Badar Khalil
Badar Khalil | |
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| بدر خلیل | |
| Born | Badar 5 July 1945 |
| Nationality | British Indian, Pakistani |
| Other names | Bi Jamalo, Aqeela |
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| Years active | 1968–present |
| Notable work | Ankahi Tanhaiyaan Dhoop Kinarey Parosi Doraha Half Plate Marvi. |
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Badar Khalil (Urdu: بدر خلیل), also known as 'Baddo Aapa', is a Pakistani television actress.[1][2][3] She gained popularity for her role in the TV play Bi Jamalo portraying herself as Bi Jamalo.[4] She has appeared in TV serials on PTV since 1968. She also appeared in Mithu Aur Aapa, a comedy play on Hum TV.
Early life
[edit]Badar Khalil was born on 5 July, 1945 in Delhi in British India to a Kashmiri Muslim father and a Delhite mother. Her family moved to Lahore, Pakistan, during Partition of India in 1947.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]In Karachi, her first main appearance was in the drama Unkahi, a classic TV drama written by Pakistani playwright Haseena Moin.[2] In July 2014, she was getting ready to move to Canada after a 46-year-long professional acting career to live with one of her sons who lives there.[2] Although she stayed and continued working with ARY Digital and Geo Entertainment.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Badar lives in Karachi, where she had moved with her husband, the TV director Shahzad Khalil.[2] In 1989, her husband died of cardiac arrest.[3]
Filmography
[edit]Television series
[edit]- Bi Jamalo (1969) [2][3]
- Half Plate [6]
- Teesra Kinara (1980)
- Ankahi (1982)[2]
- Tanhaiyaan (1985) [2][7][8]
- Dhoop Kinare (1987) [9]
- Parosi (1992)
- Tumse Kehna Tha (1995)
- Chaandni Raatain (2002)
- Quddusi Sahab Ki Bewah (2012)[2]
- Doraha[2]
- Marvi
- Madiha Maliha
- Meri Behan Meri Dewrani
- Shukk[2]
- Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain
- Shareek-e-Hayat
- Malaal
- Mere Qatil Mere Dildaar
- Shikwa
- Vasl
- Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay[10][11]
- Mithu Aur Aapa
Film
[edit]Awards and recognition
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Award by Government of Pakistan | Won | [4] |
| 1998 | PTV Award | Tribute to Pakistani Legends | Won | [4] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Badar Khalil opens up about her retirement | SAMAA". Samaa TV.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Fouzia Nasir Ahmad (6 July 2014). "Badar Khalil: End of an era". Pakistan: Dawn. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ a b c Profile of Badar Khalil on tv.com.pk website Retrieved 1 April 2019
- ^ a b c "بدر خلیل کا انٹرویو جسے بدو آپا کے نام سے بھی جانا جاتا ہے". Pakistan Television Corporation: 137.
- ^ "'Tanhaiyan' actors make a comeback with sequel". The Express Tribune. 28 February 2021.
- ^ "A Haaf Playt on theatre … vis-à-vis Anwar Maqsood". Dawn News. 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Old school charm: PTV dramas of the past that shaped our present". The Express Tribune. 2 November 2021.
- ^ "35 years after Tanhaiyan". The News International. 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Classic TV serials Dhoop Kinare, Taanhaiyaan to be aired in Saudi Arabia". Daily Pakistan. 19 August 2021.
- ^ Fatima Zakir. "The new beginning (Badar Khalil in Tanhaiyaan Naye Silsilay)". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue". The Express Tribune. 12 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Badar Khalil at IMDb
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent
- Muhajir people
- Pakistani television actresses
- Actresses from Karachi
- Hum Award winners
- Actresses from Lahore
- Pakistani film actresses
- 20th-century Pakistani actresses
- PTV Award winners
- 21st-century Pakistani actresses
- Pakistani television newsreaders and news presenters
- Actresses from Delhi