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1 Early life  





2 Career  





3 Personal life  





4 Filmography  



4.1  Television series  





4.2  Film  







5 Honour  





6 Awards and recognition  





7 References  





8 External links  














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Uzma Gillani
عظمیٰ گیلانی
Born

Uzma Begum


(1942-12-01) 1 December 1942 (age 81)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Advertiser
  • Years active1968 – present
    Notable workWaris (1979)
    Dehleez (1982)
    Kaisa Hai Naseeban (2019)
    Spouse

    Inayat Shah Gillani

    (m. 1965; died 2017)
    Children2
    HonoursPride of Performance (1982)

    Uzma Gillani (born 1942; Urdu: عظمیٰ گیلانی) is a veteran Pakistani television actress and advertiser.[1] She, along with Khalida Riyasat, Tahira Naqvi and Roohi Bano, dominated the television screens of Pakistan from the 1970s to the 1990s.[1]

    Early life[edit]

    Uzma was born in Meerut, British India and her parents migrated to Pakistan.

    Career[edit]

    Gillani is known for her choice of roles that demonstrate a character's tough nature and autocratic disposition.[citation needed] She is considered to be one of the greatest television actors of all time in Pakistan.[1] Gillani began her career through PTV's most successful plays Waris (1979–1982), Nasheman (1982), Dehleez (1981) and Panah (1981), which earned her recognition and a Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1982.[2][3]

    Gillani has had cancer.[4] With her career spanning over 45 years, she is one of Pakistan's early TV actresses that gained fame when television emerged in Pakistan in 1964.[5][6]

    Personal life[edit]

    Uzma married Inayat Shah Gillani and the couple had two children. Her husband died in 2017.

    Filmography[edit]

    Television series[edit]

    Film[edit]

    Honour[edit]

    The Government of Pakistan named a street and intersection after her in Lahore on August 16, 2021.[11] In 2022 on May 19 the Cantonment Board of Bahawalpur (CBB) named a Park after her called Uzma Gillani Park for children and women in Model Town.[12]

    Awards and recognition[edit]

    Year Award Category Result Title Ref.
    1981 PTV Award Best Actress Nominated Panah [13]
    1982 Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan Won Herself [5][2]
    1998 PTV Award Best Actress Won Shaam Sey Phelay [14]
    2013 2nd Hum Awards Hum Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Nominated Firaaq [15][16]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c "Angels of the fall", Dawn News (Newspaper), retrieved 11 May 2021
  • ^ a b c Mairas (23 July 2011). "Best Pakistani Female TV Actors: Uzma Gillani". filmplusmovies.com website. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  • ^ "Upcoming plays of 2019", The News International, retrieved 21 February 2021
  • ^ "World Cancer Day: Famous Pakistanis who battled the vicious disease", Pak Tribune, retrieved 2 February 2021
  • ^ a b c d Profile of Uzma Gillani on tv.com.pk website Retrieved 21 March 2019
  • ^ "Importance of education highlighted", The Nation, retrieved 8 January 2021
  • ^ "This photo from the shoot of 'Badlon Par Basera' reminds of Noorul Huda Shah's masterpiece", The Nation, retrieved 27 May 2021
  • ^ "Recalling Zulfiqar Sheikh's drama serial 'Maa' on Mother's Day", The Nation, retrieved 12 January 2021
  • ^ "Women portraying negative characters on TV", The News International, retrieved 11 February 2021
  • ^ "Punjab governor hosts cast of upcoming film 'Sacch' at the Governor's House", Daily Times, retrieved 26 May 2021
  • ^ "Lahore streets, intersections to be named after famous personalities". Dawn News. 18 August 2021.
  • ^ "Actor Uzma Gillani virtually opens park named after her". Dawn Newspaper. 6 July 2022.
  • ^ "پی ٹی وی کی سب سے بہترین اداکارائیں". Dawn Newspaper. 13 June 2023.
  • ^ "PTV Awards 1998", PTV (News), retrieved 28 July 2021
  • ^ "2014 Hum Awards winners". Correspondent. Dawn News newspaper. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  • ^ "3rd Hum TV Awards: Complete Nomination List 2015". Rida Sadiq. Brand Synario. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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