Bahar Begum

Bahar Begum
Bahar Begum
بہار بیگم
Born	Kishwar Hafeez; 1 August 1942 (age 82); Lahore, Punjab, British India
Education	Convent of Jesus and Mary Lahore
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	1956 - present
Spouse	Iqbal Yusuf (ex-husband)
Children	2
Relatives	S. M. Yusuf (father-in-law)
Awards	Nigar Awards- Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002

Bahar Begum (born Kishwar Begum; c. 1942) is an actress best known for many Pakistani movies since 1956.

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She was first introduced to the Pakistani film industry by the renowned film director Anwar Kamal Pasha in the film Chann Mahi (1956).^[1] Anwar Kamal Pasha is the one that gave her the professional film world name Bahar Begum. She later acted both in Punjabi, Pashto and Urdu language Pakistani films and had a very active career from 1956 till 2000s. She has more than 600 films to her credit.^[1]

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Bahar Begum studied at the Convent of Jesus and Mary Lahore, Pakistan.^[1]

Having grown up in Lahore, Pakistan, her career has centered on the Punjabi film industry, initially playing heroines and then "emotionally strong mothers", usually ending-up playing 'mother' to a popular lead actor of Punjabi films Sultan Rahi in his films during the 1980s.^[2]^[1] She has performed well in films playing a loud rural woman, especially the role of a Chaudhrani in Punjabi movies. Bahar Begum can speak Punjabi, Urdu, Pashto and English fluently.^[1]

Bahar Begum married director and actor Iqbal Yousuf son of film director S. M. Yusuf some years later they divorced and she has two children.

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Year	Title	Role	Network
1996	Teesra Aadmi	Tehmina's mother	PTV
1998	Paranda	Begum Zara	PTV
2011	Akbari Asghari	Amma	Hum TV
2014	Bhabhi	Sarim's mother	ARY Digital
2017	Wafa Ka Mausam	Soni's mother	TV One

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Title	Released	Language
Chann Mahi^[1]	1956	Punjabi
Kartar Singh	1959	Punjabi^[3]
Watan	1960	Urdu^[4]
Aik Thi Maa	1960	Urdu^[4]
Salma	1960	Urdu^[4]
Sohni Kumaharan	1960	Punjabi^[4]
Mitti Diyan Moortan	1960	Punjabi^[5]
Laggan	1960	Urdu^[5]
Aabroo	1961	Punjabi^[5]
Jaduger	1961	Urdu^[5]
Mangti	1961	Punjabi^[5]
Tum Na Mano	1961	Urdu^[5]
Do Raste	1961	Urdu^[5]
Ajnabi	1962	Urdu^[6]
Suraj Mukhi	1962	Urdu^[6]
Dal Me Kala	1962	Urdu^[6]
Dhoop Chaon	1963	Urdu^[7]
Shararat	1963	Urdu^[7]
Suhaag	1963	Urdu^[7]
Azad	1964	Urdu^[8]
Bharjai	1964	Punjabi^[8]
Khandan	1964	Urdu^[7]
Lunda Bazar	1964	Urdu^[8]
Lutera	1964	Urdu^[7]
Mamta	1964	Urdu^[7]
Waris Shah	1964	Punjabi^[7]
Doctor	1965	Urdu^[9]
Kalay Log	1965	Urdu^[9]
Sanam	1965	Urdu^[10]
Jeera Blade	1973	Punjabi
Sargent	1977	Urdu
Sadqay Teri Mout Tun	1977	Punjabi
Begum Jaan	1977	Urdu
Aina	1977	Urdu^[11]
Wehshi Gujjar	1979	Punjabi
Sher Khan^[1]	1981	Punjabi
Chan Suraj	1981	Punjabi
Khan-e-Azam	1981	Punjabi
Jatt Da Vair	1981	Punjabi^[12]
Aangan	1982	Urdu
Charda Suraj	1982	Punjabi
Jatt Te Dogar	1983	Punjabi
Des Pardes	1983	Punjabi
Moti Dogar	1983	Punjabi
Rustam Te Khan	1983	Punjabi
Sher Mama	1983	Punjabi
Dara Baloch	1983	Punjabi
Sholay	1984	Punjabi
Pukar	1984	Punjabi
Khuddar	1985	Punjabi
Ghulami	1985	Punjabi
Qaidi	1986	Punjabi
Malanga	1986	Punjabi
Joora	1986	Punjabi
Gernail Singh	1987	Punjabi
Moti Sher	1987	Punjabi
Silsila	1987	Punjabi
Roti	1988	Punjabi
Sarmaya	1990	Punjabi
Sher Dil	1990	Punjabi
Kalay Chor^[1]	1991	Punjabi/Urdu
Riaz Gujjar	1991	Punjabi
Daku Raj	1992	Punjabi
Zamana	1993	Punjabi/Urdu
Pajero Group	1994	Punjabi/Urdu
Sher Punjab Da	1994	Punjabi
Zameen Aasman	1994	Punjabi/Urdu
Choorian	1998	Punjabi
Mehndi Waley Hath	2000	Punjabi
Soha Jora	2007	Punjabi
Khamosh Raho	2011	Urdu
Shareeka^[1]	2012	Punjabi
Shor Sharaba^[13]	2018	Urdu

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Year	Award	Category	Result	Title	Ref.
1993	Nigar Award	Best Supporting Actress	Won	Zamana	^[14]
1994	Nigar Award	Best Supporting Actress	Won	Zameen Aasman	^[14]
1999	Nigar Award	Special Award	Won	Millennium Award	^[14]
2002	Nigar Award	Lifetime Achievement Award	Won	Contribution to Cinema	^[14]

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[1]
Sher Khan (7 December 2012). "Bahar Begum - Lollywood's favourite mommy". The Express Tribune newspaper. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
[2]
actress Bahar Begum Interview on YouTube Published 18 May 2008, Retrieved 3 July 2019
[3]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 247. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
[4]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 248. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
[5]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 249. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
[6]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
[7]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 252. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
[8]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 253. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
[9]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 254. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
[10]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 255. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
[11]
"Aina: the 'greatest' of them all". The News International. 10 August 2021.
[12]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 300. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
[13]
Adnan Lodhi (17 August 2016). "'Shor Sharaba' enters post-production". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 3 July 2019.
[14]
Swami Ji. "Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards (1957 - 2002)". The Hot Spot Film Reviews website. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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[Tribune-1] [1]
Sher Khan (7 December 2012). "Bahar Begum - Lollywood's favourite mommy". The Express Tribune newspaper. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2024.

[2] [2]
actress Bahar Begum Interview on YouTube Published 18 May 2008, Retrieved 3 July 2019

[3] [3]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 247. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.

[Gazdar1997p248-4] [4]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 248. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.

[Gazdar1997p249-5] [5]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 249. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.

[Gazdar1997p250-6] [6]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.

[Gazdar1997p252-7] [7]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 252. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.

[Gazdar1997p253-8] [8]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 253. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.

[Gazdar1997p254-9] [9]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 254. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.

[10] [10]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 255. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.

[11] [11]
"Aina: the 'greatest' of them all". The News International. 10 August 2021.

[12] [12]
Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 300. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.

[13] [13]
Adnan Lodhi (17 August 2016). "'Shor Sharaba' enters post-production". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 3 July 2019.

[TheHotSpotFilmReviewswebsite-14] [14]
Swami Ji. "Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards (1957 - 2002)". The Hot Spot Film Reviews website. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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Bahar Begum
بہار بیگم
Born	Kishwar Hafeez (1942-08-01) 1 August 1942 (age 82) Lahore, Punjab, British India
Education	Convent of Jesus and Mary Lahore
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	1956 - present
Spouse	Iqbal Yusuf (ex-husband)
Children	2
Relatives	S. M. Yusuf (father-in-law)
Awards	Nigar Awards- Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002