Uzma Gillani

Pakistani actress

Inayat Shah Gillani

(m. 1965; died 2017)

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Uzma Gillani (born 1942; Urdu: عظمیٰ گیلانی) is a veteran Pakistani television actress and advertiser.^[1] She, along with Khalida Riyasat, Tahira Naqvi and Roohi Bano, dominated the television screens of Pakistan from the 1970s to the 1990s.^[1]

Early life

Uzma was born in Meerut, British India and her parents migrated to Pakistan.

Career

Gillani is known for her choice of roles that demonstrate a character's tough nature and autocratic disposition.^{[citation needed]} She is considered to be one of the greatest television actors of all time in Pakistan.^[1] Gillani began her career through PTV's most successful plays Waris (1979–1982), Nasheman (1982), Dehleez (1981) and Panah (1981), which earned her recognition and a Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1982.^[2]^[3]

Gillani has had cancer.^[4] With her career spanning over 45 years, she is one of Pakistan's early TV actresses that gained fame when television emerged in Pakistan in 1964.^[5]^[6]

Personal life

Uzma married Inayat Shah Gillani and the couple had two children. Her husband died in 2017.

Filmography

Television series

Panah (1981) (subject was the Afghan war and the refugees)^[2]
Waris (1979–1982)^[5]
Badlon Par Basera^[7]
Doosra Kinara
Manzil Hai Kahan
Dehleez (1981)
Neelay Hath (1989)
Alao (1994)
Maa^[8]
Man-o-Salwa (2007)
Firaaq (2014)
Maryam(2015)
Shehr-e-Ajnabi (2014)
Amar Bail (TV One)^[5]
Tujh Pe Qurban
Nasheman
Masuri
Bulbulay
Kinara Mil Gaya Hota
Ishq Atish
Chahtain
Taar-e-Ankaboot
Punkh
Shaam Sey Phelay
Dastar-e-Ana (2017)
Kaisa Hai Naseeban (2019)^[9]
Bhool (2019)

Film

Sacch (2019) as Uzma^[10]

Honour

The Government of Pakistan named a street and intersection after her in Lahore on August 16, 2021.^[11] In 2022 on May 19 the Cantonment Board of Bahawalpur (CBB) named a Park after her called Uzma Gillani Park for children and women in Model Town.^[12]

Awards and recognition

Year	Award	Category	Result	Title	Ref.
1981	PTV Award	Best Actress	Nominated	Panah	^[13]
1982	Pride of Performance	Award by the President of Pakistan	Won	Herself	^[5]^[2]
1998	PTV Award	Best Actress	Won	Shaam Sey Phelay	^[14]
2013	2nd Hum Awards	Hum Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role	Nominated	Firaaq	^[15]^[16]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Angels of the fall", Dawn News (Newspaper), retrieved 11 May 2021
^ ^a ^b ^c Mairas (23 July 2011). "Best Pakistani Female TV Actors: Uzma Gillani". filmplusmovies.com website. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ "Upcoming plays of 2019", The News International, retrieved 21 February 2021
^ "World Cancer Day: Famous Pakistanis who battled the vicious disease", Pak Tribune, retrieved 2 February 2021
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Profile of Uzma Gillani on tv.com.pk website Retrieved 21 March 2019
^ "Importance of education highlighted", The Nation, retrieved 8 January 2021
^ "This photo from the shoot of 'Badlon Par Basera' reminds of Noorul Huda Shah's masterpiece", The Nation, retrieved 27 May 2021
^ "Recalling Zulfiqar Sheikh's drama serial 'Maa' on Mother's Day", The Nation, retrieved 12 January 2021
^ "Women portraying negative characters on TV", The News International, retrieved 11 February 2021
^ "Punjab governor hosts cast of upcoming film 'Sacch' at the Governor's House", Daily Times, retrieved 26 May 2021
^ "Lahore streets, intersections to be named after famous personalities". Dawn News. 18 August 2021.
^ "Actor Uzma Gillani virtually opens park named after her". Dawn Newspaper. 6 July 2022.
^ "پی ٹی وی کی سب سے بہترین اداکارائیں". Dawn Newspaper. 13 June 2023.
^ "PTV Awards 1998", PTV (News), retrieved 28 July 2021
^ "2014 Hum Awards winners". Correspondent. Dawn News newspaper. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ "3rd Hum TV Awards: Complete Nomination List 2015". Rida Sadiq. Brand Synario. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.