Zeba Bakhtiar
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Zeba Bakhtiar (Urdu: زيبا بختيار) is a Pakistani film and television actress and a television director. She made her television debut with a Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) drama, Anarkali (1988).[1] She made her Bollywood debut with Henna in 1991.[2]
Personal life
Zeba is the daughter of Yahya Bakhtiar, a lawyer, politician and pre-independence Muslim League activist who served as the Attorney General of Pakistan, and also played a key role in framing Pakistan's current constitution.[3][4] Her father belonged to Quetta,[3] while her mother Eva Bakhtiar was an English woman born to Hungarian parents.[5][4] Her father died in 2003,[3] and her mother died in 2011.[6] Her parents met in the UK in the early 1940s and married, with her mother eventually settling in Pakistan in 1949 after graduating from the University College London.[5][6] Zeba has two brothers, Salim and Karim, who are both doctors, and a sister, Saira.[3] She was raised in Quetta,[6] and moved to Karachi later.[3]
Zeba married singer Adnan Sami in 1993 and they divorced in 1997. They have a son named Azaan, who is a composer, producer and screenwriter.[2][3][7][5]
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Language |
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1991 | Henna[8] | Henna | Hindi |
1994 | Mohabbat Ki Aarzoo | Poonam Singh | Hindi |
1994 | Stuntman | Reena B. Tiwari | Hindi |
1995 | Jai Vikraanta | Nirmala Verma | Hindi |
1995 | Sargam[3] | Zeb-un-Nisa | |
1996 | Muqadama | Chanchal Singh | |
1996 | Chief Sahib | ||
1999 | Qaid | Khushboo | |
2001 | Babu | ||
2001 | Musalmaan | ||
2014 | O21[3] | as Producer | |
2015 | Bin Roye | Saba's Mother |
Television
- Anarkali (1988)- A Pakistan Television Corporation production
- Tansen
- Laag
- Mulaqat
- Abke Hum Bichre tau Shayad
- Muqaddas (1996)
- Mehmaan
- Shehr-e-Dil Ke Darwaze
- Moum (2010)
- Masuri
- Doordesh
- Aye Mere Pyar Ki Khushboo
- Ishq Ki Ibtida
- Samjhauta Express
- Hazaron Saal
- Be Imaan
- Takoune
- Maa Aur Mamta
- Bin Roye
- Aabla Paa
- Kharaash
- Pehli See Mohabbat
See also
References
- ^ Ahmad, Fouzia Nasir (November 9, 2014). "Zeba Bakhtiar: Deconstructing a legend". DAWN.COM.
- ^ a b "Zeba Bakhtiar Biography | Tv.com.pk". www.tv.com.pk.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Yahya Bakhtiar dies". Dawn. 28 June 2003. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ a b "'My hero': Zeba Bakhtiar shares a memorable picture". ARY News. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
Her father Yahya Bakhtiar was a lawyer and Attorney General of Pakistan who played a key role in the framing of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. Zeba's mother was a Hungarian woman.
- ^ a b c "Azaan Sami Khan discusses relation with father, Adnan Sami Khan". The News. 19 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
Speaking about family dynamics, Azaan first revealed, "My mother's mother was English; her parents were Hungarian. My grandfather met her in the early 1940s," he revealed.
- ^ a b c "Yahya Bakhtiar's wife dies". Dawn. 8 January 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ Hafeez, Zara Nasir (May 19, 2014). "The buzz: In conversation with Zeba Bakhtiar". tribune.com.pk.
- ^ "RIP Rishi Kapoor: 'Henna' will be remembered forever". DeccanHerald. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Pakistani actresses
- 21st-century Pakistani actresses
- Actresses from Karachi
- Kinnaird College for Women University alumni
- Nigar Award winners
- Pakistani film actresses
- Pakistani people of British descent
- Pakistani people of Hungarian descent
- Pakistani television actresses
- People from Quetta