Swaran Lata (actress)
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Swaran Lata
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| Born | 20 December 1924 Rawalpindi, British Punjab (British India) |
| Died | 8 February 2008 (aged 83) Lahore, West Punjab (Pakistan) |
| Other names | Saeeda Bano |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1942–1971 |
| Spouse(s) | Nazir Ahmed Khan |
Swaran Lata (Urdu: سورن لتا, Punjabi: ਸਵਰਨ ਲਤਾ 20 December 1924– 8 February 2008) was a Pakistani film actress. She started her career in the film industry in British India and later moved to Pakistan. She was described as a Tragedy Queen because of her emotional, tragic roles, her presence on the film screen and her moving dialogue delivery. She worked in Bollywood and in Pakistani cinema.
Swaran Lata was born into a Siyal Jatt Sikh family in Rawalpindi, British India,now in Pakistan on December 20, 1924. She did her Senior Cambridge diploma from Delhi and then joined the Academy of Music and Arts, Lucknow. In the early 1940s, her family moved to Bombay. She acted in a total of 22 movies in British India from 1942 to 1948.
Sawarn Lata later converted to Islam after she married Nazir Ahmed, a famous actor, director and producer at the time. She changed her name to Saeeda Bano - a Muslim name. The Swaran-Nazir pair was a very creative couple, churning out many movies together both before and after Partition of India in 1947.
An exceptional and wondrous story about how she entered the realm of acting trails Swaran. Her parents died when she was very young and she lived most of her adolescent life with her elder brother, whom she recalls "very strict" on her. However, it is the story of how she got discovered that Swaran tells with great passion: "I was a student at a college in Lucknow, India. When I was traveling from Delhi to Lucknow, a few film directors happened to see me. They approached me to act in films but I was not interested at first. One of them then went to my elder brother with the offer, and to my utmost surprise he agreed".
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