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Film Heroine

Swaran Lata

The fist silver jubilee heroine in Pakistan
Swaran Lata - Film Heroine - The fist silver jubilee heroine in Pakistan
Facts on Swaran Lata
Real name Saeeda Bano
First film Aawaz (Hindi/Urdu - 1942)
First film Sachai (Urdu - 1949)
Active career1942-1971
Life 20-12-1924 - 08-02-2008
Born at Rawalpindi
Language Punjabi
Profession Acting
Relations Nazir (husband)

Swaran Lata was heroine of Pakistans first ever Silver jubilee film Pherey (1949. As heroine she was seen in movies like Laarey (1950), Sherhri Babu (1953), Heer (1955), Golden jubilee film Noukar (1955), Noor-e-Islam (1957), Azmat-e-Islam (1965).

She was character actress in movies like Sawaal (1966) and Dunya Na Manay (1971).

Swaran Lata was born as Sikh and converted to Islam after she married prominent actor, producer and director Nazir. The first film they produced in Pakistan was Heer Ranjha, but film print was destroyed due to poor negative of the film.

Her real name was Saeeda Bano, she was born in 1924 in Rawalpindi and died on February 8, 2008 at Lahore.

Before partition she worked in Awaz (1942), Ishara and Tasveer (1943), Bari Baat, Rattan, Sowran bhomi and Us paar (1945), Chand Tara, Laila Majnu, Preetima, Preet (1945), Insaaf, Maa Baap ki laaj and Sham Savera (1946) and Abida (1947).



Sawran Lata

Interviewed by Moneeza Hashmi








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