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Sunday, December 27th, 2009 by
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Shahid

His career spanned a mere decade, from 1973-1983. But female hearts fluttered aplenty during those ten eventful years! Shahid was the Don Juan of the Pakistani film industry during the 1970s. Like the quintessential star of that era, his off camera antics were almost as interesting as his reel life. …

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Saturday, December 26th, 2009 by
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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 …

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Saturday, December 26th, 2009 by
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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 …

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Saturday, December 26th, 2009 by
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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 …

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Friday, December 25th, 2009 by
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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 …

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Friday, December 25th, 2009 by
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Emmy Minwalla

1940s and 1950s were conservative times when exposing too much skin was considered a taboo, especially for the leading ladies. No wonder then, those decades were dominated by Christian and Zoroastrian dancers like Cuckoo and Helen in India and Rakshi, Emmy and Neelo in Pakistan. These girls used to play …

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Friday, December 25th, 2009 by
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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 …

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Thursday, December 10th, 2009 by
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Nazli

Loking objectively at this shot from the 80s farce Dollar man, which may or may not have been influenced by the occidental show ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’, one wonders how this look worn by B-actress Nazli ever got past the censors. Although the actress’ face is typically eastern; with …

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Thursday, December 10th, 2009 by
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Allaudin

Allaudin, one of the most versatile character-actors of Pakistani Film industry, began his career in undivided India. He belonged to the Kashmiri community of Rawalpindi, and his full name was Allaudin Butt. Handsomely built and blessed with a fine voice, Allaudin had reached Bombay with the sole wish of becoming …

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Sunday, November 15th, 2009 by
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Manorama

Yesteryears actress Manorama, known for her comic and negative roles, died on Feb 15th, 2008. She was last seen in Deepa Mehta’s Oscar nominated Water. The portly woman with exaggerated eyelashes and expressions was popularly known for roles like the wicked aunt in Seeta Aur Geeta, Ek Phool Do Maali …

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