Pakistani film actress mumtaz biography examples

Pakistani film actress

Mumtaz (born 1952) is a Pakistani film actress who worked in Urdu and Punjabi movies during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. She is known for her lead roles in the movies Pyaar Ka Mausam (1975), Mohabbat Zindagi Hai (1975), Jab Jab Phool Khile (1975), and Amber (1978).^[1] She won 5 Nigar Awards in her long cinema career.^[2]

Early life

Mumtaz was born as Riffat Qazalbash in 1952 in Karachi.

Mumtaz's father Amir-ul-Hassan Qazalbash, was a resident of Agra after partition of India then he migrated to Pakistan and he moved to Karachi.^[3] Before appearing in Lollywood films, she was quite popular for dancing at various functions and social events in Karachi.^[4]

Career

She came to films in 1971.

Her first film was Dil Aur Dunya and her second film, Ehsaas, was directed by Nazar-ul-Islam and produced by Ilyas Rashidi. Along with Shabnam and Nadeem in the lead cast, Mumtaz had a