54-585: Jharna Basak (born 17 August 1946), known by her stage name 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 been nominated for Nigar awards several times, winning it 13 times (the most for an actress). She has appeared in over 150 films films. She
108-660: A doodle on its homepage for Pakistan, India and several other countries. Murad was an only child and grew up in Karachi . His mother was Shireen Murad (a Christian from Bikaner who had converted to Islam), and his father was Nisar Murad, a film distributor in Bombay , both of whom had migrated to Karachi before the partition of India (1947). He did graduation from S. M. Arts College , Karachi, and then masters in English literature from University of Karachi . His father
162-409: A TV writer and anchor and a close friend, invited Waheed to his TV comedy show Silver Jubilee . Babra Sharif , revealed that during the filming of a scene of Hero , Waheed lost his balance while walking toward her and fell down. He took several minutes to catch his breath prior to standing up on his feet again. In July 1983, Waheed was driving his car too fast and struck a tree. He was left with
216-457: A famous film producer was also present in the waiting area and Waheed put him on the spot by asking if he had a role for him for Javed Sheikh 's father in his movie. The producer had a difficult time dodging Waheed. Waheed's son Aadil was in Karachi staying with his grandmother. A day before his face surgery, Waheed celebrated his son's birthday. He bought several gifts for Aadil and wished him
270-603: A happy year. He returned late to spend the night at Anita Ayub's mother Mumtaz Ayub's home. When Waheed did not wake up until late, the door had to be forced open and Waheed was found lying on the floor, dead for several hours. A paan leaf with an unidentified substance in it was found in his mouth. It is not clear if the cause of death was a heart attack or suicide. Waheed was buried near his father's grave in Gulberg Graveyard in Lahore . Waheed Murad married Salma,
324-616: A local newspaper: "Not even once during that time [did] Waheed come to me seeking work in my films. Waheed was becoming depressed. His close friends revealed that he was becoming addicted to alcohol, oral tobacco and sleeping pills. Even his domestic life suffered and his wife Salma left for the United States. A combination of bad habits and stress caused ulceration in Waheed's stomach in 1981. He suffered from bleeding and had to undergo stomach removal to save his life. His many fans came to
378-458: A master's degree in English literature from University of Karachi . He started his film career in a cameo in 1959 in the film Saathi when he was 21 years old. One of his films, Armaan , which was produced by him, was a great success. Murad is the only actor of film industry to secure the highest number of platinum, diamond, golden and silver jubilees. He mesmerized Pakistani nation during 1960s and 1970s more than anyone before or after and
432-464: A number of films. Waheed Murad brought Malik, Anwar and Rana under the umbrella of 'Film Arts'. Film Arts broke up and Pervaiz Malik started creating his own projects with new actors. A total of seven films, including two films, i.e., Usey dekha usey chaha and Dushman released after a long gap of 6 years in 1974, were produced with the combination of Waheed and Pervaiz (but not under 'Film Art' Production). In 1969, Waheed produced, wrote and directed
486-721: A public meeting was chaired by President Ayub Khan , in which the government made decisions about the Pakistan Television stations and the media industry in the country. Since 1963, its headquarters are in Islamabad, near the Cabinet Secretariat . From 1961 to 1962, a television headquarters was established in Lahore and several pilot transmission tests were taken by Rahman's team. Subsequently, many television divisions were established throughout Pakistan by this team, including East-Pakistan . Although it
540-427: A remake of Ahmed Rushdi 's first South Asian pop song " Ko Ko Korina ", originally lip-sync by Waheed Murad in the 1966 film Armaan , in the voices of Mustehsan and Ahad Raza Mir. Their rendition of this Pakistani classic was widely criticized. Within a few days of the video being released on YouTube, it became the most-disliked video in the music show's 11-year history. Waheed Murad's son Adil Murad also reacted to
594-449: A scar on his face. A few days after the accident, Waheed asked his friend Pervez Malik for a role. Malik said, "Get better and you will be the lead in my next film." He replied, "You give me the role and I will get better". He was going to Karachi to get the scar fixed to complete the last few scenes of Hero when he met the chief editor, Ilyas Rasheedi, of the film magazine 'Nigar' at the airport. Rasheedi wrote in his magazine: By chance
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#1732798076771648-449: A total of 124 films (two were released after his death), of which 38 were black and white and 86 were in colour. He also appeared in six films as a guest star including his first and shortest appearance in 1959's Saathi . He acted in 115 Urdu films, 8 Punjabi films and 1 Pushto film, and earned 32 film awards including ones for best producer and for best actor. Waheed Murad produced eleven films under his father's company Film Art. He
702-693: Is considered to be evergreen chocolate hero of Pakistan's silver screen history. He acted in 125 feature films and earned 32 film awards. In November 2010, 27 years after his death, the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari posthumously awarded him the Sitara-e-Imtiaz , the third highest honour and civilian award by the State of Pakistan, given in the fields of literature, arts, sports, medicine, or science. On 2 October 2019, Google celebrated Murad's 81st birthday with
756-492: Is considered to probably be the only film actress in the world to have continuously and successfully played the romantic lead in films for almost three decades, from the early 1960s to the late 1980s. After the Bangladesh Liberation War had ended, Shabnam wanted to visit her native homeland. It took her two years to get the "No Objection Certificate" which was required for her to get a Bangladeshi visa. It
810-720: Is directed by Ali Tahir, and its music is composed by Sahir Ali Bagga. She is also committed to star in Aina 2 , a sequel to her 1977 film Aina , which will be directed by Syed Noor . Shabnam married music composer Robin Ghosh in 1966. Together they had one son; Ronnie Ghosh. Robin Ghosh died on 13 February 2016 in Dhaka, due to respiratory failures. In an interview, she described him as a loving, caring and very understanding person who never interfered in her film life and never asked questions when she came home late from work. After retirement from
864-598: The Indo-Pakistani war in 1971, the PTV was nationalized and brought in completely under the government-ownership management by the then President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto 's government. Communication network expansion was vast by the PTV and government publicly funded its infrastructure expansion all over the country. Promotion of regional literature , science-fiction miniseries , country music , and romanticizing rural values in drama playwrights were on-aired by
918-554: The Nigar award in the best film's category for the year. Heera aur pathar was his first movie as a leading actor. He got the Nigar award in the best actor category for the same film. In 1966, he produced and acted in Armaan . The film broke all the box office records at that time and completed 75 weeks in theatres. The film were sung by Ahmed Rushdi . Murad received two Nigar awards for
972-455: The conservative ideas were promoted on the PTV as part of the government policy, and heavy investments were made on the promotion of education programming series. In 1990s, the PTV's programming was said initially to have intellectual appeal but succumbed to commercial pressure. In 1992, the composition of PTV's programming was based upon on 56% of entertainment, and only 25% of news and educational programmes. About 54% of national programming
1026-413: The "father of Pakistan Television". Private industries commercials were permitted with no fee; initially all the commercials of industrial conglomerates were tax-free with no additional charges. The PTV remained under the private sector management with more than half of the shares were sold to Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in a fear that all shares would fall into the hands of government in
1080-432: The PTV broadcast the live Cricket match between England vs. Pakistan . During this time, the PTV's interview programming series brought many scientists, politicians, sportsmen, actors, musicians, and artists to public fame. By the 1980s, the transmissions of PTV could be reached over 90% area of Pakistan. In 1980s, the PTV was the sole provider of television , and dominated the electronic media industry. During 1980s,
1134-617: The PTV, at the behest of public funding by the Government of Pakistan . The PTV was considered as source of major national integration . Microwave National Network was established among the centres of PTV in 1973 while Quetta and Peshawar centers were started in 1974. The PTV transmission switched over from its original black and white to color transmission in 1975. Regional headquarters of PTV and television centers were established in Peshawar and Quetta in 1974. In 1977–78,
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#17327980767711188-509: The Pakistani community, most notably the then Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousaf Raza Gillani . 23 of her Urdu movies celebrated diamond jubilees in Lollywood. Shabnam was the heroine among 12 of those movies. Shabnam won 13 Nigar Awards for best actress, which is a record to date. In 2017, Shabnam announced that she would be returning to the Pakistani entertainment industry with television series Mohini Mansion Ki Cinderellayain , which
1242-404: The Pakistani government. The award ceremony was organized by PTV . The function was hosted by prominent actress and television presenter Bushra Ansari . The function included live interviews of she and her husband, along with famous singers and co-artists of the duo. Many of Shabnam's and Robin Ghosh's songs were performed on stage by young Pakistani artists. The show was attended by top members of
1296-532: The broadcaster censored the speeches of Akhtar Mengal , Asad Qaiser , Mahmood Khan Achakzai , and Omar Ayub . The speeches of Achakzai, Ayub, and Mengal were completely blacked out for speaking about Pakistani military's interference in the political process. In response, the lawmakers submitted a privilege motion against the broadcaster. PTV operates the following channels: On 9 June 2022 Minister of Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb and PTV launches PTV Films Division along with another initiative
1350-647: The capital of East Pakistan ; renamed to Bangladesh Television in 1971), a third centre was established in Rawalpindi and Islamabad in 1965 and the fourth in Karachi in 1966. On 29 May 1967, a private company was established as Pakistan Television Corporation under the Company Act, 1913, whereas the private sector remained charged with broadcasting on the television. At that time, all studio programmes were telecasted live as no VTR recording machines were available, which were made available in 1968. After
1404-559: The case were recounted in detail in his book Mere Mashhoor Muqaddamay (My Popular Cases). Shabnam worked in a total of 170 films, including 152 Urdu films, 14 Bengali and 4 Punjabi films. Her unreleased films include: Gharonda, Bunjarun and Itna Pyar Kon Karay. Her debut film was a Bengali film. Her first Urdu film, Chanda (1962 film) was filmed in Bangladesh. Waheed Murad Waheed Murad ( Urdu : وحید مراد ; 2 October 1938 – 23 November 1983), also known as Chocolate Hero ,
1458-410: The categories best producer and best actor for the film. In 1967, he appeared as the leading actor in films like Devar Bhabi , Doraha , Insaaniyat and Maan baap . From 1964 to 1968, Murad and Pervaiz Malik made Heera Aur Pathar , Armaan , Ehsaan , Doraha and Jahan tum wahan hum . The combination of Waheed Murad, Pervaiz Malik, Masroor Anwar, Sohail Rana , Ahmed Rushdi and Zeba created
1512-403: The daughter of a Karachi-based industrialist, on 17 September 1964. They had two daughters, Aaliya and Sadia, and one son, ( Adil ). Sadia died in infancy. On 2 October 2019, Google celebrated Murad's 81st birthday with a doodle on its homepage for Pakistan. At PTV Awards in 2012 on 11 June at 17th PTV Awards tributes were paid to him and he was awarded PTV Pakistani Legend Award which
1566-592: The film industry, she used to take care of her parents and her husband, until their deaths. She now leads a retired life as a housewife, in Dhaka. Farooq Bandial , a politician from Punjab's Khushab district and the cousin of Umar Ata Bandial , along with other four men committed armed dacoity at the residence of Robin Ghosh and Shabnam in Gulberg area of Lahore on 13 May 1978. A Special Military Court handed Bandial and four other men death sentences for committing armed dacoity. Farooq Bandial's uncle Fateh Khan Bandial
1620-543: The help of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) , the Colombo Plan , and the Government of Japan . Aslam Azhar (1932–29 December 2015) was appointed the first managing director of the Pakistan Television in charge of all the staffing requirements at the first PTV Lahore , Center. This first managing director and executive Aslam Azhar is widely considered to be
1674-475: The hospital to donate blood to save the life of their favourite hero. Although, he recovered, he lost a significant amount of weight. Even then, Iqbal Akhtar and Iqbal Yousuf, who proved to be real friends in difficult times, cast Waheed Murad in their movies. Waheed appeared old and charmless in Dil ney phir yaad keya and Ghairao . Even his loyal admirers felt that it was all over for him." In 1983, Anwar Maqsood ,
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1728-430: The movie Ishaara . It was released in 1969. Other co-stars included Shabnam , Rozina , Aliya, Talish and Mustafa Qureshi . Murad received a Nigar award in the best actor category for the film. In his 25-year career, Murad paired with many actresses like Zeba , Shamim Ara , Rani , Naghma, Aaliya, Sangeeta , Kaveeta , Aasia , Shabnam , Deeba , Babra Sharif , Rukhsana , Bahar Begum and Neelo . He acted in
1782-409: The name of greater interest of the country. The project began with a tent on the back lot of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation by Ubaidur Rahman where a transmission tower and a studio were constructed by his team. On 26 November 1964, President Ayub Khan inaugurated the first official television station commencing transmission broadcasts from Lahore , followed by Dacca on 25 December 1964 (then
1836-440: The outcry by apologizing to the song's fans for the controversial remake. In 2022, "Ko Ko Korina", featured in the opening scene of American series Ms. Marvel and won top ratings. By the late 1970s, Waheed was being cast in supporting roles either with Nadeem or with Mohammad Ali. Most of the leading heroines like Zeba, Shabnam and Nisho were not allowed to play lead roles with Waheed by their husbands. Pervaiz Malik wrote in
1890-693: The overwhelming number of fans and offers she had in Pakistan, it took her 20 years to finish her last films, and then enter retirement. After returning to Dhaka and taking a break for 2 years, Shabnam lastly performed in movie ' Ammajan ,’ directed by Kazi Hayat . She performed in that movie in the central role and it was released in 1999. The film went on to be a super-hit and one of the most successful movies in Bangladeshi film history. In 2012, Shabnam visited Pakistan along with her husband after 13 years, where they were awarded lifetime achievement award by
1944-534: The rehearsals were scripted in Bengali. The music of this film was composed by her husband Robin Ghosh . The film turned out to be a hit, starting her career in the top ranks of the Pakistan film industry . After starring in dozens of super-hit films, Shabnam became the number one reigning actress in Pakistan by the early 1970s. She retained that position until the mid-1980s, when she slowly started to retire. She
1998-541: The role of Ubaidur Rahman , an electrical engineer in the Engineering Division of Radio Pakistan , as the project director of the first television station in Lahore . Ali reached a milestone in 1961 after establishing a private television broadcasting company with the cooperation of Nippon Electric Company (NEC) of Japan and Thomas Television International of the United Kingdom . In 1963,
2052-544: Was a Punjabi whose family belonged to the cultural elite of Sialkot . Murad's ancestors had migrated from the Bahmani Sultanate in southern India to Kashmir and eventually settled in Sialkot in the 18th-century. Where Murad's grandfather Zahoor Murad, an advocate and a social activist, adopted the surname "Murad" in 1887. The Murads also claimed Turkish ancestry; claiming that one of their ancestors, Murat,
2106-463: Was a Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer. Famous for his charming expressions, attractive personality, tender voice and unusual talent for acting, Waheed is considered one of the most famous and influential actors of South Asia and has influenced the film industry in the subcontinent . Born in Sialkot , Pakistan, he graduated from the S. M. Arts College Karachi , and then earned
2160-460: 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. Shabnam was born on 17 August 1946 in Dhaka , in the erstwhile British India in a Bengali Hindu family. Her father was Nani Basak , a football referee from Dhaka. As a young girl, she
2214-573: Was a soldier of Ottoman -origin serving in the Mughal Army who settled in Punjab. Waheed Murad started his film career by joining his father's established 'Film Art' in 1961 as producer of the film Insan Badalta Hai . In his second film as producer Jab se dakha hai tumhein he cast Darpan with Zeba as heroine. Afterwards, Darpan most of the time started coming late at studio. Zeba suggested Waheed to cast himself as hero in his next film. Waheed
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2268-446: Was again doing films in her native Dhaka and Lahore . Since 1987 she made London her place of residence. Shabnam left Pakistan and its film industry in the late 1990s. She gracefully retired and moved to Bangladesh in 1997. According to her, she retired because of her age, and her duty to look after her parents, as they were entering their last years. She planned on retiring after her super-hit blockbuster film Aaina . But because of
2322-410: Was as a dancer in the movie "Rajdhanir Bukey". When the song became a hit, the audience requested that she be cast as a lead actress. That was when she starred in her Bengali debut film as a heroine, Harano Din . Shabnam moved to West Pakistan after the director Ehtesham cast her in his Urdu movie Chanda in the erstwhile West Pakistan . Since her Urdu wasn't that proficient at that point in time,
2376-527: Was based on Urdu and only 16% accounted for English . Unlike other state-run corporations, Pakistan Television Corporation was allowed by the Government of Pakistan to raise a sizable amount of private capital to finance the stations. This includes a Rs . 35 per month TV fee charge to all consumers of electricity. PTV, being the state broadcaster, has exclusive access to telecast parliamentary sessions. It has been observed to censor speeches of opposition leaders on several occasions. During March 2024,
2430-455: Was being launched by the name of PTV Flix which would feature the 75 years of rich content in the form of dramas, films and other genres in the archives of PTV. The purpose of these is to bring films to the PTV screen but also to generate quality content in the country. Established in 1987, Pakistan Television Academy is an apex TV institution in Pakistan, which imparts professional training in disciplines of television broadcast technology. It
2484-440: Was established on 26 November 1964, with a pilot television station established at Lahore . The idea of establishing a media and television industry was conceived in late 1956 and created by the privately set up national education commission with the support of President Ayub Khan in 1960. In 1961, the private sector media mogul and industrialist Syed Wajid Ali launched a television industrial development project, bringing
2538-542: Was given to his son Adil Murad . The Government of Pakistan named a street and intersection after him in Lahore on 16 August 2021. Pakistan Television Corporation Pakistan Television Corporation ( Urdu : پاکستان ٹیلی وژن نیٹ ورک ; reporting name : PTV ) is the Pakistani state-owned broadcaster founded by the Government of Pakistan , operating under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting . It
2592-596: Was later revealed that Lollywood had requested the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan to not give her a visa, as they feared she would not return from Bangladesh. Nevertheless, she reassured her fans and colleagues that she would not abandon Pakistan, and would be back after visiting her parents. Only then did the Foreign Ministry let her leave Pakistan, making sure their most popular actress would not leave. Around 1988, she switched on to character acting and
2646-515: Was more adventurous and tomboyish in nature in comparison to her sister, who was into singing. She would still practice dance moves. She was offered a role in a movie as a supporting dancer, thus beginning her career in arts. Shabnam began her career when her father got her admitted into the Bulbul Lalitakala Academy . A close friend of her father got her a role in a dance sequence in the movie "Ei Desh Tomar Amar". Her next role
2700-419: Was not ready to sign himself in his own movies. But when the same suggestion came from his old good friend Pervaiz Malik, he accepted it on the condition that if Zeba would be his co-star, Zeba accepted in return (according to Zeba). As a result, he firstly appeared in a supporting role in 1962's Aulad . The film was directed by his friend S.M. Yousuf. Aulad got much more acclaims from critics, and it also got
2754-476: Was originally supposed to go on air on 1 September 1964, the first-ever news broadcast was done on 26 November 1964 after an introduction by Syed Wajid Ali which was beamed as a black and white transmission by the PTV. The first programme, formatted by Thomson Television International, telecast amateur programmes with foreign films ; the television division in the Punjab Province was established with
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#17327980767712808-541: Was produced in the 1980s and was released after his death. As a director, he had directed as well as produced Ishaara (1969) with co-star Deeba . In Waheed's career, most of the songs picturised by him were sung by Ahmed Rushdi. He sang more than 200 duet and solo songs for him. Other playback singers who provided voice for him were Mehdi Hassan , Masood Rana , Saleem Raza , Akhlaq Ahmed , Mujeeb Aalam , Asad Amanat Ali Khan , Bashir Ahmad , Ustad Amanat Ali Khan and A Nayyar . In August 2018, Coke Studio produced
2862-441: Was the youngest film producer in the Pakistani film industry at that time. Most of his produced films were either Golden Jubilee or Silver Jubilee. During the 1960s and early 1970s, he produced films like Insaan Badalta Hai (1961) (his first film as producer), Armaan (1966), Ehsaan (1967), Naseeb Apna Apna (1970) and Mastana Mahi (Punjabi film of 1971). However, after Mastana Mahi , he produced no film except Hero which
2916-470: Was then a secretary in the federal government. He used his influences and the accused were later commuted by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq after Robin Ghosh and Shabnam granted them a pardon, and it was later changed to a life sentence. Bhandial joined Imran Khan's PTI in 2018, but was expelled the same day after news of his involvement in the dacoity re-surfaced. S.M. Zafar served as the legal counsel for Robin Ghosh and Shabnam in their case. The details of
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