| Zeba was one of the most respected, gorgeous and
graceful woman in Pakistan film industry. She started her film
career from Karachi where producer Noor Mohammed Khan offered a
role of heroine in his film "Zindagi", which could
not complete due to some reasons and then she was casted in other
Karachi made film "Shakir" which was released with the name of Chiragh
Jalta Raha in 1962. Other debut cast were Mohammed Ali, Deeba,
Kemal Irani and Arif who was her hero.
Tauba was
her first Golden Jubilee hit movie and her pair with Kemal and
then with Waheed
Murad became box office hit.
 She worked in only
one Punjabi film named "Mehndi Wale Hath". She worked with
45 film directors. "Najma" was her first colour film 1970. "Rishta Hey Pyar
Ka" was
her first film which was shoot overseas. Her first Platinum Jubilee was Armaan which
was Pakistan's first Platinum Jubilee Urdu film.
She received many awards in her film career.
During the struggle days, Zeba was called by Shareef Nayyar to
work for his under direction film "Ishq par zor naheen (1963)" from Karachi to Lahore. On
trail, Zeba was declared Fail and Shareef Nayyar passed the remarks that she
is not a suitable actress and could not be a big actress in future, then he
decided to take Musarrat Nazeer instead.
Film career and Zeba's heroes:
1962: (1 film)
1963: (5 films)
¤ Baji (Dapan)
¤ Jab se dekha hai tumhen (Darpan)
¤ Dil ne tujhe maan liya (Kemal)
¤ Sumeera (Rattan Kumar)
¤ Mehndi wale Hath (Sultan)
1964: (5 films)
1965: (5 films)
1966: (8 films)
1967: (7 films)
1968: (9 films)
1969: (5 films)
1970: (6 films)
1971: (6 films)
1972: (6 films)
1973: (2 films)
1974: (4 films)
1975: (9 films)
1976: (5 film)
1977: (1 film)
1978: (2 films)
1979: (2 film)
1989: (1 film)
Ali-Zeb
 A prestigious and respectable couple in Pakistani Film Industry. They married
on 29 September, 1966 and appeared in 70 movies together - 59 films as the main
pair (hero/heroine) which is a world record!
Zeba was born on 3rd October, 1943 in Anbala, Indian Punjab. Her real name is
Shaheen. Her father name was Azam Khan. Her mother was known as Lali Begum. She
was married and got a daughter when she began her film career. She also married Sudhir for
a while.
Mohammad Ali passed away on March 19, 2006. |
