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{{Other uses|Swaran Lata (disambiguation)}}
{{short description|Pakistani actress (1924 - 2008)}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=April 2022}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Swaran Lata
| image = Swaran Lata.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| native_name = {{Nastaliq|سوَرن لتا}}
| alt = Swaran Lata
| caption = Swaran Lata
| birth_name = Swaran Lata
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|12|20}}
| birth_place = [[Rawalpindi]], [[British Punjab|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]<ref name=upperstall/> ([[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|2|08|1924|12|20}}
| death_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| alias = ''The Tragedy Queen''<ref name=cineplot/> <br> Saeeda Bano<ref name=upperstall/>
| occupation = [[Actress]]
| years_active = 1942 – 1971<ref name=upperstall/>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Nazir Ahmed Khan]]|1945|1983|}}
| children = 4
| relatives = [[K. Asif]] (cousin)
}}

'''Swaran Lata''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|سوَرن لتا}}}}), ({{lang-hi|स्वर्न लता}}), 20 December 1924 – 8 February 2008) was a Pakistani film actress. She started her career in the film industry in [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]] and later moved to [[Pakistan]].<ref name=upperstall/> She was known as ''The Tragedy Queen'' after she proved her mettle in her emotional, tragic roles, her presence on the film screen and her moving dialogue delivery.<ref name=cineplot/> She worked both in [[Bollywood]] and in [[Pakistani]] cinema.<ref name=cineplot>{{cite web|url=http://cineplot.com/swaranlata-1924-2008/ |date=18 September 2010|archive-date=11 October 2011|url-status=dead|title=Profile of Swaran Lata|access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011042144/http://cineplot.com/swaranlata-1924-2008/ |website=Cineplot.com website}}</ref><ref name=urduwire/>

==Early life==
Swaran Lata was born into a [[Siyal]] [[Khatri]] [[Sikh]] family in [[Rawalpindi]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]], now in [[Pakistan]] on 20 December 1924.<ref name=cineplot/><ref name=pakmag>{{cite web|url=https://pakmag.net/film/artists/details.php?pid=3614 |title=Profile of Swaran Lata|website=Pakistan Film Magazine website| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222122111/https://pakmag.net/film/artists/details.php?pid=3614 |archive-date=2020-02-22|access-date=25 April 2022|date=28 March 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/pimu/2251215887/ Swaran Lata's Profile] Retrieved 25 April 2022</ref> She did her [[Senior Cambridge]] diploma from [[Delhi]] and then joined the Academy of Music and Arts, [[Lucknow]]. In the early 1940s, her family moved to [[Bombay]]. She acted in a total of 22 movies in [[British India]] from 1942 to 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swaran Lata's filmography|url=https://muvyz.com/people/wi394185/Filmography/Actor/2|access-date=25 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314114744/https://muvyz.com/people/wi394185/Filmography/Actor/2|archive-date=14 March 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Swaran Lata later converted to [[Islam]] after she married [[Nazir Ahmed (actor)|Nazir Ahmed]], a famous actor, director and producer at the time. She changed her name to ''Saeeda Bano''.<ref name=upperstall/><ref name=cineplot/> The ''Swaran-Nazir'' pair was a very creative couple, churning out many movies together both before and after the [[Partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name=cineplot/>

==Film career==
An exceptional and wondrous story about how she entered the realm of acting trails Swaran. Her parents died when she was very young and she lived most of her adolescent life with her elder brother, whom she recalls "very strict" on her. However, it is the story of how she got discovered that Swaran tells with great passion: ''"I was a student at a college in Lucknow, India. When I was traveling from Delhi to Lucknow, a few film directors happened to see me. They approached me to act in films but I was not interested at first. One of them then went to my elder brother with the offer, and to my utmost surprise he agreed"''.<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/883839/covery-story-beauty-and-the-feast Team of actress Swaran Lata and film director Nazir on Dawn (newspaper)] Published 17 Dec 2008, Retrieved 25 April 2022</ref>

Swaran Lata started her career as a stage actress. Her first film was ''Awaaz'' released in 1942. Swaran and Nazir migrated to [[Pakistan]] at the time of the [[Partition of India]] in 1947. They left everything they had behind in [[Bombay]] and shifted to [[Lahore]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]. The duo had to start from scratch and were considered among the pioneers of the early [[Pakistani film industry]].<ref name=cineplot/>

Swaran Lata was the lead actress of Pakistan's first ever silver jubilee film ''[[Pheray (1949 film)|Pheray]]'' (1949). This film was a [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] film but she was comfortable as an [[Urdu]] language speaker who was educated in [[Lucknow]], the home of [[Urdu]] ''littérateurs''. For the film, she was coached in [[Punjabi language]] by Baba Alam Siahposh, a Punjabi poet, who was also one of the lyricists of the film songs.<ref name=cineplot/>

As a lead actress, ''Laarey'' (1950), ''Naukar'' (1955), ''Heer'' (1955) were her famous films, and as a supporting actress, ''Sawaal'' (1966) was her famous film. From 1960 onwards, she cut back her film appearances and mainly shifted towards supporting roles until she gracefully retired in 1971.<ref name=upperstall>[https://upperstall.com/profile/swarnalata/ Profile of actress Swaran Lata on upperstall.com website] Retrieved 25 April 2022</ref><ref name=cineplot/>

In her lifetime, Swaran worked with great names like [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] and [[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]] in [[India]] and with [[Syed Musa Raza|Santosh Kumar]], [[Syed Ishrat Abbas|Darpan]], [[Inayat Hussain Bhatti]] and [[Habib-ur-Rehman (actor)|Habib]] in [[Pakistan]].<ref name=upperstall/><ref name=cineplot/>

==Personal life==
She married actor [[Nazir Ahmed Khan]] and had four children including three daughters and one son. Her grandson is actor Nauman Ijaz. <ref name=urduwire>{{cite web|url=http://urduwire.com/people/Swaran-Lata-Saeeda-Bano_554.aspx |archive-date=14 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614090433/http://www.urduwire.com/people/Swaran-Lata-Saeeda-Bano_554.aspx|title=Swaran Lata's profile|website=Urduwire.com website|access-date=25 April 2022
}}</ref><ref name=cineplot/>

==Death==
Swaran Lata died at the age of 83 in [[Lahore]], Pakistan on 8 February 2008.<ref name=cineplot/>

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Language
|-
| 1942 || ''Awaaz'' || Hindi<ref name=cineplot/><ref name=pakmag/>
|-
| 1943 || ''[[Ishaara (1943 film)|Inkaar]]'' || Hindi
|-
| 1943 || ''Tasveer'' || Hindi<ref name=cineplot/>
|-
| 1943 || ''[[Pratiggya]]'' || Hindi
|-
| 1943 || ''[[Ishaara (1943 film)|Ishaara]]'' || Hindi
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Uss Paar (film)|Uss Paar]]'' || Hindi
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Swarna Bhoomi]]'' || Hindi
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Raunaq]]'' || Hindi
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Rattan (film)|Rattan]]'' || Hindi<ref name=upperstall/><ref name=cineplot/>
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Ghar Ki Shobha]]'' || Hindi
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Badi Baat]]'' || Hindi
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Maharathi Karna (film)|Maharathi Karna]]'' || Hindi
|-
| 1945 || ''Preet'' || Hindi
|-
| 1945 || ''Laila Majnu'' || Hindi<ref name=cineplot/>
|-
| 1945 || ''Pratima'' || Hindi
|-
| 1945 || ''Chand Tara'' || Hindi
|-
| 1946 || ''[[Wamaq Azra]]'' || Hindi
|-
| 1946 || ''Insaf'' || Hindi
|-
| 1946 || ''[[Maa Baap Ki Laaj]]'' || Hindi
|-
| 1946 || ''[[Sham Savera]]'' || Hindi<ref name=pakmag/>
|-
| 1947 || ''Abida'' || Hindi
|-
| 1948 || ''Gharbar'' || Hindi
|-
| 1949 || ''Sachai'' || Urdu
|-
| 1949 || ''[[Pheray]]'' || Punjabi<ref name=upperstall/><ref name=cineplot/><ref name=pakmag/>
|-
| 1950 || ''Anokhi Daastan'' || Urdu
|-
| 1950 || ''Laaray'' || Punjabi<ref name=urduwire/><ref name=pakmag/>
|-
| 1952 || ''Bheegi Palken'' || Urdu
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Shehri Babu]]'' || Punjabi<ref name=cineplot/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/476450/remembering-santosh-kumar-the-first-romantic-hero-of-pakistan-part-i/|title=Remembering Santosh Kumar: the first romantic hero of Pakistan — Part I|website=Daily Times|date=December 26, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 1955 || ''Khatoon'' || Urdu
|-
| 1955 || ''Naukar'' || Urdu<ref name=cineplot/><ref name=urduwire/><ref name=pakmag/>
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Heer (1955 film)|Heer]]'' || Punjabi<ref name=urduwire/><ref name=pakmag/>
|-
| 1956 || ''Sabira'' || Urdu
|-
| 1956 || ''Soteeli Maa'' || Urdu
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Noor-e-Islam]]'' || Urdu<ref name=cineplot/>
|-
| 1959 || ''Shama'' || Urdu
|-
| 1962 || ''Billo Jee'' || Punjabi<ref name=pakmag/>
|-
| 1965 || ''Azmat-e-Islam'' || Urdu
|-
| 1966 || ''Sawaal'' || Urdu<ref name=cineplot/><ref name=urduwire/><ref name=pakmag/>
|-
| 1969 || ''Qasm Us Waqt Ki'' || Urdu
|-
| 1971 || ''Duniya Na Maney'' || Urdu<ref name=pakmag/>
|}

=== Other appearance ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Year
! scope="col"|Title
! scope="col"|Role
! scope="col"|Network
|-
|1997
| ''Tum Jo Chaho Tu Suno''
| Herself
| [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of Lollywood actors]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0841912}}, Swaran Lata filmography on IMDb website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161220113131/http://www.citwf.com/person405206.htm Filmography of actress Swaran Lata on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website Archived]

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[[Category:People from Rawalpindi District]]
[[Category:Actresses from Lahore]]
[[Category:Pakistani film actresses]]
[[Category:Converts to Islam from Sikhism]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:20th-century Pakistani actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Punjabi cinema]]
[[Category:2008 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Pakistan]]
[[Category:21st-century Pakistani actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Urdu cinema]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
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[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]

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Vinod4324: ​Created page with ''''Swaran Lata''', (1924-2008) was a Pakistani film actress. She was born into a Sikh family in Rawalpindi, British India in 1924. Sh...'

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