Samina Ahmad

Samina Ahmad
Born	Samina Ahmad Feb 11 1950 Karachi, Pakistan^[1]
Occupation	Television actress, producer, presenter, director
Years active	1980-present
Spouse(s)	Film director late Fareed Ahmad (died in 1993)
Website	www.facebook.com/samina.ahmed.10048

Samina Ahmad is a Pakistani television actress, stage performer, television producer and television director.^[2]

Early life and career

Films

Dukhtar (2014) (as Rukhsana)^[3]
Naraaz (1984)

When asked in an interview about what she values most in life ? ... Her prompt reply was, "Humanity".^[2]

Television

She had started her career with serious plays on Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), however she is known for comedy plays like Akkar Bakkar, Taal Matol, Alif Noon and Such Gup. She also acted in the famous comedy drama Family Front. She has recently acted in another TV comedy named Side Order. Her switch to the comic roles proved to be highly rewarding for her, and she quickly became a top media person in Pakistan.^[1]

Some of her well-known TV dramas are:

Waris- 1979 (as Sughra, wife of Chaudhry Niaz Ali)^[4]
Alif Noon
Bol Meri Machlee
Angaar Waadi
Pani Jaisa Piyar
Husan Ara Kaun
Aakhri Barish
Family Front
Dhoop Mein Sawan
Talluq
Azar Ki Ayegi Baraat
Noor Bano
Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain
Dolly ki Ayegi Baraat
Takkay Ki Ayegi Baraat
Annie Ki Ayegi Baraat
Tanveer Fatima (B.A)- 2009^[4]
Chand Parosa
Side Order
HooBahoo
Dil Mohallay Ki Haveli
Mere Humdum Mere Dost
Mirat Ul Uroos
Bojh
Maikey Ko Dedo Sandes
Sangat
Gul-e-Rana- 2015 (a popular drama)^[4]

As a TV director

She was a programmes director at Alhamra Arts Council in Lahore while also performing on the television. In 1997, she launched her own television company named as Samina Ahmad Productions which produced the widely-popular TV drama Family Front.^[1]

Awards and nominations

Nigar Award for 'Best Supporting Actress' in the film Naraaz in 1985.^[5]
Best Director Award in 1999 by PTV.^[2]^[1]
Winner: Best Actress Sitcom in a Leading Role in The 1st Indus Drama Awards 2005
Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2011

References

1 2 3 4 "Profile of Samina Ahmad". Vidpk.com. Retrieved 3 Oct 2016.
1 2 3 http://www.mag4you.com/spotlight/spotlight.asp?title=Samina+Ahmed&content_id=5118&bhsh=1024&bhsw=1280&bhiw=1259&bhih=851&bhqs=1#postadcontent, Profile of Samina Ahmad on mag4you.com website, Retrieved 13 Sep 2016
↑ http://www.citwf.com/film504356.htm, Dukhtar (2014) film and Samina Ahmad (actress) on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website, Retrieved 13 Sep 2016
1 2 3 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3222308/, Samina Ahmad's filmography and as TV actress on IMDb website, Retrieved 13 Sep 2016
↑ http://www.janubaba.com/c/forum/topic/20869/Lollywood/Nigar_Awards__Complete_History, Samina Ahmad's 'Best Supporting Actress' Nigar Award info listed on janubaba.com website, Retrieved 3 Oct 2016

External links

Pride of Performance for Arts

1958–1959	Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1958) Zainul Abedin (1958) Hafeez Jalandhri (1958)

1960–1969	Roshan Ara Begum (1960) Sadequain (1962) Mehdi Ali Mirza (1962) Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (1962) Ustad Allahbaksh (1963) Noor Jehan (1965) A.S.M. Qamarul Hasan (1965) Zubaida Agha (1965) Ferdausi Begum (1965) Sharif Khan Poonchwaley (1965) Imtiaz Ali Taj (1965) Shakir Ali (1966) Khwaja Moinuddin (1966) Ayat Ali Khan (1966) Ustad Haji Mohammad Sharif (1967) Ustad Munshi Raziuddin (1967) Rafi Peer (1967) Ali Imam (1968) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (1968) Ustad Amanat Ali Khan (1969) Bade Fateh Ali Khan (1969) Laila Arjumand Banu (1969) Umeed Ali Khan (1969) Mohammad Kibria (1969)

1970–1979	Ismail Gulgee (1970) Farida Khanum (1970) Abul Qasim Mohammad Moslehuddin (1970) Naheed Niazi (1970) Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (1970) Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan (1971) Munir Sarhadi (1978) Ahmed Pervez (1978) Iqbal Bano (1978) Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (1978) Ghulam Farid Sabri (1978) Ibn-e-Insha (1978) Faiz Mohammad Baloch (1979) Anna Molka Ahmed (1979) Khamiso Khan (1979) Kishwar Sultan (1979) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Sitar Nawaz) (1979) Ghulam Ali (1979) Alam Lohar (1979) Mureed Buledi (1979) Misri Khan Jamali (1979) Pathane Khan (1979) Mohammad Azam Chishti (1979)

1980-1989	Mohammad Qavi Khan (1980) Ustad Khyal Muhammad (1980) Allan Faqir (1980) Sohail Rana (1980) Aazar Zubi (1980) Malika Pukhraj (1980) Muhammad Juman (1980) Nasir Jehan (1981) Mansoor Tabish (1981) Qari Syed Ali Sharfuddin Yemni (1981) Nanhe Ali Khan (1981) Roohi Bano (1981) Alexander Robert (1981) Uzma Gillani (1982) Qari Ubaidur Rehman (1982) Talat Hussain (1982) Tufail Niazi (1982) Reshma (1982) Arsh Muneer (1983) Ustad Nazar Hussain (1983) Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi (1984) Begum Khursheed Mirza (1984) Abida Parveen (1984) Mohammad Ali (1984) Syed Anwar Hussain, Nafees Raqam (1985) Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan (1985) Mehdi Hasan (1985) Qari Ghulam Rasool (1985) Siddiq Ismail (1985) Abid Ali (1985) Syed Mehmood Ali (1985) Sabiha Khanum (1986) Shahzad Khalil (1986) Suraiya Multanikar (1986) Firdous Jamal (1986) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1986) Azhar Lodhi (1986) Ustad Abdul Majeed Dehlvi (1987) Haseena Moin (1987) Aadil Salahuddin (1987) Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (1987) Sain Akhtar Hussain (1987) Qari Izhar Ahmed Thanvi (1987) Shaista Zaid (1988) Mustafa Qureshi (1988) Ustad Kabir Khan (1989) Ghulam Ahmed Chishti (1989) Musarrat Nazir (1989) Shafi Mohammad Shah (1989) Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (1989) Jameel Bismil (1989) Bushra Ansari (1989) Ameer Khan (1989) Amjad Hussain (1989) Ustad Salamat Ali Khan (1989) Aziz Mian (1989) Agha Talish (1989) Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak (1989) Mian Shaukat Hussain (1989)

1990-1999	Salim Nasir (1990) Daud Kamal (1990) Khalid Hameed (1990) Shaukat Ali (1990) Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando (1990) Ustad Hamid Ali Khan (1990) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (1990) Mushtaq Gazdar (1990) * Ahmed Saeed Nagi (1990) Qari Mohammad Fida (1990) Iftikhar Arif (1990) Khursheed Alam known as Gohar Qalam (1991) Khayyam Sarhadi (1991) Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi (1991) Ata ul Haq Qasmi (1991) Nayyar Ali Dada (1992) Shakeel (Yousuf Kamal) (1992) Noor Mohammad Lashari (1992) Tariq Aziz (1992) Mustansar Hussain Tarar (1992) Pervez Malik (1992) Jawed Iqbal (1992) Mian Ijazul Hasan (1992) Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman (1992) Munir Niazi (1992) Ismail Shahid (1993) Ali Ejaz (1993) S.H. Hashmi (1993) Syed Manzoorul Kaunain (1993) Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari (1993) Agha Nasir (1993) Farooq Qaiser (1993) Bashir Mirza (1994) Ahmad Bashir (1994) Shahid Jalal (1994) Qari Mohammad Younus (1994) Qari Syed Ali Abid Naqvi (1994) Nisar Bazmi (1994) Hamid Ali Bela (1994) Zareena Baloch (1994) Naheed Siddiqui (1994) Shujaat Hashmi (1994) Qateel Shifai (1994) Allah Rakha (sarangi) (1995) Ustad Talib Hussain Khan (1995) Colin David (1995) Shoaib Hashmi (1995) Begum Khursheed Shahid (1995) Khursheed Ahmad (1995) Laila Shahzada (1995) Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla (1996) Mashooq Sultan (1996) Safeerullah Lehri (1996) Qari Noor Mohammad (1996) Fatima Surayya Bajia (1996) Sehba Akhtar (1996) Nadeem Baig (1997) Mumtaz Mirza (1998) Salima Hashmi (1999) Anwar Masood (1999)

2000-2009	Jamil Fakhri (2002) Nazia Hassan (2002) Askari Mian Irani (2002) Himayat Ali Shair (2002) Shoaib Mansoor (2002) Iftikhar Ahmad (2003) Syed Afzal Hussain (2003) Syed Munawwar Saeed (2003) Abdul Aziz Baloch (2003) Ghulam Mustafa (2003) Majeed Khan (2003) Moneeza Hashmi (2003) Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (2003) Muhammad Yusuf Khan (2004) Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (2004) Chishty Bin Subh-o-Mujahid (2004) Navid Shahzad (2004) Salahuddin Toofani (2004) S. M. Naqi (2004) Haji Atta Muhammad (2004) Moin Niazi (2004) Shahida Parveen (2004) Tina Sani (2004) Niaz Ahmed (2004) Samiur Rahman (2004) Rais Khan (2005) Arif Lohar (2005) Shafqat Tanvir Mirza (2005) Muhammad Mansha Yaad (2005) Shabnam Shakeel (2005) Tassawar Khanum (2005) Ustad Badar uz Zaman (2006) Ustad Qamar uz Zaman (2006) Zehra Nigah (2006) Naheed Akhtar (2007) Shaan (2007) Asad Amanat Ali Khan (2007) Faakhir Mehmood (2007) Munnu Bhai (2007) Allah Bukhsh (2008) Munni Begum (2008) Akhtar Munir (2008) Gopal Das (2008) Haji Mehr Ali (2008) Haji Sher Ali (2008) Nahid Raza (2008) Gul Bahar Bano (2008) Mujahid Hussain (2008) Late Rasheed Malik (2008) Sultana Siddiqui (2008) Abdul Karim Balouch (2008) Abdul Qadir Junejo (2008) M. Hanif Raza (2008) Nasreen Askari (2008) Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan (2008) Mansoor Rahi (2008) Tari Khan (2008) Rasheed Naz (2009) Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan (2009) Muhammad Younus Khan (2009) Emanuel Philip (2009) Rehana Siddiqui (2009) Shabbir Hussain (2009) Manzoor Hussain (2009) Parveen Nazzar (2009) Javaid Tufail Niazi (2009) Babar Ali Niazi (2009) Hajra Mansoor (2009) Behroze Sabzwari (2009) Obaidullah Baig (2009) Khalifa Muhammad Irshad Beg (2009) Naseem Sultan (2009) Ghous Bux Brohi (2009) Sahib Dino Mallah (2009) Satish Chandra Anand (2009) Rubeena Malik (2009) Badar Munir (2009) Muhammad Gul (2009) Mehnaz Hyat (2009) Abdul Qadir (2009) Ghayyur Akhtar (2009)

2010-Present	Masarrat Misbah (2010) Rabia Zuberi (2010) Zulfiqar Ali (2010) Habib (2011) Khan Tehsil (2011) Abdul Rahim Nagori (2011) S. Amjad Bukhari (2011) S. B. John (2011) S.H. Qasim Jalali (2011) Samina Ahmad (2011) Sohail Ahmed (2011) Ustad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu (2011) Khalid Ahmad (2011) Ustad Muhammad Alam (2011) Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (Late) (2011) Wazir Afzal (2011) Zafar Kazmi (Late) (2011) Moin Akhter (2011) Saira Kazmi (2012) Mohsin Gillani (2012) Noman Ijaz (2012) Saba Hameed (2012) Javed Sheikh (2012) Meera (2012) Rahat Naveed Masud (2012) Lutfullah Khan (2012) Tahira Syed (2013) Muhammad Ajmal Khan (2013) Alamgir (2013) Shahida Mini (2013) Naghma (2013) Shahid Abdullah (2014) Ustad Shafiquz Zaman Khan (2014) Aurangzeb Leghari (2014) Ayub Khawar (2014)

Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actress (1981–2000) (For Urdu Films)

Shaista Qaisar (1981)
Sabiha Khanum (1982)
Bazgha (1983)
Sangeeta (1984)
Samina Ahmed (1985)
Arifa Siddiqui (1986)
Neeli (1987)
Not Awarded (1988)
Neelo (1989)
Samina Peerzada (1990)
Rubina (1991)
Zoya Butt (1992)
Kanwal (1993)
Nayyar Sultana (1994)
Zeba Shehnaz (1995)
Andaleeb (1996)
Sana (1997)
Sahiba (1998)
Sana (1999)
Atiqa Odho (2000)

Complete list
(1957–1960)
(1961–1980)
(1981–2000)
(2001–2002)

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