Badar Khalil (Urdu: بدر خلیل), also known as 'Baddo Aapa', is a Pakistani television actress.[1][2][3] She gained popularity for her role in the TV play Bi Jamalo portraying herself as Bi Jamalo.[4] She has appeared in TV serials on PTV since 1968. She also appeared in Mithu Aur Aapa, a comedy play on Hum TV.
Badar Khalil | |
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بدر خلیل | |
Born | Badar 5 July 1945 |
Nationality | British Indian, Pakistani |
Other names | Bi Jamalo, Aqeela |
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Years active | 1968–present |
Notable work | Ankahi Tanhaiyaan Dhoop Kinarey Parosi Doraha Half Plate Marvi. |
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Early life
editBadar Khalil was born on 5 July, 1945 in Delhi in British India to a Kashmiri Muslim father and a Delhite mother. Her family moved to Lahore, Pakistan, during Partition of India in 1947.[citation needed]
Career
editIn Karachi, her first main appearance was in the drama Unkahi, a classic TV drama written by Pakistani playwright Haseena Moin.[2] Badar Khalil started her career in 1968 as an anchor in children's shows on PTV. Initially, Badar Khalil gained recognition for the performance she gave in the play Bi Jamalo, in which she played Bi Jamalo herself, directed by Shahzad Khalil whom she had married (in real life) a few years before the drama hit screens.
In July 2014, she was getting ready to move to Canada after a 46-year-long professional acting career to live with one of her sons who lives there.[2] Although she stayed and continued working with ARY Digital and Geo Entertainment.[5]
Personal life
editBadar lives in Karachi, where she had moved with her husband, the TV director Shahzad Khalil.[2] In 1989, her husbanddied of cardiac arrest.[3]
Filmography
editTelevision series
edit- Bi Jamalo (1969) – PTV[2][3]
- Half Plate – PTV[6]
- Teesra Kinara (1980) - PTV
- Ankahi (1982) – PTV[2]
- Tanhaiyaan (1985) – PTV[2][7][8]
- Dhoop Kinare (1987) – PTV[9]
- Parosi (1992) – NTM
- Tumse Kehna Tha (1995)
- Farar (1996)
- Peela Jora (1997)
- Pyar Agar Kabhi Phir Hua (PTV long Play)
- Chaandni Raatain (2002) – PTV
- Quddusi Sahab Ki Bewah (2012) – ARY Digital[2]
- Khali Haath
- Malal
- Dil Dard Dhuan
- Kuch Ankahi Batein
- Roza Kay Rozay
- Colony 52
- Aa Mere Pyar ki Khusboo
- Khandan-e-Shughliya
- Rait Hawa aur Aangan
- Haroo Tou Piya Teri
- Phir Youn Love Hua
- Bezaban
- Doraha[2]
- Marvi
- Umrao Jan Ada
- Sheeshay ka Mahal
- Kinara Mil Gaya Hota
- Rani Beti Raaj Karey
- Chand Parosa
- Veena
- Hum Se Juda Na Hona
- Qutubuddins
- Boond Boond Tanhai
- Tum Jo Miley
- Faiz Manzil Kay Rozedar
- Perfume Chowk
- Madiha Maliha
- Meri Behan Meri Dewrani
- Shukk[2]
- Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain
- Shareek-e-Hayat
- Malaal
- Mere Qatil Mere Dildaar
- Shikwa
- Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti
- Vasl
- Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay[10][11]
- Mithu Aur Aapa
- Tum Milay
- Khuda Gawah
- Dil Jalta Hai
Film
edit- Way to Hope
- Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa
- Khulay Aasman Ke Neechay
Awards and recognition
editYear | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1995 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Award by Government of Pakistan | Won | [4] |
1998 | PTV Award | Tribute to Pakistani Legends | Won | [4] |
2013 | 1st Hum Awards | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | [2] |
Also See
editReferences
edit- ^ "Badar Khalil opens up about her retirement | SAMAA". Samaa TV.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Fouzia Nasir Ahmad (6 July 2014). "Badar Khalil: End of an era". Pakistan: Dawn. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ a b c Profile of Badar Khalil on tv.com.pk website Retrieved 1 April 2019
- ^ a b c "بدر خلیل کا انٹرویو جسے بدو آپا کے نام سے بھی جانا جاتا ہے". Pakistan Television Corporation: 137.
- ^ "'Tanhaiyan' actors make a comeback with sequel". The Express Tribune. 28 February 2021.
- ^ "A Haaf Playt on theatre … vis-à-vis Anwar Maqsood". Dawn News. 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Old school charm: PTV dramas of the past that shaped our present". The Express Tribune. 2 November 2021.
- ^ "35 years after Tanhaiyan". The News International. 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Classic TV serials Dhoop Kinare, Taanhaiyaan to be aired in Saudi Arabia". Daily Pakistan. 19 August 2021.
- ^ Fatima Zakir. "The new beginning (Badar Khalil in Tanhaiyaan Naye Silsilay)". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue". The Express Tribune. 12 July 2021.
External links
edit- Badar Khalil at IMDb