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Naseem Akhtar
She was an established playback singer before partition and sang for major music directors of that era including Khurshid Anwar, Naushad, and Khemchand Prakash. After partition, she migrated to Pakistan. Divorced from Rafiq Maula(?), a Pakistani producer, she spent her last days in miserable poverty and breathed her last around 1952 after severe unattended illness.
Some of her memorable songs include Aag lagi dil mein woh pyari (Shahjehan, 1946) and Kisi kai madhur pyar mein dil mera kho gaya with Sushil Sahu (Sindoor, 1947).
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Nasreen (Senior), Nasreen (Junior) and Naseem Akhtar
1. Nasreen (Senior) – Salma Agha’s mother appeared in 2 films – Shah jehan (1946) and Ek Roz (1947). She migrated to Pakistan after independence and married a wealthy carpet dealer from Karachi. Nasreen was the daughter of actress Anwari and music-director/actor Rafiq Ghaznavi. Rafiq and Anwari played the title roles in 1932 version of Heer Ranjah (also the first talkie produced in Lahore). Nasreen died in 2004.
Naseem Akhtar singing for Nasreen in Shah Jehan (1946), music by Naushad.
2. Nasreen (Junior) – Nasreen was a Pakistani starlet who was introduced by Anwar Kamal Pasha in Gumnaam (1954). She is best remembered for her role as the female vampire in Zinda Laash (1967). Some websites like thehotspotonline are confusing her with Salma Agha’s mother in their review of the film Zinda Laash.
Nasreen as female vampire in Zinda Laash (1967) trying to seduce Asad Bokhari.
3. The girl who sang “Aag lagi dil mein woh pyari” for Nasreen (Senior) in Shah Jehan (1946) was Naseem Akhtar. A popular playback singer of the ’40s Naseem sang for many music directors including Naushad and Khemchand Prakash. Here is her brief profile :-
Naseem Akhtar
Nasreen (Senior), Nasreen (Junior) and Naseem Akhtar
1. Nasreen (Senior) – Salma Agha’s mother(Zarina Agha) appeared in 2 films – Shah jehan (1946) and Ek Roz (1947). She migrated to Pakistan after independence and married a wealthy carpet dealer from Karachi. Nasreen was the daughter of actress Anwari and music-director/actor Rafiq Ghaznavi. Rafiq and Anwari played the title roles in 1932 version of Heer Ranjah (also the first talkie produced in Lahore). Nasreen died in 2004.
Naseem Akhtar singing for Nasreen in Shah Jehan (1946), music by Naushad.
2. Nasreen (Junior)
– Nasreen was a Pakistani starlet who was introduced by Anwar Kamal Pasha in Gumnaam (1954). She is best remembered for her role as the female vampire in Zinda Laash (1967). Some websites like thehotspotonline are confusing her with Salma Agha’s mother in their review of the film Zinda Laash.
Nasreen as female vampire in Zinda Laash (1967) trying to seduce Asad Bokhari.
3. The girl who sang “Aag lagi dil mein woh pyari” for Nasreen (Senior) in Shah Jehan (1946)
Naseem Akhtar | Atul's Song A Day- A ...
Naseem Akhtar
Naseem Akhtar
She was an established playback singer before partition and sang for major music directors of that era including Khurshid Anwar, Naushad, and Khemchand Prakash. After partition, she migrated to Pakistan. Divorced from Rafiq Maula(?), a Pakistani producer, she spent her last days in miserable poverty and breathed her last around 1952 after severe unattended illness.
Some of her memorable songs include Aag lagi dil mein woh pyari (Shahjehan, 1946) and Kisi kai madhur pyar mein dil mera kho gaya with Sushil Sahu (Sindoor, 1947).
Rafiq Ghaznavi (Urdu: رفیق غزنوی) (1907 – March 2, 1974) was a British Indian musician and actor, known for his contributions in
Abdul Rashid Kardar's Heer Ranjha (1932) film,
Mehboob Khan's Taqdeer (1943),
film Ek Din Ka Sultan (1945) among others.
Rafiq Ghaznavi - Singer, Actor and Music Director of the 1940s Retrieved 6 February 2018
He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore.
Rafiq Ghaznavi & Sarojni (Real Name Roshan Jehan) in Sundari (Song of Love)-1936
Rafiq Ghaznavi's ancestors originally comes from Ghazni, Afghanistan. After partition of India in 1947, he migrated to Lahore, Pakistan. Later, he moved to Karachi, Pakistan. In Pakistan, he composed music for director Ashfaq Malik's film Parwaaz (1954) and director Aziz Ahmed's film Mandi (1956). He later joined Radio Pakistan and dedicated himself exclusively to Radio programs as a music director.
Rafiq Ghaznavi
in Actress Kyoon Bani-1938
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Anwari
Anwari (Old Times Actress) in Aurat Ka Pyaar | Rashid Ashraf | Flickr
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Anwari is an actress, known for Woh Kaun Thi? (1964), Buddha Mil Gaya (1971) and Bin Badal Barsaat (1963).
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Mother of actress Nasreen and grandmother of actress and singer Salma Agha.
Anwari Begum Filmography
Welcome to the complete filmography of Anwari Begum on
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Anwari Begum movies, filmography ...
Here you will find the full list of movies on which
Anwari Begum has worked, in reverse chronological order. You can also
view the filmography by the role played by Anwari Begum and the status
of the movie using the drop-down menu below.
1959
(Released)
C.I.D. Girl
- Actor
1950
(Released)
Posti
- Actor
1948
(Released)
Gopinath
- Actor
1946
(Released)
Anmol Ghadi
- Actor
1936
(Released)
Maa Ki Mamta
- Actor
1936
(Released)
Jeevan Naiya
- Actor
1936
(Released)
Achhut Kanya
- Actor
1935
(Released)
Dakoo Ka Ladka
- Actor
1934
(Released)
Adal-E-Jahangir
- Actor
1933
(Released)
Puran Bhakat
- Actor
1932
(Released)
Heer Ranjha
- Actor
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Salma Agha and her uncle Raj Kapoor
Although not related by blood, Raj Kapoor considers Salma Agha’s mom Zarina Agha as his cousin. Salma Agha’s grandmother Anwari Begum was involved with music director/actor Rafiq Ghaznavi and had a daughter named Zarina. Later Anwari married Ahmed Suleman, and he accepted Nasreen as his own daughter and raised her as his own. Ahmed’s real name before converting to Islam was Jugal Kishore Mehra, and he and Prithviraj Kapoor’s wife Ramsarni Mehra were brothers and sisters.
It is said that Salma used her Uncle’s Raj Kapoor connection to be casted in B.R. Chopra’s superhit film Nikaah (1982).
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He died in Karachi at the age of 67 on 2 March 1974.