Co-production was on top and Sri Lankan actress Sabeeta was the most successful Urdu film heroine in this year. Another Sri Lankan Arujna and Sheeva from Nepal were other successful "foreigner's". Javed Sheikh, Izhar Qazi, Ismael Shah, Babra Sharif and Salma Agha in Urdu and Sultan Rahi, Anjuman and Neeli were top actors in Punjabi films.