Badar Khalil
Pakistani actress
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::summary Pakistani actress ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Badar Khalil |
| native_name | |
| other names | Bi Jamalo, Aqeela |
| caption | Badar Khalil at Rewind with Samina Peerzada |
| birth_name | Badar |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Delhi, British India |
| nationality | British Indian, Pakistani |
| occupation | |
| years_active | 1968–present |
| notable_works | Ankahi |
| Tanhaiyaan | |
| Dhoop Kinarey | |
| Parosi | |
| Doraha | |
| Half Plate | |
| Marvi. | |
| spouse | |
| children | |
| :: |
| name = Badar Khalil | image = | native_name = | other names = Bi Jamalo, Aqeela | image_size = | caption = Badar Khalil at Rewind with Samina Peerzada | birth_name = Badar | birth_date = | birth_place = Delhi, British India | nationality = British Indian, Pakistani | education = | occupation = | years_active = 1968–present | notable_works = Ankahi Tanhaiyaan Dhoop Kinarey Parosi Doraha Half Plate Marvi. | spouse = | children =
Badar Khalil (), also known as 'Baddo Aapa', is a Pakistani television actress. She has appeared in TV serials on PTV since 1968. She also appeared in Mithu Aur Aapa, a comedy play on Hum TV.
Early life
Badar Khalil was born on 5 July 1945 in Delhi in British India to a Kashmiri Muslim father and a Delhite mother. Her family moved to Lahore, Pakistan, during Partition of India in 1947.
Career
In Karachi, her first main appearance was in the drama Unkahi, a classic TV drama written by Pakistani playwright Haseena Moin.
Personal life
Badar lives in Karachi, where she had moved with her husband, the TV director Shahzad Khalil. In 1989, her husband died of cardiac arrest.
Filmography
Television series
- Bi Jamalo (1969)
- Nadaaniyaan Profile of Badar Khalil on tv.com.pk website Retrieved 1 April 2019
- Half Plate
- Teesra Kinara (1980)
- Ankahi (1982)
- Tanhaiyaan (1985)
- Dhoop Kinare (1987)
- Parosi (1992)
- Tumse Kehna Tha (1995)
- Chaandni Raatain (2002)
- Quddusi Sahab Ki Bewah (2012)
- Doraha
- Marvi
- Madiha Maliha
- Bulbulay
- Meri Behan Meri Dewrani
- Shukk
- Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain
- Shareek-e-Hayat
- Malaal
- Mere Qatil Mere Dildaar
- Shikwa
- Vasl
- Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay
- Mithu Aur Aapa
Film
Awards and recognition
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| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Award by Government of Pakistan | ||
| 1998 | PTV Award | Tribute to Pakistani Legends | ||
| :: |
References
References
- "Badar Khalil opens up about her retirement | SAMAA".
- Fouzia Nasir Ahmad. (6 July 2014). "Badar Khalil: End of an era". Dawn.
- "بدر خلیل کا انٹرویو جسے بدو آپا کے نام سے بھی جانا جاتا ہے".
- (February 28, 2021). "'Tanhaiyan' actors make a comeback with sequel".
- (September 24, 2021). "A Haaf Playt on theatre … vis-à-vis Anwar Maqsood".
- (January 7, 2022). "35 years after Tanhaiyan".
- (August 19, 2021). "Classic TV serials Dhoop Kinare, Taanhaiyaan to be aired in Saudi Arabia".
- Fatima Zakir. "The new beginning (Badar Khalil in Tanhaiyaan Naye Silsilay)". The News International (newspaper).
- (July 12, 2021). "Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue".
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