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Shamim Ara was a pioneer within the Pakistani industry as one of the first female producers-directors, whose career began in the 1950s as an actress. Shamim Ara was known as one of the most prominent members of the a Golden Age of Cinema within Lollywood, she was Pakistans classic heriones renowned for her beautiful singing and great ability to play trageity. When she expanded on her carer in the 1970s to producing and later becoming a director, she changed the industry by breaking through the glass ceiling and creating a new genre of Female Action Heros. in her acting carrer SHamim Ara stared in over 90 films, 30 of which were critically acclaimed successful with audiances and majority of her films were a box office success. with many eventfil momments in her career she has many accilades and awards. Shamim Ara was in the first ever full-color feature film in Pakistan in the 1960s, where she stared as the lead. she producesd many films and directered over 20, all of which fared well at the box office . She was a cultural icon and a mentor to many within the industry, Shamim Ara truely was a reconking force within Lollywood and had attributed many significant moments within Pakistani CUlture. 

She was a very accomplished individual, who's legacy continued after her death within her films and those she mentored.

Personal life:

 Birth name 

She was born in Aligrah, Uttaar Pardesh Birstish India 1938. She was predominantly raised by her grandmother, since her mother died while she was young. Born to a dancer Sahmim Ara was trained in the arts from a young age, and through the years continued to show her artistic promise. Her family migrated to Karachi, Pakistan in the late 1950s from India, during which she was discovered by Director Najim Naqvi, and given the stage name Shamim Ara. At the peak of her career she settled in Lahore Pakistan.After a health complication she moved to London Uk, in 2004 and would travel back and forth between London and Lahore Pakistan multiple times each year. In January of 2011 Shamim Ara suffered a brain hemorage in Lahore and later that same year after expericing an additional health complication during surgery she fell into a coma.  and had been in a coma from 2011-2016 . and once she became ill within the last years of her life she moved to London and lived with her son, untill passing away in 2016. 

health: she experienced her first stroke in 2001, this of course impacted her career as she needed to recover and focus on her health, in 2004 amid another helath scare she moved to London, UK to live with her son Salman Kareem. 

Family:

family: son name salman iqbal [1] she is survived by her son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren. 

Career:

Acting:

prominent actor turned producsor-director Shamim Ara's career first began in 1956, when her family was visiting relatives in Karachi Pakistan. While visiting a friend who was auditioning for a movie, Shamim Ara was discovered, by popular director Najam Naqvi, who also had migrated to Pakistan from India. While accompanying her friend at the audition Najam Naqvi was said to be enamoured by her looks and personality, and instantly she was cast in his new feature film Kanwari Bewa (1956) [2].

Shamim Ara was cast in two films her debut year Kanwari Bewa (1956) made in Karachi, Pakistan produced by Hairy Pictures Productions released in June of 1956, and her second feature Miss 56 (1956) which released in November of 1956 made in Lahore, Pakistan produced by Everready Pictures Production Company directed by Roop K. Shorey .

Each released in their respective film circuits, while her first film was not a success she had still caught the attention of audiences and quickly becoming an industry favourite, with better box office numbers for both the film and her performance in Miss 56, despite only ever appearing on screen as a supporting cast member.

Shamim Ara in the begining of her acting career was working non-stop and booking many roles before her career took off as a main stream lead actress. in 1958 repeatedly she was cast in 2 feature films simultaniously Anarkali (1958) a popular story based on the 1922 novel by Imtiaz Ali Taj based on the story of a prince. And same year with moderate success she starred in film Wah Ray Zamanay (1958) made in Lahore by Film Hayyat productions and this film manged greater box-office succues. these two films in 1958 greatly atrributed to her rise in stardom and expanding her career towards mainstream audiances, better roles and features . 

She had her first prominent role in 1958 in Anwar Kamal Pasha's Anarkali as a Surayya alongside Noor Jehan who played the titular Anarkali. 

 her career didnt take off interms of mainstream popular directors until 1958 which is only three years into her acting acreer to star in the main cast with noor jhaan is a very big deal in pakistani culture, this film is based on a very popular story that has been re-done many many times within both Lollywood and Bollywood, thats how popular it is, this film her big break to reach the most general audiances outsode of niche genres/directors, this film gave her mainstream fame, and was able to lead her towards many other roles. both according to shamim ara and many critics Shali was her big breakout role as the leading heroine, and that movie was also a major blockbuster hit, loved by fans, critics, and box office reivews all alike. shamim ara went on to star through out her career in over 88 films , 25-30 of which were major successes and hold prominent pop-cultural influence on socitey at the tiems and some are still continously referenced today in media. her work was increadble and she was very successfuk in doing it. thanks to such siccess she was able to not only win many awards, but secure and reinfulence her community through the Lahori Film Circut, and with such wealth and fame she could afford through status in the industry to make such a smooth transition into producing and after gaining some practical experiece then into directing films of her own.

 However, in 1960, a substantial role in S. M. Yusuf's Saheli as an amnesiac bride proved to be a breakthrough for her career. The filming of the song Mujh Se Pehli Si Mohabbat Mere Mehboob Na Maang (a poem written by renowned Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz and sung by Madam Noor Jehan) with Rasheed Attre's music in the film Qaidi (1962), had everyone talking about her. Women had begun mimicking her speech, her make-up and her hairstyle. She had become a household name. 

Her fame and impeccable acting skills landed her the title character in the film Naila (1965), the first color film produced in the then West Pakistan. Her portrayal of the tragic Naila won her further critical acclaim.

 She went on to star in many hit films including Devdas, Doraha, Hamraz. However, Qaidi (1962), Chingari (1964), Farangi (1964), Naila (1965), Aag Ka Darya (1966), Lakhon Mein Aik (1967), Saiqa (1968) and Salgira (1968) were landmarks in her career securing her a position as the top actress of the 1960s thorugh the late 1980s in Lollywood. the last film she acted in was Tees mar khan in (1989)

While searching for a new face for his film Kanwari Bewah (1956) impressed by her cute face, sweet voice, approachable personality and innocent yet inviting smile. It was Najam Naqvi who introduced her under the stage name Shamim Ara, because her previous name was similar to the infamous dacoit Putli Bai. Though the film did not attract many viewers, a noticeable new female star had appeared on the horizon of the Pakistan film industry. And thats how Shamim Ara got her name.

Jaidaad (1959) and Tees Maar Khan (1989) were the only two Punjabi movies in which she performed.

Producsor:

Shamim Ara was a Pakistani film actress, producer, and later in her career director. She was one of Pakistan’s first female producers in the 1960s. Breaking through the glass ceiling, reaching audiences in a new way for the first time. as acting no longer excited her [3], after gaining the experieicng of performing in over 88 films she was able to notice her passion for other parts of the film industry. 

Director:

shamim Aras display of complex female characters and expanding the responsbaility of female star-authorship as she

directing: SHamim Ara's Miss franchise which debuted thorugh the years 1976-1996, was her most sucessful contious serious compariable with charlies angles at the time, and with the complex female protagnoists set in multiple international locations, compareabke to Kill Bill in modern cinematography. many of shamim ara's films followed the thematic elelmsts of female rafe, specfically feminine vengence or diliverance carried out. 

her Miss franchiese films were the first movies in pakistan to use a helicoptor shot [4].

At a time culturally were cinema both within the industry and in Pakistani theatres were heavily male dominated. Such spaces that were oriented to favour one gender, that resulted in an alternative envirment that would foster a more successful attendence of shamim ara’s works.  

Shamim ara director producso and entrapeanur was the greate resource in reviving the lahore film communtiy/industry which was struggleing in the 1970s due to the political regieme of GUY which implimented strict censorships guidlines and regulations that all filmmakers needed to abid by in order to produce and publish anything within the coutnry. simultainously there was an exoncomic boom in the piracy industry within pakistan with a large influx of international films, from competeing industries like Bollywood Holywood or china, new genres, actors, and stories unsupressed were now flooding into Pakistan and drowning the domestic works/industry. with the exsiiting difficulties of competeing with neighbouring film indisuties now they were being succesfuly attended domesticly and leaving loval cinemas empty. such new genres and stories were influenceing pakistani audiances and were now locally in compettetion for newly developed taste, the only issue was that the industry was aware nor capable of responding to asuqetly to audiance demands/interests.

Legacy:

shamim ara was an intriguk part in the expansion of the industry setting in place a new stnadard for film as she pinoneered many new elements in cinematogrpahy from cross-boarder productions to new methods of directing that helped translate her films and making clearer reference to interntaional films, she establishes a new genere of female martial-arts gun slinging action heros [urban utopias] , she reacted the exsisting cultural change witiness the growing womens liberation movements in oakistan within the 1970s and 80s. her beliefs about female reliancy and progression in womens rights, has always translated beyond her screen. in many interviews she explains the polaring displays of womanhood that is portrayed in her films as compared to the women she played during pakistans golden age of cinmea in the 1950s and 60s.

shamim ara has been viewed to invoke female agency throughout her career and often examined as promoting feminist ideals within her work. creating contemt to inspire women and remain entertianing for the whole family and applicable to general audiances.

thorughout her career shamim ara had always been a favourite of both adiances and her peers alike.

Shamim Ara's film Munda Bigra Jaye was pakistans highest grossing film debuting in 1995 until Choorian 1998 . she was also a mentor to Nisho and her daughter Sahiba in exploring a career in producing and directing, as she was to many female actors and continued to as they saw the oprotunites she had and wanted to follow in her foots to entering multiple parts of the male dominated industry.

shamim ara's Miss film franchise was shot in many international locations involing many cross-boarder productions, behing the secene photos examined by academics have proven that shamim ara kept a kargely women-led oroduction bthrough her crew and artists on scree. her films were also a great oprotunity for her mentorship, as many crew members or actors who awanted to pursue additional paths of producing a film she gave many the first hand oprotunity to learn, such as star-produscor Boita from bangladesh 

Awards:

Awards: Shaeli Presidents Awards [5]

Film[edit]

Year	#	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Director:	Production Company	success
1956	1	Kanwari Bewah		B/W
	2	Miss 56		B/W
1958	3	Anarkali	Surayya	B/W
	4	Wah Re Zamaney
1959	5	Alam Ara	Alam Ara		Dawood Chand	Chand Films
	6	Fasisala			Humayun Mirza	Humyun Films Corporation	Hit
	7	Raaz	ghazala		Humayun Mirza	Humyun Films Corporation	Hit
	8	Savera			Rafiq Rizvi	Durdana Pictures	Average
	9	Apna Paraya			Rafiq Rizvi	Elite Films	Flop
	10	Jaidad			Riaz Ahmad-Raju	Greenland Pictures
	11	Mazloom			Aslam Irani	Everhit Pictures
1960	12	Bhabi	Lead		Nazir Ajmeri	Ajmeri Films
	13	Do Ustad			Rafiq Rizvi	R.Z Films
	14	Izzat
	15	Raat Kay Rahi			Iqbal Yousaf (and writer)	Montana Films	Hit
	16	Roopmati Baaz Bahadur	Roopmati
	17	Saheli	Jamila		S.M Yousuf	F & Y Film	Super Hit
1961	18	Insan Badalta Hai			Munwar Rasheed	Film Arts Company	Hit
	19	Zamana Kya Kahay Ga
	20	Zamin Ka Chaand
1962	21	Aanchal			Al-Hamid	Tanvir Films Corporation	Average
	22	Mehboob
	23	Mera Kya Qasoor			Wazir Ali	Films Hayyat	Hit
	24	Qaidi
	25	Inqalab
1963	26	Kala Pani
	27	Qanoon
	28	Ghazala
	29	Saazish
	30	Nateeja
	31	Seema	Seema
	32	Dulhan
	33	Ik Tera Sahara
	34	Tangay wala
1964	35	Baap Ka Baap
	36	Shikari
	35	Tanha	Gul
	36	Mehkhana
	37	Shabab
	38	Pyar ki Saza
	39	Peigham
	40	Chingari
	41	Haveli
	42	Farangi
1965	43	Faishon			Shabab Keranvi	Shabab Productions	Hit
	44	Dil Kay Tukray	Musarrat
	45	Devdas	Parvati
	46	Naela	Naela
1966	47	Aag Ka Darya
	48	Jalwa
	49	Majboor	Tasneem
	50	Meray Mehboob
	51	Pardah	Zahida
	52	Qabeelah
1967	53	Doraha	Naheed
	54	Aliya
	55	Shola Aur Shabnam
	56	Hamraz	Shehzadi/ Gul Bano	dual role
	57	Lakhon Mein Aik	Shakuntla
1968	58	Saiqa	Saiqa	Actor and Producer alongside Mohammad Usman.	Director Laiq Akhtar	Shamim Ara Productions
	59	Doorsi Maa
	60	Kilona
	61	Jan-e-Arzoo
	62	Dil Mera Dharkan Teri	Najma
	63	Mera Ghar Meri Jannat	Najma
1969	64	Salgira	Shabana/ Salma
	65	Aanch
	66	Dil-e-Betaab	Bano
1970	67	Aansoo Ban Gaey Moti	Raji
	68	Mishor Kumari (Bengali)
	69	Bewafa	Amber
	70	Eik Zalim Eik Hasina
1971	80	Parai Aag
	81	Night Club
	82	Wehshi
	83	Khak Aur Khoon
1972	84	Parai Aag
	85	Angarey	Ayesha
	86	Hill Station
	87	Zindagi Ek Safar Hay		film in color
	88	Suhag			Also producer
1973	89	Khwaab Aur Zindagi	Najma
	90	Farz
1976		waqt
		zabun nisa
		Geo Aur Jeenay Do
1981		Meray Apnay
1989		Teese Mar Khan
1999		Chupkay Chupkay
1974		Bhool	—	Producer
1976		Zaib-un-Nisa	Zaib-un-Nisa
1978		Playboy	—	Producer and director
1981		Mere Apne	Aashi	Also director and producer
1985		Miss Singapore	—	As producer and director
1993		Haathi Mere Saathi	—	Director
1994		Aakhri Mujra	—	Producer and Director
1999		Pal Do Pal	—	Director

bengali film 1970 Misher Kumari 

References

https://pakmag.net/film/artist/ShamimAra.php