May 15th, 2010

Shahina Ghaznavi

Shahina Ghaznavi

Shahina Ghaznavi

Known for her beautiful blue eyes, Shahina Ghaznavi was the daughter of well known music director Rafiq Ghaznavi. Rafiq Ghaznavi had quite a few mistresses and Shahina’s mother was one of them. Shahina Ghaznavi was introduced as a leading lady in Masud Pervaiz’s Beli (1950) opposite Santosh Kumar.  The film was based on Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story about the perils of the 1947 exodus. The memories of partition were still too fresh for the general public, therefore, the film flopped. The same year, Amin Malik’s cast her as a heroine opposite the leading comedian of his time – Nazar in Judai. Judai flopped too and that ruined Shahina’s chances to play the lead in future. She was relegated to supporting roles, of which Inteqam (1955) and Aankh Ka Nasha (1957) are memorable. She quit the film industry probably in late 50′s. She is still alive and released an audio album in her own voice in mid 90′s.

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