Thanks a lot for all that info. Yeah, Shamim Hilali is a real beauty and great actress; she has also worked for a while from PTV Islamabad and has also taught in Pakistani embassy schools during her husband's foreign postings. As for Hina, she is a true gem but please if you can tell more about her life; she has not given any interview regarding her personal details etc though I've heard she was living abroad before.
Another actress that has made a relatively recent entry is Parveen Akbar and no other actor can play a semi-villianish laraka type roles as her (Salma Zafar can compete her but mostly her roles also have an element of pity and poverty). Where was she before? These two actresses have literally conquered the character acting scene.
Sorry, I got confused over **Sumbul **and Asma; the latter is a good actress and I've heard that she is a good singer and comedian too and used to perform on PTV with her sister but I've read in some gossip mag that Bushra forced her to marry (professional jealousy maybe or just a juicy gossip). Sumbul, on the other hand, is just an average actress at most.
Will wait for details :) Best wishes
WOW!! you are way away from pak-showbiz media...friend!
PERVEEN AKBAR...is my peer in showbiz as she too made her debut
from PTV-K in 1969 and now she has been archived as the 'bad mom in law or some larraka in khandaan' roles! but in real life....PERVEEN could be one of the finest person full of wit and high energy...that she is a workaholic! She has done around 30 serials, long plays etc with me since 1969 for PTV-K and private productions. Our best was Saadia Imam's eid play of 2005..."BEY SE BACHEEAY" with Ahsan Khan, Shafi Mohammed, Ghazala Javed and Saadia herself.
You are right! Sumbul is a good singer--and she regularly but on selective basis..performs in functions. Her USA tour is around the corner.