Resham

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Field	Value
name	Resham
birth_date	October 2, 1968
birth_place	Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
occupation	Film actor, television actor
yearsactive	1992 present
awards	Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2021
Nigar Award in 1999
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Resham ریشم(Born: Saima Shah صائمہ) is a Pakistani film and television actress and model.

She made her film debut with Jeeva in 1995, and was a leading actress of Lollywood during the 1990s. Her notable film credits include Jeeva (1995), Ghunghat (1996), *Dupatta Jal Raha Hai *(1998), Pal Do Pal (1999), and Swaarangi (2015). She won a National Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Sangam (1997), and the Nigar Award for Best Actress for the film Jannat Ki Talash (1999).

Early life

Resham got her early education in Lahore and studied till matriculation. She has a Punjabi family background. Her mother died when she was seven and was raised by her elder sister.

Career

Resham made her cinematic debut with Syed Noor's revenge-thriller Jeeva in 1995, although before Jeeva, she played minor roles in television dramas. She then starred in several Syed Noor's commercially successful films throughout the 1990s, including the melodrama Chor Machaye Shor, the drama Ghunghat (both 1996) and the romance Sangam (1997) – for which she received a National Award for Best Actress, She then starred in the Syed Noor's-directed female-centric *Dupatta Jal Raha Hai *(1998), and Samina Peerzada's directorial debut Inteha (1999), based on the subject of marital rape. She continued to portray leading and supporting roles in Pakistani films until the decline of Lollywood in the early 2000s.

With the decline in Lollywood, Resham began to take television projects regularly in the following decade; and played the pivotal role in Umera Ahmed's written Man-o-Salwa. She received a nomination of Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress - Satellite for her performance at the 7th Lux Style Awards. In 2009, she paired with Humayun Saeed in the romance-drama Aashti, depciting a Karachi-based Bengali housemaid. The performance earned her another nomination of Lux Style Award for Best TV Actress - Satellite at the 8th Lux Style Awards. In 2011, she made a cameo appearance in her cinematic comeback in Reema Khan's romance-drama Love Mein Ghum. Resham then depicted the procurer of a brothel in Farooq Rind's directed Sanjha. In 2012, she portrayed Mehrunissa in Sarmad Khoosat-helmed romance-drama Ashk. In the same year, she played a lovestruck maiden from a lower locality in Fasih Bari Khan's written Mohabbat Jaye Bhar Mein. In 2013, she appeared in Khan's Taar-e-Ankaboot, portraying an unsatisfied masochist housewife. She made her proper comeback to films with the social-drama Swaarangi in 2014, which highlighted the issue of drug addiction and the impact of it on the lives of addicts and their families. The film was a commercial failure, and was banned in several cities throughout the country. In 2017, she participated in a fashion week organized by the Pakistan Fashion Design Council (PFDC).

From 2017 to 2019, she played the pivotal role of Sajna Sapairan, a snake charmer in the supernatural drama series Naagin, which is Pakistan's first-ever television serial based on the concept of Ichchhadhaari Naagin. In an interview, she described her part in the series as a "negative character but quite glamorous.". In November 2018, Resham joined Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar's written and directed romance-drama Kaaf Kangana, but quit it in the same month due to professional reasons.

In 2019, she played the titular character of spiritual and influential matriarch in the family drama Noor Bibi. The same year, she starred as a headstrong lawyer opposite Agha Ali in the romance-drama Muthi Bhar Chahat.

In 2022, Resham returned to Punjabi cinema with Bilal Lashari action-drama The Legend of Maula Jatt, appearing in the special appearance of the mother Maula Jutt, the titular character of the film. Her next role was of a newspaper editor in the crime-thriller Gunjal, inspired by Iqbal Masih case.

Personal life

In June 2017, Resham announced that she would be getting married in 2018. Her husband was said to be a businessman in Europe and that she would also move there after her marriage. She denied these reports in 2019.

In April 2018, soon after Meesha Shafi's allegations of sexual harassment against Ali Zafar, Resham supported Zafar, stating: "Ali knows the difference between friendship and harassment. He cannot do such a thing."

Charity work

During the 2010 floods, Resham sent a truck carrying flood relief (including items such as mineral water, pulses, and milk) to the affected areas through the Express Helpline Trust. Her first truck was sent to Rahim Yar Khan and the second to Kot Addu. Talking about her contributions, Resham stated: "I, as a person and as an actor, felt that it was my social responsibility to help these people with my own money instead of requesting aid from others."

In 2011, she visited Lahore's Bari Studio and distributed money among struggling actors, technicians, and dancers.

Awards and recognition

Awards

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Year	Ceremony	Category	Project	Result	Ref(s).	Lux Style Awards	Hum Awards
2004	Best Film Actress	Laaj
2008	Best TV Actress (Satellite)	Man-O-Salwa
2009	Best TV Actress (Satellite)	Muthi Bhar Chaawal
2010	Best TV Actress (Satellite)	Aashti
2013	Best TV Actress (Terrestrial)	Ik Yad Hai
2016	Best Soap Actress	Ishq Ibadat
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Honours

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Year	Title	Presenter	Notes
2021	Pride of Performance	Government of Pakistan	url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2291615/resham-responds-to-criticism-on-winning-pride-of-performance?
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Selected filmography

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Year	Movie	Role	Ref.
1995	Jeeva		Dilaara
1996	Chor Machaye Shor	Faree
1996	Ghunghat	Roxy
1997	Sangam	Resham
1998	Dupatta Jal Raha Hai	Kiran
1999	Inteha	Sheena
1999	Jannat Ki Talash	Salma
1999	Pal Do Pal	Khushboo
2000	Reshmaa	Reshmi
2002	Toofan
2006	Pehla Pehla Pyaar	Nida	{{cite web
2006	Tarap
2015	Swaarangi	Salma
2023	Sanak	Saleena
2023	Gunjal	Sarwat Rehman
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Refs.	Din	Dukh Sukh	Kahani Ghar	Uraan	Banjar	Man-O-Salwa	Tere Liye	Aashti	Chatt	Payal	Ik Yaad Hai	Sanjha	Ashk	Kaghaz Ki Nao	Laaj	Mohabbat Jaye Bhar Mein	Taar-e-Ankaboot	Dhol Bajnay Laga	Ishq Ibadat	Mere Humdum	Masoom	Naagin	Dukh Sukh	Chakkar	Noor Bibi	Muthi Bhar Chahat	Terha Aangan
1992	Nawal
1994
1995	Zarri	Episode "Amar Bail"
1995	Plane Passenger
2006	Shahania
2007	Zainab/ Parizaad
2009	Mehar Bano
Aashti
2010	Slana
2011
2011–2012	Asiya
Mumtaz
2012	Mehrunissa "Mehru"
Gada
Shagufta
2013	Tabinda
2014	Parizaad
2015	Sobia/ Sobi
2016	Hoor Bano		url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/952418/banning-swaarangi-is-not-the-solution-resham?	title=Banning Swaarangi is not the solution: Resham	author=Saadia Qamar	date=7 September 2015	work=The Express Tribune	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101101205/https://tribune.com.pk/story/952418/banning-swaarangi-is-not-the-solution-resham/	archive-date=1 January 2024	url-status=live}}
2017	Fabiha	Episode 1–6	url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/pakistani-cinema/shekhar-kapoors-masoom-to-get-pakistani-remake-1.2102764	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213174717/https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/pakistani-cinema/shekhar-kapoors-masoom-to-get-pakistani-remake-1.2102764	author=Usman Ghafoor	title=Shekhar Kapoor’s ‘Masoom’ to get Pakistani remake	date=9 October 2017	archive-date=13 December 2023	work=Gulf News	url-status=live}}
2017–2019	Sajna
2018	Karam	Episode "Maafi"
2018–2019	Zeba
Noor Bibi
2019	Tehzeeb
2021	Rashk-e-Qamar	Episode 1–6
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References

References

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7. (10 May 2018). "Resham denies report of 'being injured in accident'". Daily Times.
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9. (20 August 2015). "Resham to make a comeback in Swaarangi, out in cinemas on August 28". Dawn (newspaper).
10. (28 August 2015). "Resham's Swaarangi banned by Pakistan's central censor board". The Express Tribune (newspaper).
11. "Resham signs Kamran Shahid's untitled film". The News International (newspaper).
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14. "Resham no longer part of Kaaf Kangana". The News International (newspaper).
15. (14 February 2008). "Pakistan film industry working hard to stand on its feet once again: Resham".
16. (10 April 2019). "In Muthi Bhar Chahat, Aagha Ali and Resham share an unconventional love story". Images (Dawn Group of Newspapers).
17. (13 September 2017). "Resham, Babar Ali included in Maula Jatt 2". Dunya News.
18. Irafan Ul Haq. (2023-08-23). "Resham is making her movie return with Shoaib Sultan's newest project, Gunjal, alongside Ahmed Ali Akbar".
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21. "Actress Resham: 'If Ali Zafar harasses a woman, don't you think she'd complain to his wife?'".
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