Babra Sharif
| Babra Sharif | |
|---|---|
| Native name | بابرہ شریف |
| Born |
10 December 1954 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Actress/Model |
| Years active | 1968 – 1997, 2005 – present |
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Babra Sharif (born 10 December 1954) is a Pakistani film actress, most known for her roles in 1980s and mid-1970s. She started her career in television commercials. She has worked with many famous names of her time, including Shahid, Nadeem, Waheed Murad, Ghulam Mohyedin, Muhammad Ali and even Sultan Rahi. She had great success in Urdu films in Pakistan. She did a variety of roles which proved her versatility as an actress. Some critics have also considered her as the best actress of her time in Pakistan.
She has worked in more than 100 movies.
Sharif was born in Lahore, Pakistan in a middle-class family. From her early childhood, she took considerable interest in show business.
Sharif began modelling at the age of 12; she made her presence felt in a 'Jet' washing powder commercial in 1973 and came to be known as 'Jet' powder girl. Fair-haired, attractive and intelligent, she soon became a household name. In the same year, she appeared in Mohsin Shirazi's television play, which was telecast from a Karachi television station and also in the PTV drama Kiran Kahani, a classical slapstick comedy written by Haseena Moin and directed by Shirin Khan which had Roohi Bano, Manzoor Qureshi, Jamshed Ansari in the cast. After a long while, she came back to television in 1992 and gave a performance in Nadan Nadia, a Pakistan television comedy play by Anwar Maqsood.
Her appearance in the 'Lux' advertisement with the message, 'Aakhir loag hamara chehra he to deiktay hain', took her fame to the top.
In 1974, Shamim Ara signed Sharif for her film Bhool which was scheduled to be directed by S. Sulaiman. At the same time, S. Sulaiman also signed Sharif for his film Intezaar. Both films released in 1974 but incidentally, Intizaar was released before Bhool. Hence, Sharif debuted in the film Intezaar as a supporting character. Her another release of 1974 Shama directed by Nazar Shabab and co-starring Waheed Murad, Deeba, Mohammad Ali and Nadeem, was a golden jubilee.
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