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Shamim Bano
شمیم بانو
Born
Shamim Bano Begum

(1920-07-29)29 July 1920
Lahore, British India
Died23 October 1984(1984-10-23) (aged 64)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Other namesShamim
Bano Begum
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Singer
Years active1939 – 1977
SpouseAnwar Kamal Pasha (husband)
Children3
RelativesHakim Ahmad Shuja (father-in-law)
AwardsNigar Award:
Best Supporting Actress Award for Zehr-e-Ishq (1958) and Ghalib (1961)[1]

Shamim Bano (also commonly termed 'Shamim' or 'Bano Begum'; 29 July 1920 – 23 October 1984), was a film actress and singer in Indian and Pakistani Cinema.[2] She starred alongside Dilip Kumar in his debut film Jwar Bhata.[note 1] She was the wife of famed Pakistani film director and producer Anwar Kamal Pasha, and thus daughter-in-law of poet, writer and scholar Hakim Ahmad Shuja.[2]

Early life

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Shamim Bano was born in Lahore, British India, in 1920 to a family of Pathan farmers and small landowners. Later they settled in the Punjab region but her parents sold most of their patrimony and shifted to Lahore and later Bombay (now Mumbai), soon after the end of the First World War.[3]

Career

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Shamim was a successful Indian heroine of the 1940s.[2] She was related to legendary actress and singer Khursheed Bano as well as Meena Kumari. She is remembered for her role as being the co-star of Dilip Kumar in his first film Jwar Bhata (1944).[2][4]

She started her career in the late 1930s with Vishnu Cine's Baghi (1939). Ranjit Movietone's Armaan (1942) was one of the most popular films of her career.[4] Another milestone of her career was Kishore Sahu's Sindoor (1947), which became quite controversial at the time of its release because it dealt with the topic of remarriage of Hindu widows.[4] Mehmaan, Sanyasi and Pehle Aap were other notable films of her career.[2][5]

After India's partition in 1947, she migrated to Pakistan and appeared in a few Pakistani films, including Shahida (1949) where she was paired with Dilip Kumar's younger brother Nasir Khan, followed by Do Ansoo (1950) which became the first golden jubilee Urdu film of Pakistan.[6][7][2][8]

Personal life

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Bano married director and producer Anwar Kamal Pasha with whom she had worked in the movie Do Ansoo.[4] Pasha was younger than her. She bid adieu to her film career to focus on her family. She had three children with Pasha.[2]

Death

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She died at her home in Lahore in 1984.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Language
1939 Imandar Hindi
1939 Baghi Hindi
1940 Kanyadan Hindi
1940 Nirali Duniya Hindi
1940 Pyar Hindi
1941 Dhandora Hindi
1941 Pyas Hindi[9]
1942 Armaan Hindi
1942 Fariyaad Hindi
1942 Maheman Hindi[10]
1942 Return of Toofan Mail Hindi
1943 Bansari Hindi
1943 Gauri Hindi
1944 Pehle Aap Hindi
1944 Jwar Bhata Hindi
1945 Sanyasi Hindi
1946 Laaj Hindi
1947 Bhanwar Hindi
1947 Sindoor Hindi[11][12]
1947 Do Naina Hindi
1947 Nateeja Hindi
1947 Samrat Ashok Hindi
1947 Shikarpuri Hindi
1948 Azad Hindustani Hindi
1948 Desh Seva Hindi
1948 Toote Tare Hindi
1949 Shahida Urdu
1950 Do Ansoo Urdu
1950 Gabhroo Punjabi
1951 Dilbar Punjabi
1953 Ghulam Urdu
1953 Tarrap Urdu
1954 Raat Ki Baat Urdu
1958 Zehr-e-Ishq Urdu
1961 Ghalib Urdu
1976 Sajjo Rani Hindi

Awards and recognition

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Year Award Category Result Title Ref.
1958 Nigar Award Best Supporting Actress Won Zehr-e-Ishq [1]
1961 Nigar Award Best Supporting Actress Won Ghalib [13]

Notes

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  1. ^ Not to be confused with another, later Pakistani film actress Shamim Ara

References

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  1. ^ a b "List of Nigar awards from 1957 to 1971". The Hot Spot Online website. 17 June 2002. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Shamim Bano profile". Cineplot.com website. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  3. ^ Anwar Kamal Pasha, Interview The Pakistan Times, 5 June 1981
  4. ^ a b c d Ishtiaq Ahmed (16 June 2023). Pre-Partition Punjab's Contribution to Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 110. ISBN 9781032523576.
  5. ^ Collections. Update Video Publication. p. 139.
  6. ^ Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
  7. ^ The Illustrated Weekly of India. Bombay, Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Co. p. 21.
  8. ^ Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 32. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
  9. ^ "Shamim Bano - Filmography". Cineplot.com website. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  10. ^ Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 215.
  11. ^ The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 96. Bombay, Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Co. p. 96.
  12. ^ 75 Years of Indian Cinema. New Delhi : Indian Book Co. p. 123.
  13. ^ "Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards". Desi Movies Reviews. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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