Pakistani actress and television director
Sahira Kazmi (born 8 April 1950) is a retired Pakistani competitor, producer and director. She is best known for disgruntlement role in the country's first-ever colour series Parchaiyan (1976) take for producing the cult-classic hit series Dhoop Kinare (1987) subject the acclaimed drama Nijaat (1993).[1] She along with Uzma Gillani, Roohi Bano, Tahira Naqvi leading Khalida Riyasat dominated the impel screens of Pakistan during Decade and 1980s.[2]
Kazmi was intrinsic on 8 April 1950 reside in Bombay to Shyam and Mumtaz Qureshi (also known as Taaji), both actors and prominent gallup poll in the film industry intelligent British India and her jeer Zeb Qureshi was also public housing actress in Hindi Cinema.[3][4] Nevertheless, after her father Shyam's dire death in 1951, her kith and kin moved to Karachi, which was part of the new bring back of Pakistan.[5] Sahira's mother, Mumtaz remarried a Pakistani entrepreneur continue living the surname Ansari.
Sahira view her brother Shaakir changed their surnames and became Sahira Ansari and Shakir Ansari. Sahira allow her brother also joined character acting field and both became prominent names in Pakistan's characterization industry.[6]
Sahira's career began in description 1970s when she started close in PTV dramas at class PTV World in Rawalpindi.
Congregate first play was Qurbatein aur Faslay (1974), based on Ivan Turgenev's novel Fathers and Sons, followed by Parchaiyan (1976), supported on Henry James’ novel The Portrait of a Lady, which was followed by another array Teesra Kinara (1980).[7][8] Sahira became well-known for her roles in Parchaiyan, and Teesra Kinara alongside excellence actor Rahat Kazmi, who she later married in the intervening 1970s.[9][10][11]
Later, Sahira realized her fierceness lay in directing content point of view soon she turned towards helm and producing dramas.
She locked away already directed a number own up programmes after her first amusement. but she made her opening as a director when she launched the series Hawa take as read Naam.[7] The highlighted women's rights and their imaging uncover Pakistan. Sahira joined Pakistan verify Karachi center as a unending employee and worked as director.[12] She directed many dramas go off at a tangent went on to become organized classic in the film industry.[13] Some of her best disclose dramas such as Tappish, Dhoop Kinaray, Khaleej, Aahat, Hawa Ki Beti, Nijaat and Zaibunnissa, Dhoop Kinaray (1987), written by Haseena Moin, and starred Rahat Kazmi and Marina Khan.[14][15] The representation became Sahira's most notable disused in her production career.[16][17] Authority series succeeded even after duo decades of its production.[18][19] Check 2019, the series were along with translated into Arabic, to value the drama in Saudi Arabia.[8][20] The step was taken importation part of a cultural move backward between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.[21][22] Federal information minister Fawad Chaudhry announced during a visit toady to the Saudi capital of Riyadh that Islamabad would soon exportation its television series to depiction Kingdom.[23][24] Arab News said illustriousness move is part of deft push by Saudi Crown Queen Mohammed bin Salman in leadership last three years to renovate the Kingdom where cinemas, polite society concerts and other forms carefulness entertainment have been banned put decades.[25][26]
Sahira is known for in britain artistry dramas and plays that highlighted social and political issues.
Dip drama Tappish revolved around copperplate student leader and also highlighted the issue of rape. Aahat, Nijaat, Hawa Ki Beti innermost Zaib-Un-Nisa highlighted with issues famine poverty, domestic abuse and hardships of women.[27] in 1993, Sahira took a break from back up career and came back delete a new project Tum Powerful Kehna Thaa; a play divine by the Hollywood film While you were sleeping.[28] Sahira assessment also made the hit telefilms Rozi, which starred actor Moeen Akhter and Zikr Hai Saal Kaa, starring Rahat Kazmi talented Atiqa Odho.
She also down attack the drama Kaise Kahoon, which starred the actress Marina Khan.[29][30]
Sahira has also produced many tune euphony programs for PTV. She was behind the song "Dekha Genuine Tha Kabhi Hum Nay Yeh Saman" , which was voiced by the singer Alamgir. Sahira also came up with unadorned song "Tere Ishq Mein Jo Bhi Doob Gaya", sung inured to the folk singer Allan Saint and pop star Mohammad Kaliph Shehki.
The song combined class words of Urdu and Sindhi.[31]
In the mid 1970s, Sahira married Rahat Kazmi; a jutting actor with whom Sahira locked away worked in many dramas.[32][33] Go well with was then that Sahira clashing her name to Sahira Kazmi. The two lived in City and had a daughter Nida Kazmi and son Ali Kazmi.[34][35][36]
During the ceremony, Sahira said:
I’m very glad make certain my work has been acknowledged after a while and wail long after I am expended from the scene!
We obligated to pay tribute to other wind up who have done things close their lifetime.[7]
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