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Salma Agha
Aagha in 2011
Born	London, England, UK
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress, producer
Spouse(s)	Rahmat Khan (m. 1999–2010; divorced, 2 children) Manzar Shah. (m. 2011–present)
Children	Sasha Agha (daughter) Liaqat Ali Khan (son)
Relatives	See Agha family

Salma Agha is a British singer and actress of Pakistani origin^[1] who sang as well as acted in Indian films in the 1980s and the early 1990s. Her first film was B.R Chopra's Nikaah for which she won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award for the ghazal "Dil Ke Armaan Aansuon Mein Beh Gaye".

Early life and career

Agha was born to Nasreen (born as Zarina Ghaznavi) and Liaqat Gul Tajik.^[2] Her father was given the title of Agha, as he was a reputed businessman of precious stones and antiques in Iran. Salma's maternal grandparents are actor Jugal Kishore Mehra and actress Anwari Begum who starred in the first ever made Heer Ranjha (1932). Salma's biological maternal grandfather was Rafiq Ghaznavi. Nasreen was later adopted by Jugul Kishore Mehra, who converted to Islam and took on the name Ahmed Salman.^[3]

Personal life

Salma Agha was married to Rahmat Khan in 1999. This couples has two children's Sasha Agha and Liaqat Ali Khan. In 2010, this couples were divorced and agha again married to Manzar Shah in 2011.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Nikaah	Nilofar	Filmfare Awards in Best female playback singer for Dil Ke Armaan
1984	Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki	Leena	Also playback singer
1985	Salma	Salma Banarasi
1985	Oonche Log	Poonam Singh
1986	Aap Ke Saath
1988	Kanwarlal
1988	Jungle Ki Beti
1988	Paanch Fauladi	Julie
1988	Mahaveera	Don's Dancer
1990	Pati Patni Aur Tawaif	Gauri	Also playback singer
1991	Meet Mere Man Ke
1996	Gehra Raaz
2010	Bachao

References

^ Seema Sinha, TNN Sep 4, 2012, 10.05AM IST (2012-09-04). "Salma Agha's daughter Sasha bags Yashraj's film". The Times of India. Retrieved 2013-04-24.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Salma Agha: What's the Big Deal if I Married Twice?". Retrieved 2013-12-13.
^ "Rafiq Ghaznavi". Retrieved 2013-12-13.

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Punjabi films	Firdous (1970) Rani Begum (1971) Aliya Begum (1972) Firdous (1973) Neelo (1974) Mumtaz (1975) Neelo (1976) Aasia (1977) Najma (1978) Mumtaz (1979) Mumtaz (1980) Anjuman (1981) Anjuman (1982) Rani Begum (1983) Durdana Rehman (1984) Mumtaz (1985) Anjuman (1986) Anjuman (1987) Babra Sharif (1988) Neeli (1989) Babra Sharif (1990) Neeli (1991) Anjuman (1992) Neeli (1993) Reema (1994) Reema (1995) Saima (1996) Reema (1997) Saima (1998) Reema (1999) Saima (2000)
Television	Shehnaz Sheikh (1982) Bushra Ansari (1984) Marina Khan (1986) Saba Hameed (1987) Shakila Qureshi (1989)

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1959–1980	Lata Mangeshkar (1959) No Award (1960, 1961, 1962) Lata Mangeshkar (1963) No Award (1964, 1965) Lata Mangeshkar (1966) No Award (1967) Asha Bhosle (1968) Asha Bhosle (1969) Lata Mangeshkar (1970) Sharda (1971) Asha Bhosle (1972) Asha Bhosle (1973) Asha Bhosle (1974) Asha Bhosle (1975) Sulakshana Pandit (1976) Hemlata (1977) Preeti Sagar (1978) Asha Bhosle (1979) Vani Jairam (1980)
1981–2000	Nazia Hassan (1981) Parveen Sultana (1982) Salma Agha (1983) Aarti Mukherji (1984) Anupama Deshpande (1985) Anuradha Paudwal (1986) No Award (1987, 1988) Alka Yagnik (1989) Sapna Mukherjee (1990) Anuradha Paudwal (1991) Anuradha Paudwal (1992) Anuradha Paudwal (1993) Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun (1994) Kavita Krishnamurti (1995) Kavita Krishnamurti (1996) Kavita Krishnamurti (1997) Alka Yagnik (1998) Jaspinder Narula (1999) Alka Yagnik (2000)
2001–present	Alka Yagnik (2001) Alka Yagnik (2002) Kavita Krishnamurti and Shreya Ghoshal (2003) Shreya Ghoshal (2004) Alka Yagnik (2005) Alisha Chinai (2006) Sunidhi Chauhan (2007) Shreya Ghoshal (2008) Shreya Ghoshal (2009) Kavita Seth and Rekha Bhardwaj (2010) Mamta Sharma and Sunidhi Chauhan (2011) Rekha Bhardwaj and Usha Uthup (2012) Shalmali Kholgade (2013) Monali Thakur (2014) Kanika Kapoor (2015) Shreya Ghoshal (2016) Neha Bhasin (2017) Meghna Mishra (2018) Shreya Ghoshal (2019) Shilpa Rao (2020) Asees Kaur (2021) Asees Kaur (2022) Kavita Seth (2023) Shilpa Rao (2024)