LAHORE (Web Desk) - The 88th birth anniversary of the Golden Girl of Pakistani Cinema Sabiha Khanum slipped by as there was no remarkable event in the showbiz industry.
She was born on Oct 16, 1935 in Gujrat as Mukhtar Begum but got fame as Sabiha Khanum.
Khanum was one of the most popular actors of 1950s-60s who was known as the prestige of Lollywood.
She not only performed in films, but also did theatre and sang national songs for some PTV programmes.
The Pakistani cinema of 1950s-60s was mostly dominated by Sabiha Khanum and her husband Santosh Kumar.
Khanum was part of Pakistan’s first silver jubilee film Do Aansoo and first golden jubilee film Sassi. Among her landmark films are Sath Lakh, Mauseeqar, Chohti Begum, Naaji, Hasrat, Daman, Sawal, Wada, Hatim, Mehfil, Toofan, Ik Gunah aur Sahi and Ishq Laila.
She passed away on June 13, 2020 in United States.