Bahar Begum

Bahar Begum
بہار بیگم
Born
Kishwar Hafeez

(1942-08-01) 1 August 1942 (age 82)
EducationConvent of Jesus and Mary Lahore
OccupationFilm actress
Years active1956 - present
SpouseIqbal Yusuf (ex-husband)
Children2
RelativesS. M. Yusuf (father-in-law)
AwardsNigar Awards- Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002

Bahar Begum (born Kishwar Begum; c. 1942) is an actress best known for many Pakistani movies since 1956.

She was first introduced to the Pakistani film industry by the renowned film director Anwar Kamal Pasha in the film Chann Mahi (1956).[1] Anwar Kamal Pasha is the one that gave her the professional film world name Bahar Begum. She later acted both in Punjabi, Pashto and Urdu language Pakistani films and had a very active career from 1956 till 2000s. She has more than 600 films to her credit.[1]

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