Nayyar Sultana

Nayyar Sultana
File:Nayyar-Sultana.jpg Nayyar Sultana in 1963 film Baji
Born	Tayyaba Bano Aligarh, British India
Died	Tuesday, 27 October 1992 Karachi, Pakistan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1955–1991
Spouse(s)	Darpan

Nayyar Sultana, born Tayyaba Bano popularly known as Malka-i- Jazbaat (Queen of Sentiments), was an actress from Pakistan. She became one of the foremost screen actresses of Lollywood golden age.

Career

She started her movie career with Anwar Kamal Pasha's venture Qatil in 1955 as a supporting actress. She landed the second lead in Humayon Miraz’s Intikhab (1955). This had struck a huge success for her debut and thereafter, she started performing lead roles with a screen name Nayyar Sultana, for which she was known in her 40 year career. Her notable films include Saath Lakh (1957), Baaji (1963), Mazloom (1959), Saheli (1960).

She briefly left the industry after her marriage with Darpan. She had a comeback in the late 1960s, but most of her films like Ek Musafir Ek Haseena (1968), Meri Bhabhi (1969), Hamjoli (1970) and Azmat (1973) did not cast much success at the box office.

In the 1970s, she moved to performing character roles in S. Sulaiman’s Abhi To Main Jawan Hoon and two films by Hassan Tariq, Mazi Haal Mustaqbil and Seeta Maryam Margaret. These were her last critically acclaimed films before she gradually faded away from the screen. After the death of her husband, Darpan, in 1981, Nayyar managed his recruiting agency till her own death. She appeared in few movies in the next decade. with her last appearance in Teen Yakke Teen Chhakke (1991). Nayyar Sultana has worked in over 225 films during her 37 year movie career and received a number of awards. She was known for performing tragic roles; as otherwise known as queen of emotions.

Personal life

Nayyar Sultana was born as Tayyaba Bano in Aligarh (British India) in 1937 to a Muslim family. She had her education in Women's College, Aligarh, British India. Her family migrated to Karachi, after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. She married Darpan, her co-star and one of the foremost romantic hero in Pakistani film industry, at the pinnacle of her movie career. His elder brother Santosh Kumar was also an actor, and another brother S. Sulaiman was a director. Nayyar Sultana died of cancer on 27 October 1992 in Karachi, Pakistan.

Filmography

• Qatil (1955)
• Intekhab (1955)
• Saat Lakh (1957)
• Dil mein Tu (1958)
• Touheed (1958)
• Akhri Dao (1958)
• Aadmi (1958)
• Bacha Jamoora (1959)
• Lalkar (1959)
• Mazloom (1959)
• Rahguzar (1960)
• Behrupia (1960)
• Ek thi Maa (1960)
• Ayaz (1960)
• Khaibar Mail (1960)
• Daku ki Larki (1960)
• Saheli (1960)
• Surayya (1961)
• Son of Ali Baba (1961)
• Bombay Wala (1961)
• Gulfarosh (1961)
• 3 Phool (1961)
• Aulad (1962)
• Mehtab (1962)
• Ghunghat (1962)
• Barsat Mein (1962)
• Baghawat (1963)
• Maa kay Aansoo (1963)
• Yahudi ki Larki (1963)
• Baji (1963)
• Dulhan (1963)
• Tangay Wala (1963)
• Aurat ek Kahani (1963)
• Devdas (1965)
• Nadir Khan (1968)
• Musafar Aik Haseena (1968)
• Saza (1969)
• Chann Sajna (1970)
• Farz Aur Mohabbat (1972)
• Jagde Rehna (1972)
• Khuda Te Maa (1973)
• Bahisht (1974)
• Pehchan (1975)
• Ek Gunah Aur Sahi (1975)
• Chitra Tay Shera (1976)
• Bud Tameez (1976)
• Kora Kaghaz (1978)
• Khushboo (1979)
• Smuggler (1980)
• Aag Aur Sholay (1980)
• Wadda Khan (1983)
• Shani (1989)

See also

• List of Pakistani actresses

External links

• Nayyar Sultana at the Internet Movie Database, Filmography of Nayyar Sultana on IMDb website, Retrieved 7 March 2016