Zeba Bakhtiar | |
|---|---|
 Bakhtiar at PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week in 2010 | |
| Spouse(s) | Salman Valliani
(m. ?– div1992) |
| Parent(s) | Yahya Bakhtiar (father) |
Zeba Bakhtiar (Urdu: زيبا بختيار) is a Pakistani film and television actress and a television director. She made her television debut with a Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) drama, Anarkali (1988).[1] She made her Bollywood debut with Henna in 1991.[2]
Personal life
Zeba is the daughter of Yahya Bakhtiar, a lawyer, politician and pre-independence Muslim League activist who served as the Attorney General of Pakistan, and also played a key role in framing Pakistan's current constitution.[3][4] Her father belonged to Quetta,[3] while her mother Eva Bakhtiar was an English woman born to Hungarian parents.[5][4] Her father died in 2003,[3] and her mother died in 2011.[6] Her parents met in the UK in the early 1940s and married, with her mother eventually settling in Pakistan in 1949 after graduating from the University College London.[5][6] Zeba has two brothers, Salim and Karim, who are both doctors, and a sister, Saira.[3] She was raised in Quetta,[6] and moved to Karachi later.[3]
Zeba has been married 5 times. Her first husband was Salman Valliani whom she married in the year 1982. They got separated and then she tied knots with another man from Quetta whose name is unknown. They had a daughter together who was named Bobby. Zeba’s sister adopted this baby.
She was then married to Javed Jaffrey in 1989. Their relationship fell apart soon after, in the year 1990. Zeba however refuses any relations with Javed. Although Javed has presented a marriage certificate in the Indian court thereby confirming their marriage. Zeba then came in the limelight because of her marriage to famous singer and music composer Adnan Sami in 1993. They have a son named Azaan. [2][3][7][5]
She is involved in women's association football as chairwoman of Diya W.F.C.,[8] the oldest women's football club of Pakistan.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Henna[9] | Henna | Hindi |
| 1994 | Mohabbat Ki Aarzoo | Poonam Singh | Hindi |
| 1994 | Stuntman | Reena B. Tiwari | Hindi |
| 1995 | Jai Vikraanta | Nirmala Verma | Hindi |
| 1995 | Sargam[3] | Zeb-un-Nisa | Urdu |
| 1996 | Muqadama | Chanchal Singh | |
| 1996 | Chief Sahib | ||
| 1999 | Qaid | Khushboo | |
| 2001 | Babu | ||
| 2001 | Musalmaan (film) | ||
| 2014 | O21[3] | as Producer | |
| 2015 | Bin Roye | Saba's Mother |
Television
- Anarkali (1988)- A Pakistan Television Corporation production
- Tansen
- Laag
- Mulaqat
- Abke Hum Bichre tau Shayad
- Muqaddas (1996)
- Mehmaan
- Shehr-e-Dil Ke Darwaze
- Moum (2010)
- Masuri
- Doordesh
- Aye Mere Pyar Ki Khushboo
- Ishq Ki Ibtida
- Samjhauta Express
- Hazaron Saal
- Be Imaan
- Takoune
- Maa Aur Mamta
- Bin Roye
- Aabla Paa
- Kharaash
- Pehli See Mohabbat
See also
References
- ↑ Ahmad, Fouzia Nasir (November 9, 2014). "Zeba Bakhtiar: Deconstructing a legend". DAWN.COM.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Zeba Bakhtiar Biography | Tv.com.pk". www.tv.com.pk.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Yahya Bakhtiar dies". Dawn. 28 June 2003. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "'My hero': Zeba Bakhtiar shares a memorable picture". ARY News. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
Her father Yahya Bakhtiar was a lawyer and Attorney General of Pakistan who played a key role in the framing of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. Zeba's mother was a Hungarian woman.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Azaan Sami Khan discusses relation with father, Adnan Sami Khan". The News. 19 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
Speaking about family dynamics, Azaan first revealed, "My mother's mother was English; her parents were Hungarian. My grandfather met her in the early 1940s," he revealed.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Yahya Bakhtiar's wife dies". Dawn. 8 January 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ↑ Hafeez, Zara Nasir (May 19, 2014). "The buzz: In conversation with Zeba Bakhtiar". tribune.com.pk.
- ↑ "A football victory for girls' rights in Karachi". United Nations Pakistan Newsletter Issue No. 2 (2016). 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ↑ "RIP Rishi Kapoor: 'Henna' will be remembered forever". DeccanHerald. Retrieved 30 April 2020.