Arsh Muneer | |
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Born | |
Died | 8 September 1998 | (aged 84)
Education | University of Karachi |
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Years active | 1929 – 1998 |
Children | 5 |
Awards | Pride of Performance (1983) [1] |
Arsh Muneer was a Pakistani actress and singer who acted in television dramas. [2] She played roles in the dramas Khuda Ki Basti, Shama, Shehzori, Zair, Zabar, Pesh, Intezar Farmaiye and Ana. [2]
Arsh was born in 1914 in Lucknow, British India. [3] She migrated to Pakistan in Karachi with her family. [3] Later she completed her studies from the University of Karachi. [3] [4] She started working at Radio Pakistan in Lahore in 1947 after migrating to Pakistan. [3] [5] [6] [7] She also did stage shows and theatre plays. [8] [9]
While she was in India she started working at All India Radio in Delhi. She made her debut as an actress on PTV in 1964. [2] [10] She performed in dramas Zair, Zabar, Pesh, Jaidi and Eid Ka Jora. [11] [12] She also appeared in dramas Oh, Maaf Kijiye, Intezar Farmaiye, Kya Bane Baat and Fanooni Lateefay. [13] [14] She worked at Radio Pakistan for 30 years. [6] [15] [16] She also appeared in movie Insan Badalta Hay. [17] [18] She also sanged songs for Radio, dramas and films. [3] [19] Since then she appeared in dramas Ana, Ba Adab Ba Mulahiza Hoshiyar and Shehzori. [20] [6] [21] For her contributions towards the television industry, she was honored by the Government of Pakistan with the Pride of Performance in 1983. [22] In 2005, Tributes were paid to her at the 1st Indus Drama Awards in Karachi by television personalities Moin Akhter, Babra Sharif, Faysal Qureshi, Humayun Saeed, Sultana Siddiqui and Adnan Siddiqui. [23] [24]
Arsh was married and had five children. [3]
She died on 8 September 1998 in Karachi and was buried at Sakhi Hassan Graveyard. [3]
Year | Title | Role | Network |
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1969 | Khuda Ki Basti | Sultana's aunt | PTV |
1969 | Eid Ka Jora | Khala | PTV [10] |
1973 | Kiran Kahani | Chand's mother | PTV |
1974 | Zair, Zabar, Pesh | Laddan Khala | PTV [25] [26] |
1974 | Shehzori | Mali Khala | PTV [27] [28] |
1976 | Shama | Bua | PTV |
1976 | Intezar Farmaiye | Bano Apa | PTV |
1977 | Professor | Saib's wife | PTV |
1981 | Afshan | Chachi Jan | PTV |
1982 | Jaidi | Nunhi | PTV |
1983 | Silver Jubilee | Herself | PTV |
1984 | Ana | Begum | PTV |
1985 | Kese Kese Khwab | Aunty Flower | PTV |
1986 | Oh, Maaf Kijiye | Ama | PTV |
1988 | Yeh Shadi Nahi Ho Gi | Anwar's mother | PTV |
1990 | Rozi | Bua Begum | PTV |
1990 | Ba Adab Ba Mulahiza Hoshiyar | Malika | PTV |
1990 | Kareem Saheb Ka Ghar | Noor Jahan | PTV |
1991 | Studio 2 1/9: Comedy Specialist Anwar Maqsood | Arsh Khala | PTV |
1992 | Fanooni Lateefay | Begum Rasheed | PTV |
1993 | Yes Sir, No Sir | Herself | PTV |
1995 | Kya Bane Baat | Salma's mother | PTV [20] |
Year | Title | Role |
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1986 | Yeh Shadi Nahi Ho Gi | Amma |
Year | Film | Language |
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1961 | Insan Badalta Hai | Urdu [29] |
1968 | Ham Bhi Parhay Hayn Rahon Mein | Urdu |
1972 | Zindagi Aik Safar Hai | Urdu |
1973 | Baadal Aur Bijli | Urdu |
1981 | Kiran Aur Kali | Urdu |
Year | Award | Category | Result | Title | Ref. |
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1983 | Pride of Performance | Award by the President of Pakistan | Won | Herself | [1] [22] [3] |
1998 | PTV Award | Best Actress | Won | Herself | [15] |
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... Some of these better known TV adaptations include "Shehzori" by Azim Beg Chughtai ...
... Shehzori is a Drama of PTV network written by Haseena Moin. Cast includes Shakeel, Neelofar Aleem, Ishrat Hashmi, Arsh Muneer ...