Zeba Bakhtiar

Zeba Bakhtiar
زيبا بختيار‬
Bakhtiar at PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week in 2010
Born Zeba Bakhtiar
Spouse(s)
Adnan Sami
(m. 1993; div. 1997)
Children Azaan

Zeba Bakhtiar (Urdu: زيبا بختيار‎) is a Pakistani film and television actress and a television director. She made her television debut with a Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) drama play, Anarkali (1988).[1] She made her Bollywood debut in Henna in 1991.[2] She is also known for her marriage to Adnan Sami, divorce and custody battles.[2]

Acting career

After performing in the TV play Anarkali (1988), she appeared in the movie Henna (1991), produced and directed by Randhir Kapoor in India. For her performance in the film Sargam (1995) she won the Nigar Award.

Bakhtiar also appeared in Indian films Mohabbat Ki Arzoo (1994), Stuntman (1994), Jai Vikraanta (1995) which were not successful. She then returned to Pakistan in Muqadama (1996), Chief Sahib (1996), Qaid (1996) and Babu (2001). She directed Babu in 2001, which was not successful.

Bakhtiar also appeared in television serials. She portrayed a handicapped girl in Pehli See Mohabbat and also appeared in Lollywood films Kundi and Sargam.

Personal life

Bakhtiar is the daughter of former attorney general Yahya Bakhtiar.[3] Her mother is of Hungarian descent while her father is an ethnic Pashtun from Quetta. Bakhtiar married singer Adnan Sami but they divorced in 1997. They have a son together named Azaan.[2][1][4]

Filmography

Year Film Role
1991 Henna Henna
1991 Deshwasi
1994 Mohabbat Ki Aarzoo Poonam Singh
1994 Stuntman
1995 Jai Vikraanta Nirmala Verma
1995 Sargam[1] Zeb-un-Nisa
1996 Muqadama Chanchal Singh
1996 Chief Sahib
1999 Qaid Khushboo
2001 Babu
2001 Musalmaan
2014 O21[1] as Producer
2015 Bin Roye Saba's Mother

Television

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://www.dawn.com/news/1142896, Profile of actress Zeba Bakhtiar on the Dawn newspaper, Published 10 November 2014, Retrieved 17 October 2016
  2. 1 2 3 http://www.tv.com.pk/celebrity/Zeba-Bakhtiar/331/biography, Retrieved 17 October 2016
  3. ↑ http://www.dawn.com/news/108677/yahya-bakhtiar-dies, Actress Zeba Bakhtiar and her father Yahya Bakhtiar on Dawn newspaper, Published 28 June 2003, Retrieved 17 October 2016
  4. ↑ https://tribune.com.pk/story/708857/the-buzz-in-conversation-with-zeba-bakhtiar/, 'The buzz: In conversation with Zeba Bakhtiar', The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 19 May 2014, Retrieved 19 March 2017
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