
Acting
Shamim Ara
Born — Died
1938-03-22 — 2016-08-05
Place of birth
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Known for
Acting
Credits
39 titles
Shamim Ara is a renowned film actress, film producer and film director of Pakistan. She was born in British India at Aligarh in 1938. Her father's name was Syed Ali Ahmad and her maternal grandmother's name was Iqbal Begum who played a very active role in developing Shamim Ara's film career in Pakistan after Shamim Ara's mother's death at an early age. The family encouraged her to become a professional dancer in her childhood. Then her family visited Karachi, Pakistan in 1956 and Shamim Ara ran into a famous Pakistani film director Najam Naqvi there who was looking for new talent for his upcoming new movie Kunwari Bewa (1956) in Karachi. She was cast for the movie and her film acting career …
Known for
Pakistani Film
Parai Aag
1971
NRA love story undone by circumstance takes a darker turn when the past refuses to stay buried.
Suhag
1972
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Miss Istanbul
—
Rehman and Ehsan, two orphaned brothers, grow up to find themselves on opposite sides of the law when one becomes a police officer and the other turns into a dreaded dacoit.
Jio Aur Jeene Do
1976
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Qaidi
1962
NRA 1960 Pakistani film directed by Nazir Ajmeri, who also produced it, and wrote its story and screenplay. It stars Shamim Ara and Ejaz.
Izzat
1960
Film credits
1980s · 1 titles
1970s · 4 titles
Pakistani Film
Parai Aag
1971
NRA love story undone by circumstance takes a darker turn when the past refuses to stay buried.
Suhag
1972
Rehman and Ehsan, two orphaned brothers, grow up to find themselves on opposite sides of the law when one becomes a police officer and the other turns into a dreaded dacoit.
Jio Aur Jeene Do
1976
Pakistani film directed by Fareed Ahmed
Angarey
1972
1960s · 17 titles
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Qaidi
1962
NRA 1960 Pakistani film directed by Nazir Ajmeri, who also produced it, and wrote its story and screenplay. It stars Shamim Ara and Ejaz.
Izzat
1960
10.0Set in 1910s and 1920s at the time of British Raj, Farangi revolves around the battle of a Pashtun freedom fighter against the British army. At Nigar Awards 1964, the film received four awards including Best Actress for Shamim Ara.
Farangi
1964
NRAkbar, an honest tonga driver, struggles to care for his widowed sister and her children. But when a criminal ring begins abducting children across the city, he finds himself drawn into a desperate fight to protect the innocent and reunite broken homes.
Dil Ke Tukre
1965
10.0The Urdu film Bhabhi (1960) was directed by Syed Atta Ullah Shah Hashmi. Starring Shamim Ara and Aslam Pervaiz in leading roles
Bhabhi
1960
8.0A Pakistani musical romance drama about love, loyalty, and emotional conflict within a family. As Naila prepares for marriage, changing feelings and strained relationships begin to test the bonds around her.
Naila
1965
NRThis Urdu film Jalva (1966) was directed by Younis Rahi.
Jalwa
1966
NRHamraz (1967) is a Pakistani suspense thriller by Khwaja Khurshid Anwar, starring Shamim Ara and Mohammed Ali, loosely based on The Woman in White, about a conspiracy against two sisters.
Hamraz
1967
10.0A story about two women, who shared their husband.
Saheli
1960
5.0The drama revolves around a child who is considered unlucky because of her gender.
Saiqa
1968
NRA novelist consumed by society's moral collapse goes undercover as a taxi driver, drifting through the city's nightlife and its forgotten people, searching for answers he may not be ready to find.
Chingari
1964
NRFollowing his parents' tragic demise, an orphaned boy is labeled "cursed" by superstitious villagers and forced to endure harsh treatment. As family conflicts and societal prejudices mount, the young child risks everything in a moment of grave danger to prove his worth and clear his name.
Mera Kya Qasoor
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Dil Mera Dharkan Teri
1968
NRA Hindu girl who is raised in the Pakistani part of Kashmir, is gunned down while crossing the barbed-wire frontiers.
Lakhoon Main Aik
1967
NRFilm starring Shamim Ara.
Ik Tera Sahara
1963
NRNadeem, a gifted singer with a heart of gold, finds his world shattered when his passion for music is deemed a disgrace. Forced to choose between his art and his love, he faces a crossroads that will haunt him for a lifetime.
Doraha
1967
NR1960 pakistani film
Raat Ke Rahi
1960
1950s · 5 titles
Behind the camera
NRA love story undone by circumstance takes a darker turn when the past refuses to stay buried.
Suhag
1972
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Miss Istanbul
—
Rehman and Ehsan, two orphaned brothers, grow up to find themselves on opposite sides of the law when one becomes a police officer and the other turns into a dreaded dacoit.
Jio Aur Jeene Do
1976
Rehman and Ehsan, two orphaned brothers, grow up to find themselves on opposite sides of the law when one becomes a police officer and the other turns into a dreaded dacoit.
Jio Aur Jeene Do
1976
Rehman and Ehsan, two orphaned brothers, grow up to find themselves on opposite sides of the law when one becomes a police officer and the other turns into a dreaded dacoit.
Jio Aur Jeene Do
1976
6.9The film is set in 1947. The exodus has begun after Partition. A Sikh ex-military man in his thirties finds a 16-year-old Muslim girl alone in a nearby village and brings her home. But the villagers tell him he should either marry her or leave her in a camp where people bound for Pakistan are located. But he decides that since he is far older, he would better leave her at the camp. As he is about to send her off with a man bound for the camp and who is prepared to marry her there, she asks Buta Singh, if he is so poor that he cannot even feed her two Rotis per day to keep her alive...
Shaheed-E-Mohabbat Boota Singh
1999
NRMunda Bigra Jaey became the first ever Urdu film to celebrate diamond jubilees (100 weeks) in both Karachi and Lahore's cinemas. This film achieved some amazing success through out the country and it was a great comeback of Urdu films.
Munda Bigra Jaey (A Boy Gone Astray)
1995
Pakistani film
Playboy
1978
Pakistani film
Playboy
1978
5.0The drama revolves around a child who is considered unlucky because of her gender.
Saiqa
1968
NRUrdu film directed by S. Suleman
Bhool
1974






