Uzma Gillani
عظمیٰ گیلانی
Born
Uzma Begum

(1942-12-01) 1 December 1942
Meerut, British India
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Advertiser
Years active1968 – present
Notable workWaris (1979)
Dehleez (1982)
Kaisa Hai Naseeban (2019)
Spouse
Inayat Shah Gillani
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(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

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

Career

Gillani is known for her choice of roles that demonstrate a character's tough nature and autocratic disposition. 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

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

Filmography

Television series

Film

  • Sacch (2019) as Uzma[10]

Honour

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

YearAwardCategoryResultTitleRef.
1981PTV AwardBest ActressNominatedPanah[13]
1982Pride of PerformanceAward by the President of PakistanWonHerself[5][2]
1998PTV AwardBest ActressWonShaam Sey Phelay[14]
20132nd Hum AwardsHum Award for Best Actor in a Negative RoleNominatedFiraaq[15][16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Angels of the fall", Dawn News (Newspaper), retrieved 11 May 2021
  2. 1 2 3 Mairas (23 July 2011). "Best Pakistani Female TV Actors: Uzma Gillani". filmplusmovies.com website. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Upcoming plays of 2019", The News International, retrieved 21 February 2021
  4. ↑ "World Cancer Day: Famous Pakistanis who battled the vicious disease", Pak Tribune, retrieved 2 February 2021
  5. 1 2 3 4 Profile of Uzma Gillani on tv.com.pk website Retrieved 21 March 2019
  6. ↑ "Importance of education highlighted", The Nation, retrieved 8 January 2021
  7. ↑ "This photo from the shoot of 'Badlon Par Basera' reminds of Noorul Huda Shah's masterpiece", The Nation, retrieved 27 May 2021
  8. ↑ "Recalling Zulfiqar Sheikh's drama serial 'Maa' on Mother's Day", The Nation, retrieved 12 January 2021
  9. ↑ "Women portraying negative characters on TV", The News International, retrieved 11 February 2021
  10. ↑ "Punjab governor hosts cast of upcoming film 'Sacch' at the Governor's House", Daily Times, retrieved 26 May 2021
  11. ↑ "Lahore streets, intersections to be named after famous personalities". Dawn News. 18 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Actor Uzma Gillani virtually opens park named after her". Dawn Newspaper. 6 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "پی ٹی وی کی سب سے بہترین اداکارائیں". Dawn Newspaper. 13 June 2023.
  14. ↑ "PTV Awards 1998", PTV (News), retrieved 28 July 2021
  15. ↑ "2014 Hum Awards winners". Correspondent. Dawn News newspaper. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  16. ↑ "3rd Hum TV Awards: Complete Nomination List 2015". Rida Sadiq. Brand Synario. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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