Saloni | |
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Born | Zohra Begum April 26, 1950 |
Died | October 15, 2010 | (aged 60)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1964 – 1979 |
Spouse | Ghulam Bari Malik |
Zohra Begum, better known as Saloni (Urdu: 26 April سالونا; 1950 – 15 October 2010), was a Pakistani film actress of the late 1960s, and early 1970s. She remained a successful actress and gave numerous successful films.[1][2]
Born in Hyderabad, Sindh, she started her film career in 1964 with the film Ghaddar, starring Mohammad Ali and Sudhir.[2] She acted in both Punjabi and Urdu films. Chan Makhna, Dil Da Jani, Sajan Piyara and Phannay Khan were among her popular films. She starred alongside prominent heroes like Waheed Murad, Yousuf Khan, Ejaz Durrani and Akmal Khan. Her last film was Amir tay Gharib in 1979.[2]
In the early 1970s, she married Bari Malik, the owner of Bari Film Studios. Saloni was the second wife of Bari Malik and stepmother of Khurram Bari, one of the owners of Bari Studios on Multan Road. After a few years of marriage, she announced her retirement from films and left the film industry in 1979. Along with her husband, she moved to Dubai and returned to Pakistan five years prior to her death.[2][1][3]
Saloni was visiting her daughter in Karachi, when she died of liver failure there on 15 October 2010.[1] She was laid to rest at Thai Pind, near Firdous Market, Gulberg, Lahore.[2] A few years later on December 22, 2015, her husband, Bari Malik also died in Lahore at the age of 97.[4]