

Hum To Chalay Susral Poster

Hum To Chalay Susral Feature Film1996

Love '95 Poster

Love '95 Feature Film1996

Miss Istanbul Poster

Miss Istanbul Feature Film1996

Munda Bigra Jaye Poster

Munda Bigra Jaye Feature Film1995

Beta Feature Film1994

The Elephant Walk Feature Film1993

Playboy Feature Film1978

Producer

3

The Elephant Walk Feature Film1993

Playboy Feature Film1978

Saiqa Feature Film1968

Writer

1

Beta Feature Film1994

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