Shamim Bano (also commonly termed 'Shamim' or 'Bano Begum') (29 July 1920 – 23 October 1984), was a film actress and singer in Indian and Pakistani Cinema.[2] She starred alongside with Dilip Kumar in his debut film Jwar Bhata.[note 1] She was the wife of famed Pakistani film director and producer Anwar Kamal Pasha, and thus daughter-in-law of poet, writer and scholar Hakim Ahmad Shuja.[2]
Shamim Bano | |
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| شمیم بانو | |
| Born | Shamim Bano Begum (1920-07-29)29 July 1920 Lahore, British India |
| Died | 23 October 1984(1984-10-23) (aged 64) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Other names | Shamim Bano Begum |
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| Years active | 1939 – 1977 |
| Spouse | Anwar Kamal Pasha (husband) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Hakim Ahmad Shuja (father-in-law) Khursheed Bano (aunt) Meena Kumari (cousin) |
| Awards | Nigar Award: Best Supporting Actress Award for Zehr-e-Ishq (1958) and Ghalib (1961)[1] |
Shamim Bano was born in Lahore, British India, in 1920 to a family of Pathan farmers and small landowners later they settled in the Punjab region but her parents sold most of their patrimony and shifted to Lahore and later Bombay (now Mumbai), soon after the end of the First World War.[3]
Shamim was a successful Indian heroine of the 1940s.[2] She was related to legendary actress and singer Khursheed Bano as well as Meena Kumari. She is remembered for her memoriable role as being the co-star of Dilip Kumar in his first film Jwar Bhata (1944).[2]
She started her career in the late 1930s with Vishnu Cine's Baghi (1939). Ranjit Movietone's Armaan (1942) was one of the most popular films of her career. Another milestone of her career was Kishore Sahu's Sindoor (1947), which became quite controversial during its release because it dealt with the topic of Hindu widow remarriage. Mehmaan, Sanyasi and Pehle Aap were other notable films of her career.[2][4]
After partition in 1947 she migrated to Pakistan and appeared in few Pakistani films including Shahida (1949) where she was paired with Dilip Kumar's younger brother Nasir Khan and Do Ansoo (1950) which became the first hit Urdu film of Pakistan.[5][6][2][7]
Shamim married director and producer Anwar Kamal Pasha with whom she had worked in movie Do Ansoo and Anwar was younger then her after her marriage with Kamal she had three children and then bid adieu to her film career and settled in for a marital bliss.[2]
She died at her home in Lahore in 1984.[2]
| Year | Film | Language |
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| 1939 | Imandar | Hindi |
| 1939 | Baghi | Hindi |
| 1940 | Kanyadan | Hindi |
| 1940 | Nirali Duniya | Hindi |
| 1940 | Pyar | Hindi |
| 1941 | Dhandora | Hindi |
| 1941 | Pyas | Hindi[8] |
| 1942 | Armaan | Hindi |
| 1942 | Fariyaad | Hindi |
| 1942 | Maheman | Hindi[9] |
| 1942 | Return of Toofan Mail | Hindi |
| 1943 | Bansari | Hindi |
| 1943 | Gauri | Hindi |
| 1944 | Pehle Aap | Hindi |
| 1944 | Jwar Bhata | Hindi |
| 1945 | Sanyasi | Hindi |
| 1946 | Laaj | Hindi |
| 1947 | Bhanwar | Hindi |
| 1947 | Sindoor | Hindi[10][11] |
| 1947 | Do Naina | Hindi |
| 1947 | Nateeja | Hindi |
| 1947 | Samrat Ashok | Hindi |
| 1947 | Shikarpuri | Hindi |
| 1948 | Azad Hindustani | Hindi |
| 1948 | Desh Seva | Hindi |
| 1948 | Toote Tare | Hindi |
| 1949 | Shahida | Urdu |
| 1950 | Do Ansoo | Urdu[12] |
| 1950 | Gabhroo | Punjabi |
| 1951 | Dilbar | Punjabi |
| 1953 | Ghulam | Urdu |
| 1953 | Tarrap | Urdu |
| 1954 | Raat Ki Baat | Urdu |
| 1958 | Zehr-e-Ishq | Urdu |
| 1961 | Ghalib | Urdu |
| 1976 | Sajjo Rani | Hindi |
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Title | Ref. |
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| 1958 | Nigar Award | Best Supporting Actress | Won | Zehr-e-Ishq | [1] |
| 1961 | Nigar Award | Best Supporting Actress | Won | Ghalib | [13] |
Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actress (for Urdu films) | |
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