Zeba Bakhtiar

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Zeba Bakhtiar
زيبا بختيار
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Born (1965-11-05) 5 November 1965 (age 60)[1]
Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer
  • director
Years active1988 - present
Known forHenna (1991)
Sargam (1995)
Spouse(s)
Salman Valliani
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(m. 1985; div. 1986)​

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(m. 1989; div. 1990)​

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(m. 1993; div. 1997)​

Sohail Khan Leghari
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(m. 2009; div. 2010)​
ChildrenAzaan Sami Khan (son)
ParentYahya Bakhtiar (father)
RelativesSultana Zafar (aunt)
Huma Akbar (sister-in-law)
Ali Haider (cousin)

Zeba Bakhtiar (Urdu: زيبا بختيار; born 5 November 1965[1]) is a Pakistani film and television actress, producer and director. She is known for her roles in the historical television drama Anarkali (1988), the Bollywood romantic drama Henna (1991), and the Lollywood musical-romance, Sargam (1995). She produced and directed film Babu in 2001. For her performance in Sargam, she won the Nigar Award for Best Actress in 1995.

Early life and family

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Zeba is the daughter of Yahya Bakhtiar, a lawyer, politician and pre-independence Muslim League activist who served as the Attorney General of Pakistan, and also played a key role in framing Pakistan's current constitution.[2][3] Her father belonged to Quetta,[2] while her mother was an English woman born to Hungarian parents.[4][3] Her father died in 2003,[2] and her mother died in 2011.[5] Her parents met in the UK in the early 1940s and married, with her mother eventually settling in Pakistan in 1949 after graduating from the University College London.[4][5] Zeba has two brothers, Salim and Karim, who are both doctors, and a sister, Saira.[2] She was raised in Quetta,[5] and moved to Karachi later.[2]

Career

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Bakhtiar made her television debut with a Pakistan Television the period-drama, Anarkali in 1988.[6] Her melancholic romantic role in the series was widely appreciated. Bakhtiar was then offered the lead role in Raj Kapoor's film Henna, on Haseena Moin's recommendation after Shehnaz Sheikh and Salma Agha didn't work out.[7][8] She played Henna, a compassionate rural-Kashmiri in the film. Upon its release in 1991, the film emerged as a major critical and commercial success.[6] For her performance, Bakhtiar received the nominations of Best Actress and Best Female Debut at the 37th Filmfare Awards.[9][10]

Bakhtiar's second film, Nargis, directed and produced by Khalid Mohamed, was completed in 1992 but remained unreleased until 2019 when the lab dues were cleared.[11] Later, she worked in more Bollywood films like Mohabbat Ki Arzoo (1994), Stuntman (1994), Jai Vikraanta (1995), and Muqadama (1996). But her career in Bollywood didn't make any progress after Henna. Then she came back to Pakistan and worked in Syed Noor directed film Sargam (1995). Her other Lollywood films include Chief Sahib (1996), Qaid (1996), and Musalman (2001). She produced and directed film Babu in 2001, and in 2014, she produced the spy thriller film O21.[12]

After big screen, Bakhtiar also appeared in television productions like Tansan, Laag, Abke Hum Bichre tau Shayad and Pehli See Mohabbat.[13][14]

Personal life

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Marriages

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Bakhtiar married four times. Her first husband was Salman Valliani whom she married in the year 1985 and divorced in 1986.[15] Zeba married Indian actor Jaaved Jaaferi in 1989 and divorced in 1990. She came in the limelight because of her marriage to singer and music composer Adnan Sami.[16] Zeba and Adnan got divorced in 1997. They have a son named Azaan Sami Khan.[17] Later she married Sohail Khan Leghari in 2009 but the couple divorced in 2010.[15]

Health

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Zeba was diagnosed with diabetes before her second marriage.[18] She now participates in the diabetes awareness campaigns on different forums.[19][20]

Social work

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She is involved in women's association football in Pakistan as chairwoman of Karachi-based Diya W.F.C.[21]

Filmography

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Film

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All films are in Urdu unless otherwise noted.

Year Film Role Notes
1991 Henna[22] Henna Hindi
1993 Nargis Nargis Hindi
1994 Mohabbat Ki Aarzoo Poonam Singh Hindi
1994 Stuntman Reena B. Tiwari Hindi
1995 Jai Vikraanta Nirmala Verma Hindi
1995 Munda Bigra Jaey
1995 Sargam[2] Zeb-un-Nisa
1996 Muqadama Chanchal Singh Hindi
1996 Chief Sahib
1999 Qaid Khushboo
2001 Babu
2001 Musalmaan Gul
2008 The Weeping Queen Mother Earth [23]
2014 O21 — Producer[2]
2015 Bin Roye Maliha Shafiq

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Anarkali Anarkali [24]
Tansen
1998–2000 Laag Bisaal Indaraabi [25]
Aabla Paa
Kharaash
1996 Muqaddas
Be Imaan
Takoune
Doordesh
Aye Mere Pyar Ki Khushboo
Ishq Ki Ibtida
2000 Abke Hum Bichre tau Shayad [14]
2001 Pehli See Mohabbat Sofia [25]
2005 Masoori Director
2005 Maa Aur Mamta Anoushey Episode "Muskaan"
2009 Mehmaan — Director & producer only[26]
Mulaqat Rabi Director and producer[27]
2010 Moum
2012 Main Baba Ki Ladli Producer also[24]
Samjhauta Express Shaista
Hazaron Saal Zeba
Shehr-e-Dil Ke Darwaze
2016–17 Bin Roye Maliha Shafiq

Accolades

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Year Ceremony Category Work Result Ref(s).
1992 Filmfare Awards Best Actress Henaa Nominated [10]
Best Female Debut Nominated [9]
1995 Nigar Awards Best Actress Sargam Won [28]
2004 Lux Style Awards Chairperson's Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to Pakistani entertainment industry Won
2006 Best TV Director (Terrestrial) Masoori Nominated
2015 Best Film O21 [29]

See also

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References

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