Sangeeta (Pakistani actress)

Sangeeta
Born	Parveen Rizvi 14 June 1947 Karachi, Pakistan
Occupation	Film director, actress
Years active	1969 – present
Parent(s)	Tayyab Hussain Rizvi Mehtab Rizvi
Relatives	See Khan family
Awards	Nigar Award Best Director 1998 Nikah 1978 Mutthi Bhar Chawal Best Actress 1978 Mutthi Bhar Chawal Special Award 1976 Society Girl 1983 Sona Chandi Best Supporting Actress 1971 Yeh Aman 1984 Naam Mera Badnaam

Sangeeta (Urdu: سنگیتا‎) is a Pakistani film actor, filmmaker and a TV drama director.

Parveen Rizvi's (or Sangeeta's) mother Mehtab Rizvi had been affiliated with show business in her times. Additionally, Parveen's younger sister, Nasreen Rizvi who is professionally known as Kaveeta is also associated with Pakistani cinema.

In 1969, Sangeeta worked in film Koh-e-Noor (1969), as a child star, which was directed by Agha Husaini. In 1971, She moved to Lahore from Karachi where she was born, and started her career more seriously in Lollywood movies in Lahore. Her role as a supporting actress in Riaz Shahid's movie Yeh Aman (1971) was well-liked by the Pakistani public. Then she went on to act in dozens of other movies before deciding to become a film producer-director with her own film Society Girl in 1976. Sangeeta has over 120 films to her credit as an actress and producer-director.

Sangeeta directed her debut film in 1976, Society Girl. Her second film as director was Mujhay galay laga lo, starring, Sangeeta, Kaveeta, Ghulam Mohiuddin, Nayyar Sultana, Bahar Begum. Film Mian Biwi Razi (1982) celebrated its Platinum Jubilee and was a highly successful movie.

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