Husna

Pakistani film actress

Husna
Born	Nudrat Jahan 1942
Nationality	Pakistani
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1958 – 1970s

Husna (born 1942) was a Pakistani actress in the late 1950s to 1970s, who worked in Pakistani cinema. She made her debut in 1958 and mostly appeared in supporting roles in films. She was the recipient of a Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1972.^[1]

Career

Actress Husna was born in 1942 as Nudrat Jahan in the household of Aftab Ali Khan, a friend of veteran film producer Shaukat Hussain Rizvi who introduced her into the Pakistani film industry with the professional name 'Husna'.^[2]^[3] She made her debut as a child actor with his film Jan-e-Bahar (1958). Husna never became a top heroine and mainly played the side-heroine or vamp roles in Urdu and Punjabi films during her almost 30 years long career. Her big breakthrough came with Ajab Khan (1961), starring opposite Sudhir.^[3]^[2]

Her other appearances include Changez Khan (1958), Nagin (1959), Rani Khan (1960), Dosti (1971) and Sabaq (1972), among other musical films. Ahmad Bashir's Neela Parbat (1969) was one of her memorable films opposite Muhammad Ali, which was an experimental film, and inspired by Neo-realism.^[2]^[4] Her leading roles were in Honeymoon (1970) and Khamosh Nigahen (1971) opposite Kamal and Waheed Murad respectively.^[5]

Personal life

She married film actor Darpan, actor Santosh Kumar's younger brother, but that marriage lasted only for two years. Then she remarried within her own extended family and retired from films after acting in more than 150 films.^[5]

Major films

Jaan-e-Bahar (1958)^[2]
Changez Khan (1958)
Nagin (1959)^[5]^[2]
Sathi (1959)^[5]
Rani Khan (1960)^[2]
Farishta (1961)
Ajab Khan (1961)^[3]^[2]
Shaheed (1962)^[5]
Naila (1965)
Behan Bhai (1968)^[6]
Neela Parbat (1969)^[2]
Honeymoon (1970)
Dosti (1971)
Khamosh Nigahen (1971)^[5]
Sajan Milde Kadi Kadi (1972)
Sabaq (1972)^[5]
Jaal (1973)
Surraya Bhopali (1976)^[2]

Awards

Husna received the Best Supporting Actress Nigar Award in 1972 for film Sabaq.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Nigar Awards (1972 - 1986)". The Hot Spot Online website. 5 January 2003. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Sarfaraz Fareed Nehash (25 June 2019). "یادوں کے دریچے اداکارہ حُسنہ Profile of Husna". Jang newspaper. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Muhammad Suhayb (28 March 2021). "FLASHBACK: THE EPIC STORY OF AJAB KHAN". Dawn newspaper. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ Husna (page 41). Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan via Google Books website. 1964. p. 41.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Profile of Husna". Cineplot.com website. 27 September 2009. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ Aijaz Gul (18 March 2017). "Behan Bhai". The News International (newspaper).