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Bindiya

Bindiya

This sultry beauty was different from her showbiz peers in that before her entry into the serious business of Lollywood, she proved her burgeoning acting mettle on the Lahore commercial stage. Even early on, before she calculatedly worked herself into films, Bindiya’s style was peppered with a nonchalant seduction, something that could have been manufactured via a background seeped in education, and a habit of intellectual book reading that gave her later film appearances a rare polish. Bindiya’s first film was Shabab Kirvani’s Bahen Bhai (1977) with Mohammad Ali and Waheed Murad. Although Rani was the main the lead in the film, Bindiya made her presence felt as the other vamp like woman. Soon after, Bindiya worked again with Waheed Murad in Awaz and she was again cast as an ultra modern temptress replete with voluptuous curves and a raspy cabaret voice. Bindiya only appeared twice as a heroine once in 1977’s Yadoon Ki Baarat , and then in Shola (1978) – both with Asif Khan. However, Bindiya soon became disillusioned with the ongoing typecasting and did not appear in many movies during the early 80’s. Her last movies were perhaps Hasan Tariq’s Sangdil and Iqbal Kashmiri’s Alladin, both made in 1983. She took a chance on television plays, and perhaps surprisingly even to her self, she was an instant hit, being booked left, right and centre by famous producers.

The main vehicles for her entry into television were through the arty long plays by producer Mohammad Nisar Hussain. These plays were often written by searingly philosophic writers such as Ashfaque Ahmad, Dr. Anwar Sajjad and Bano Qudsia. One of Bindiya’s most famous plays Footpath Kee Ghans.

During her absence from the Urdu film screen, Bindiya was inundated with Punjabi film roles that included 1983’s Bhangra with Afzal Ahmad and 1984’s Rustam with Iqbal Hassan. During the mid 80’s Bindiya appeared sporadically on television and reprised her place in theatre. Her collaboration with the much younger Nabeel was seen by many as a publicity stunt. In the early 90’s, Bindiya, perhaps inspired by her Bollywood peers who were also singing, attempted to cut a record amid much fanfare. The results were disastrous and she was mercilessly panned by the critics. Rumors are still rife about her marriage to a Palestinian man and her immigration to the United States. One might want to query her niece, one of Pakistan’s leading supermodels – Zurain Imam – Mag The Weekly – Karachi

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