Shabnam

Acting

Shabnam

Born

1946-08-17 (80)

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Shabnam is a Bangladeshi–Pakistani stage and film actress. Actor Waheed Murad introduced her to the Pakistani film industry by offering her a lead role in his film Samundar in 1968. Shabnam remained active in Lollywood in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. She has appeared in over 150 films. She was a leading actress in the Pakistani film industry for 28 years. Shabnam migrated from East to West Pakistan in 1968, and lived in the country until the late 1990s, later she returned to her native Bangladesh

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 17 titles

Kamyabi poster
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Kamyabi is a 1984 Pakistani, family drama and a musical film.

Kamyabi

1984

Bandish poster
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Faisal (Nadeem Baig) travels from Pakistan to Indonesia to claim the property of his late father. An accident makes him lose his memory as he forgets about the five crucial days that he had spent in Singapore.

Bandish

1980

Qurbani poster
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After Shabana leaves her home to pursue a singing career, her husband struggles bringing up their only son. Will the family ever get together or there will be always someone missing? Winner of the 1981 Nigar Award for Best Urdu Film.

Qurbani

1981

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Pakistani Urdu-language film

Lazawal

1984

Kabhi Alwida Na Kehna poster
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Based on a novel by Erich Segal.

Kabhi Alwida Na Kehna

1983

Sondhi poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Sondhi

1987

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Pakistani film

Gumnaam

1983

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Dehleez is a 1983 Pakistani Urdu-language drama film based on Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights, with screenplay by Syed Noor. It started Nadeem and Shabnam with Afzaal Ahmad and Agha Talish. The music of the film was composed by Kamal Ahmed.

Dehleez

1983

Kiran Aur Kali poster
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The Urdu film Kiran Aur Kali (1981) was directed by Zahid Shah.

Kiran Aur Kali

1981

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Pakistani film

Khubsoorat

1982

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Pakistani Film

Badalte Mausam

1980

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Pakistani film

Deewangi

1983

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Pakistani film

Naraaz

1985

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Pakistani film, it was written by Syed Noor and directed by Mohammad Javed Fazil.

Aahat

1982

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Film directed by Mohammad Javed Fazil

Faisla

1986

Nahi Abhi Nahi poster
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A teenager falls in love with an older woman as he is about to learn some valuable lessons in life.

Nahi Abhi Nahi

1980

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Pakistani film

Rishta

1980

1970s · 31 titles

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Classic Pakistani social film in the Urdu language

Shama Aur Parwana

1970

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A classic Pakistani Urdu-language drama film directed by Pervez Malik

Talash

1976

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Film starring Nadeem & Shabnam

Do Tasveerain

1974

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Pushpanjali (An Offering of Flowers) is a 1970 Hindi, romantic drama film, produced and directed by Kishore Sahu. The film was made under the "Kishore Sahu Productions" banner. Dinesh Khanna, his wife, Lata, and their son, Pappu, lead a harmonious and happy upper-middle class life in Bombay, India. Despite of their happiness, they know that Lata's heart is weak, and unable to withstand shock or over-excitement. While on a outing, Pappu starts having health problems, and must be admitted in hospital, so that various tests can be carried out to isolate and treat the problem. A few days later, Dinesh is at work, and the phone rings in the Khanna household. Lata answers the phone, and what she is told the shocking truth - a truth so devastating that it may take her life, and change the lives of her husband and child forever.

Pushpanjali

1970

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Urdu film directed by S. Suleman

Society

1973

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Film starring Nadeem & Shabnam

Sawan Aaya Tum Nahi Aaye

1974

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Pakistani Film

Daman Ki Aag

1976

Miss Hippy poster
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About the struggle of being a hippy in Pakistan

Miss Hippy

1974

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Pakistani Film

Dil Nasheen

1975

Dosti poster
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A Pakistani man goes abroad his country for earning money.

Dosti

1971

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Film directed by Parvez Malik

Pakeeza

1979

Nacher Putul poster
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A story of a middle class simple girl who becomes submissive to others for some circumstances.

Nacher Putul

1971

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Pakistani Film

Mann Ki Jeet

1972

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Raja, a mechanic pretending to be rich for a night, crosses paths with Najma, a millionaire's daughter posing as a poor girl. They quickly fall in love under false pretenses, but their romance faces a crisis as their elaborate webs of deception threaten to unravel.

Dil Lagi

1974

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Pakistani Film

Umang

1975

Aansoo Aur Muskan poster
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Beautiful Radha lives in a small hill-station in India. One day, Mahesh comes for sight-seeing, both meet, fall in love with each other, get intimate, and Mahesh promises to return, marry her and take her with him to live in Bombay. He does not return, Radha continues to search for him in every train that stops at Shampur, in vain. She eventually gives birth to a baby girl, Laxmi, and both are looked after by Shampur's kind-hearted Station Master. Radha does come across Mahesh, but he refuses to recognize her, and she kills herself. The Station Master takes Laxmi to her next of kin, in all two families, but all reject Laxmi, consider her inauspicious, and will have nothing to do with her. He leaves Laxmi with her maternal grand-parent, Bhagwanti and her husband, but Laxmi is abused and she runs away to Bombay, where she is befriended and looked after by a blind beggar, Anwar.

Aansoo Aur Muskan

1970

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Pakistani Film

Anmol Mohabbat

1978

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Pakistani film

Zanjeer

1975

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Urdu film directed by S.Suleman

Intezar

1974

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Pakistani Film

Badal Aur Bijli

1973

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A young man returns home to a mother from whom he ran away as a child. Since she doesn't know what he looks like, a fugitive sees the opportunity of impersonating him.

Pehchan

1975

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Pakistani Film

Do Aansoo

1976

Aina poster
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Aina is a love story of two hearts and two souls but from two different social classes, one being a daughter of a business tycoon and one being a realistic, self-confident and a little bit arrogant poor young man.

Aina

1977

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Film by K. Khursheed

Farz Aur Mamta

1975

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Urdu film starring Nadeem

Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan

1971

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Pakistani film

Saiyyan Anari

1976

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A country rube goes to the city to try and find work and runs into misunderstandings and trouble.

Anari

1975

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Pakistani film

Jale Na Kyoon Parwana

1970

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Urdu film directed by S. Suleman

Bhool

1974

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Urdu Film, with Kaveeta in her debut role

Do Badan

1974

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Shabnam in a double role

Zeenat

1975

1960s · 9 titles

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Lollywood Film

Tum Mere Ho

1968

Never Came poster
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The emergence of the educated middle-class. Shawkat’s life as a bohemian artist perfectly illustrates the life of an artist in Dhaka during the 60s. When Shawkat’s father loses his job, and eventually dies, the reality of living in a capitalist society as an artist dawns on him

Never Came

1961

Chanda poster
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'Chanda' is a Pakistani Urdu-language film starring Rehman and Sultana Zaman in the lead roles. It is the first Urdu-language film to be produced in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). It is also Shabnam's Urdu-language film debut.

Chanda

1962

Talash poster
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Film starring Shabnam and Rehman

Talash

1963

Last Station poster
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Based on the story 'Pagli' by Hajra Masroor, Jamil, a young engineer comes to East Pakistan where he joins the railway department. On station, there is a mentally retarded girl who often wanders there. It comes across to Jamil that there is a backstory behind her mental retardation. Some time before, her marriage was called off because her father could not fulfill the groom's demand of huge dowry. Her father died in result and she became unconscious/mad.

Last Station

1965

Kajal poster
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The Munim in Ranimaa's family lives with his son, Kaushal and daughter, Madhavi. After he passes away, Ranimaa brings up both children as her own, along with her only son, Rajesh.

Kajal

1965

Ladla poster
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A family drama.

Ladla

1969

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Behula is a 1966 Bengali film directed by Zahir Raihan and stars Razzak and Shuchanda as lead pair. It was based on the Hindu mythology of Behula, who fights vehemently to goddess Manasa for her husband Lakhindar's life.

Behula

1966

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A great musical film.

Nazneen

1969