Shabnam

Acting

Shabnam

Born 1946-08-17 · Dacca, East Bengal, British India

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

Acting credits

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

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

Society poster
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Urdu film directed by S. Suleman

Society

1973

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

Miss Hippy

1974

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

Dosti

1971

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Pakistani Film

Dil Nasheen

1975

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Pakistani Urdu-language film

Lazawal

1984

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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Film directed by Parvez Malik

Pakeeza

1979

Sondhi poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Sondhi

1987

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

Dehleez poster
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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

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

Kamyabi

1984

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Pakistani film

Naraaz

1985

Umang poster
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Pakistani Film

Umang

1975

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

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 film

Zanjeer

1975

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

Talash

1976

Gumnaam poster
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Pakistani film

Gumnaam

1983

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

Talash poster
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Film starring Shabnam and Rehman

Talash

1963

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Pakistani Film

Anmol Mohabbat

1978

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

Aahat

1982