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| name = Uzma Gillani
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| birth_name = Uzma Begum
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|12|01}}
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| birth_place = [[Meerut]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]
| birth_place = [[Meerut]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]
| occupation = {{Hlist | Actress | Advertiser}}
| occupation = {{Hlist | Actress}}
| parents =
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| years_active = 1968 – present
| years_active = 1964 – present
| notable_works = [[Waris (serial)|Waris]] (1979)<br>[[Dehleez (1981 TV series)|Dehleez]] (1982)<br>[[Kaisa Hai Naseeban]] (2019)
| relatives =
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| honours = [[Pride of Performance]] (1982)
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'''Uzma Gillani''' (born 1947; {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|عظمیٰ گیلانی}}}}) is a veteran Pakistani television actress and [[advertiser]].<ref name=DawnNews(Newspaper)>{{Citation |title=Angels of the fall|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1176283|website=Dawn News (Newspaper)|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> She along with [[Khalida Riyasat]], [[Tahira Naqvi]] and [[Roohi Bano]] dominated the television screens of Pakistan during 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.<ref name=DawnNews(Newspaper)/>
'''Uzma Gillani''' (born 1947; {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|عظمیٰ گیلانی}}}}) is a veteran Pakistani television actress. She starred and made appearances in several television shows in 1970s through the 1990s.<ref name="DawnNews(Newspaper)">{{Citation |title=Angels of the fall |website=Dawn News (Newspaper) |date=16 April 2015 |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1176283 |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-26 |title=TV actress Khalida Riyasat remembered |url=https://www.app.com.pk/showbiz/tv-actress-khalida-riyasat-remembered/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
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==Career==
==Career==
Uzma is known for her tough nature and autocratic choice of roles, she is considered to be one of the greatest television actors of all time in Pakistan.<ref name=DawnNews(Newspaper)/> Uzma began her career through [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]'s most successful plays ''[[Waris (TV series)|Waris]]'' (1979–1982), ''Nasheman'' (1982), ''[[Dehleez (1981 TV series)|Dehleez]]'' (1981) and ''Panah'' (1981) which earned her widespread acclaim and recognition and a [[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[President of Pakistan]] in 1982.<ref name=filmplusmovies>{{cite web|title=Best Pakistani Female TV Actors: Uzma Gillani|url=http://filmsplusmovies.com/best-pakistani-female-tv-actors-uzma-gillani/|author=Mairas|publisher=filmplusmovies.com website|date=23 July 2011|access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Upcoming plays of 2019|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/413830-upcoming-plays-of-2019|website=The News International|access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref>
Gillani is known for her choice of roles that demonstrate a character's tough nature and autocratic disposition.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} She is considered to be one of the greatest television actors of all time in Pakistan.<ref name=DawnNews(Newspaper)/> Gillani began her career through [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]'s most successful plays ''[[Waris (TV series)|Waris]]'' (1979), ''[[Dehleez (1981 TV series)|Dehleez]]'' (1981), ''Panah'' (1981) and ''Nangay Paoon'' (1983), which earned her recognition and a [[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[President of Pakistan]] in 1982.<ref name=filmplusmovies>{{cite web|title=Best Pakistani Female TV Actors: Uzma Gillani|url=http://filmsplusmovies.com/best-pakistani-female-tv-actors-uzma-gillani/|author=Mairas|publisher=filmplusmovies.com website|date=23 July 2011|access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Upcoming plays of 2019|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/413830-upcoming-plays-of-2019|website=The News International|access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref>


Uzma Gillani also battled successfully with cancer in her life.<ref>{{Citation |title=World Cancer Day: Famous Pakistanis who battled the vicious disease|url=https://www.paktribune.com/news-details/world-cancer-day-famous-pakistanis-who-battled-the-vicious-disease|website=Pak Tribune|access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> With her career spanning over forty-five years, she is one of the early TV actresses that gained fame when [[Television in Pakistan|television came into Pakistan in 1964]].<ref name=tv.com.pk>[http://www.tv.com.pk/celebrity/Uzma-Gilani/384/biography Profile of Uzma Gillani on tv.com.pk website] Retrieved 21 March 2019</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Importance of education highlighted|url=https://nation.com.pk/13-Dec-2019/importance-of-education-highlighted|website=The Nation|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>
Gillani has had cancer.<ref>{{Citation |title=World Cancer Day: Famous Pakistanis who battled the vicious disease|url=https://www.paktribune.com/news-details/world-cancer-day-famous-pakistanis-who-battled-the-vicious-disease|website=Pak Tribune|access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> With her career spanning over 45 years, she is one of Pakistan's early TV actresses that gained fame when [[Television in Pakistan|television emerged in Pakistan in 1964]].<ref name=tv.com.pk>[http://www.tv.com.pk/celebrity/Uzma-Gilani/384/biography Profile of Uzma Gillani on tv.com.pk website] Retrieved 21 March 2019</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Importance of education highlighted|url=https://nation.com.pk/13-Dec-2019/importance-of-education-highlighted|website=The Nation|date=13 December 2019 |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Uzma married Inayat Shah Gillani who died in 2017 and she has two children.
Uzma married Inayat Shah Gillani and the couple had two children. Her husband died in 2017.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
===Television series===
===Television series===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
* ''[[Panah (TV series)|Panah]]'' (1981) (subject was the Afghan war and the refugees)<ref name=filmplusmovies/>
|- style="text-align:center;"
* ''[[Waris (TV series)|Waris]]'' (1979–1982)<ref name=tv.com.pk/>
! scope="col"|Year
* ''Badlon Par Basera''<ref>{{Citation |title=This photo from the shoot of 'Badlon Par Basera' reminds of Noorul Huda Shah's masterpiece|url=https://nation.com.pk/22-May-2018/this-photo-from-the-shoot-of-badlon-par-basera-reminds-of-noorul-huda-shahs-masterpiece|website=The Nation|access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col"|Title
* ''Manzil Hai Kahan''
! scope="col"|Role
* ''[[Dehleez (1981 TV series)|Dehleez]]'' (1981)
! scope="col"|Network
* ''Maa''<ref>{{Citation |title=Recalling Zulfiqar Sheikh's drama serial 'Maa' on Mother's Day|url=https://nation.com.pk/13-May-2018/recalling-zulfiqar-sheikhs-drama-serial-maa-on-mothers-day|website=The Nation|access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
* ''[[Firaaq (TV series)|Firaaq]]'' (2014)
| 1971 || ''Dada Aur Dil Dada'' || Hamida || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
* ''[[Maryam (TV series)|Maryam]]''(2015)
|-
* ''[[Shehr-e-Ajnabi]] (2014)''
| 1972 || ''Aik Mohabbat Sau Afsanay'' || Maa || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
* ''[[Man-o-Salwa]] (2007)''
|-
* ''[[Amar Bail]]'' (TV One)<ref name=tv.com.pk/>
| 1973 || ''Maraat-e-Mohabbat'' || Zakia || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
* ''Tujh Pe Qurban''
|-
* ''Nasheman''
| 1976 || ''Maai Aur Kamai'' || Amma Shana || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
* ''Masuri''
|-
* ''Kinara Mil Gaya Hota''
| 1978 || ''Manzil Hai Kahan'' || Ishrat || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
* ''Ishq Atish''
|-
* ''Chahtain''
| 1979 || ''[[Waris (TV series)|Waris]]'' || Zakiya Ghulam Ali || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]<ref name=tv.com.pk/>
* ''Taar-e-Ankaboot''
|-
* ''Alao''
| 1981 || ''[[Dehleez (1981 TV series)|Dehleez]]'' || Anisa Ahmed || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
* ''Punkh''
|-
* ''Shaam Sey Phelay''
| 1982 || ''[[Alif Noon]]'' || Shadani || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
* ''Dastar-e-Ana'' (2017)
|-
* ''[[Kaisa Hai Naseeban]]'' (2019)<ref>{{Citation |title=Women portraying negative characters on TV|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/443478-women-portraying-negative-characters-on-tv|website=The News International|access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
| 1982 || ''Doosra Kinara'' || Malkani || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
* ''[[Daag (TV series)|Bhool]]'' (2019)
|-
| 1983 || ''Nangay Paoon'' || [[Mariam-uz-Zamani]] || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
| 1983 || ''Phoolon Wala Rasta'' || Fozia Ahmed || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
| 1986 || ''Koi To Ho'' || Abida || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Neelay Hath]]'' || Zulekha || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
| 1990 || ''Badaltay Qabil'' || Lali || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/entertainment/2015/01/150121_uzma_gillani_memories_part4_zz|title=لالی! چار آنے دے نا|website=BBC News|date=16 January 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 1992 || ''Nasheman'' || Farida || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Alao (TV series)|Alao]]'' || Hajra || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
| 1998 || ''Shaam Sey Phelay'' || Yasmeen Ahmed || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
| 2002 || ''Punkh'' || Zohra Begum || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
| 2002 || ''Reshma To Jhalli Hai'' || Jammi || Indus TV
|-
| 2003 || ''Ishq Aatish'' || Irene || [[Geo TV]]
|-
| 2003 || ''Chahtain'' || Fari || [[Geo TV]]
|-
| 2003 || ''Badlon Par Basera'' || Fareedoon's mother || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]<ref>{{Citation |title=This photo from the shoot of 'Badlon Par Basera' reminds of Noorul Huda Shah's masterpiece|url=https://nation.com.pk/22-May-2018/this-photo-from-the-shoot-of-badlon-par-basera-reminds-of-noorul-huda-shahs-masterpiece|website=The Nation|date=22 May 2018 |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2004 || ''Maa'' || Gohar || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Recalling Zulfiqar Sheikh's drama serial 'Maa' on Mother's Day|url=https://nation.com.pk/13-May-2018/recalling-zulfiqar-sheikhs-drama-serial-maa-on-mothers-day|website=The Nation|date=13 May 2018 |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2006 || ''Masuri'' || Rani || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
| 2006 || ''Lagan'' || Faiza's mother || [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
| 2006 || ''Amar Bail'' || Ammi || [[TV One Pakistan|TV One]]<ref name=tv.com.pk/>
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Man-o-Salwa]]'' || Karam's mother || [[Hum TV]]
|-
| 2008 || ''Sookhey Pattey'' || Aini || [[Geo TV]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jang.com.pk/news/555025|title=مجھ سے بناوٹی ایکٹنگ بالکل نہیں ہوتی، ایوب کھوسہ|website=Daily Jang News|date=2 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 2009 || ''Kinara Mil Gaya Hota'' || Mira || [[TV One Pakistan|TV One]]
|-
| 2009 || ''Tujh Pe Qurban'' || Razia Sultana || [[ARY Zindagi]]
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Bulbulay]]'' || Malika || [[ARY Digital]]
|-
| 2013 || ''Taar-e-Ankaboot'' || Hazrat Bibi || [[Geo TV]]
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Firaaq (TV series)|Firaaq]]'' || Maa Jee || [[Hum TV]]
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Maryam (TV series)|Maryam]]'' || Firdous Begum || [[Geo Entertainment]]
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Shehr-e-Ajnabi]]'' || Aapa Begum || [[A-Plus TV|A-Plus]]
|-
| 2017 || ''Dastar-e-Ana'' || Zaibunnisa || [[TV One Pakistan|TV One]]
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Kaisa Hai Naseeban]]'' || Musarrat || [[ARY Digital]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Women portraying negative characters on TV|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/443478-women-portraying-negative-characters-on-tv|website=The News International|access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Daag (TV series)|Bhool]]'' || Mrs. Sherazi || [[ARY Digital]]
|}

===Telefilm===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Year
! scope="col"|Title
! scope="col"|Role
! scope="col"|Ref.
|-
| 1981 || ''Panah'' || Shah Bibi ||<ref name=filmplusmovies/>
|}


===Film===
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
* ''[[Sacch (film)|Sacch]]'' (2019) as Uzma<ref>{{Citation |title=Punjab governor hosts cast of upcoming film 'Sacch' at the Governor's House|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/520512/punjab-governor-hosts-cast-of-upcoming-film-sacch-at-the-governors-house|website=Daily Times|access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Year
! scope="col"|Title
! scope="col"|Role
! scope="col"|Ref.
|-
| 2019 || ''Sacch'' || Uzma ||<ref>{{Citation |title=Punjab governor hosts cast of upcoming film 'Sacch' at the Governor's House|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/520512/punjab-governor-hosts-cast-of-upcoming-film-sacch-at-the-governors-house|website=Daily Times|date=15 December 2019 |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>
|}


==Honour==
==Honour==
The [[Government of Pakistan]] named a street and intersection after her in [[Lahore]] on August 16th, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1640853|title=Lahore streets, intersections to be named after famous personalities|website=Dawn News|date=August 18, 2021}}</ref> In 2022 on May 19th the Cantonment Board of [[Bahawalpur]] (CBB) named a Park after her called Uzma Gillani Park for children and women in Model Town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1690346|title=Actor Uzma Gillani virtually opens park named after her|website=Dawn Newspaper|date=July 6, 2022}}</ref>
The [[Government of Pakistan]] named a street and intersection after her in [[Lahore]] on August 16, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1640853|title=Lahore streets, intersections to be named after famous personalities|website=Dawn News|date=August 18, 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1690346|title=Actor Uzma Gillani virtually opens park named after her|website=Dawn Newspaper|date=July 6, 2022}}</ref>


==Awards and recognition==
==Awards and recognition==
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! Year !! Award !! Category !! Result !! Title !! Ref.
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Result !! Title !! Ref.
|-
|-
| 1981 || ''[[PTV Awards|PTV Award]]'' || ''Best Actress'' || {{Nom}} || ''Panah'' ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1012525|title=پی ٹی وی کی سب سے بہترین اداکارائیں|website=Dawn Newspaper|date=June 13, 2023}}</ref>
| 1982 || ''[[Pride of Performance]]'' || ''Award by the [[President of Pakistan]]'' || {{Won}} || ''Herself'' ||<ref name=tv.com.pk/><ref name=filmplusmovies/>
|-
|-
| 1998 || ''[[PTV Awards|PTV Award]]'' || ''Best Actress'' || {{Won}} || ''Shaam Sey Phelay'' ||<ref>{{Citation |title=PTV Awards 1998|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ6o5shu2Tw|website=PTV (News)|access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref>
| 1982 || ''[[Pride of Performance]]'' || ''Award by the [[President of Pakistan]]'' || {{Won}} || ''Herself'' ||<ref name=tv.com.pk/><ref name=filmplusmovies/>
|-
|-
| 2013 || ''[[2nd Hum Awards]]'' || ''[[Hum Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role]]'' || {{Won}} || ''[[Firaaq (TV series)|Firaaq]]'' ||<ref name=DawnNews>{{cite web|title=2014 Hum Awards winners|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1175086|work=Correspondent|publisher=[[Dawn News]] newspaper|date=10 April 2015|access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=3rd Hum TV Awards: Complete Nomination List 2015|url=http://www.brandsynario.com/3rd-hum-tv-awards-complete-nomination-list-2015|work=Rida Sadiq|publisher=Brand Synario|date=24 March 2015|access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref>
| 1998 || ''[[PTV Awards|PTV Award]]'' || ''Best Actress'' || {{Won}} || ''Shaam Sey Phelay'' ||<ref>{{Citation |title=PTV Awards 1998|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ6o5shu2Tw|website=PTV (News)| date=10 October 2019 |access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2014 || ''[[3rd Hum Awards]]'' || ''Hum Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role'' || {{Nom}} || ''[[Firaaq (TV series)|Firaaq]]'' ||<ref name=DawnNews/>
| 2013 || ''[[2nd Hum Awards]]'' || ''[[Hum Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role]]'' || {{Nom}} || ''[[Firaaq (TV series)|Firaaq]]'' ||<ref name=DawnNews>{{cite web|title=2014 Hum Awards winners|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1175086|work=Correspondent|publisher=[[Dawn News]] newspaper|date=10 April 2015|access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=3rd Hum TV Awards: Complete Nomination List 2015|url=http://www.brandsynario.com/3rd-hum-tv-awards-complete-nomination-list-2015|work=Rida Sadiq|publisher=Brand Synario|date=24 March 2015|access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref>
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 22:10, 12 December 2024

Uzma Gillani
عظمیٰ گیلانی
Born
Uzma Begum

Occupation
  • Actress
Years active1964 – present
Spouse
Inayat Shah Gillani
(m. 1965; died 2017)
Children2
HonoursPride of Performance (1982)

Uzma Gillani (born 1947; Urdu: عظمیٰ گیلانی) is a veteran Pakistani television actress. She starred and made appearances in several television shows in 1970s through the 1990s.[1][2]

Early life

[edit]

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

Career

[edit]

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), Dehleez (1981), Panah (1981) and Nangay Paoon (1983), which earned her recognition and a Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1982.[3][4]

Gillani has had cancer.[5] 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.[6][7]

Personal life

[edit]

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

Filmography

[edit]

Television series

[edit]
Year Title Role Network
1971 Dada Aur Dil Dada Hamida PTV
1972 Aik Mohabbat Sau Afsanay Maa PTV
1973 Maraat-e-Mohabbat Zakia PTV
1976 Maai Aur Kamai Amma Shana PTV
1978 Manzil Hai Kahan Ishrat PTV
1979 Waris Zakiya Ghulam Ali PTV[6]
1981 Dehleez Anisa Ahmed PTV
1982 Alif Noon Shadani PTV
1982 Doosra Kinara Malkani PTV
1983 Nangay Paoon Mariam-uz-Zamani PTV
1983 Phoolon Wala Rasta Fozia Ahmed PTV
1986 Koi To Ho Abida PTV
1989 Neelay Hath Zulekha PTV
1990 Badaltay Qabil Lali PTV[8]
1992 Nasheman Farida PTV
1994 Alao Hajra PTV
1998 Shaam Sey Phelay Yasmeen Ahmed PTV
2002 Punkh Zohra Begum PTV
2002 Reshma To Jhalli Hai Jammi Indus TV
2003 Ishq Aatish Irene Geo TV
2003 Chahtain Fari Geo TV
2003 Badlon Par Basera Fareedoon's mother PTV[9]
2004 Maa Gohar PTV[10]
2006 Masuri Rani PTV
2006 Lagan Faiza's mother PTV
2006 Amar Bail Ammi TV One[6]
2007 Man-o-Salwa Karam's mother Hum TV
2008 Sookhey Pattey Aini Geo TV[11]
2009 Kinara Mil Gaya Hota Mira TV One
2009 Tujh Pe Qurban Razia Sultana ARY Zindagi
2012 Bulbulay Malika ARY Digital
2013 Taar-e-Ankaboot Hazrat Bibi Geo TV
2014 Firaaq Maa Jee Hum TV
2015 Maryam Firdous Begum Geo Entertainment
2016 Shehr-e-Ajnabi Aapa Begum A-Plus
2017 Dastar-e-Ana Zaibunnisa TV One
2019 Kaisa Hai Naseeban Musarrat ARY Digital[12]
2019 Bhool Mrs. Sherazi ARY Digital

Telefilm

[edit]
Year Title Role Ref.
1981 Panah Shah Bibi [3]

Film

[edit]
Year Title Role Ref.
2019 Sacch Uzma [13]

Honour

[edit]

The Government of Pakistan named a street and intersection after her in Lahore on August 16, 2021.[14] 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.[15]

Awards and recognition

[edit]
Year Award Category Result Title Ref.
1981 PTV Award Best Actress Nominated Panah [16]
1982 Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan Won Herself [6][3]
1998 PTV Award Best Actress Won Shaam Sey Phelay [17]
2013 2nd Hum Awards Hum Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Nominated Firaaq [18][19]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Angels of the fall", Dawn News (Newspaper), 16 April 2015, retrieved 11 May 2021
  2. ^ "TV actress Khalida Riyasat remembered". 26 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Mairas (23 July 2011). "Best Pakistani Female TV Actors: Uzma Gillani". filmplusmovies.com website. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Upcoming plays of 2019", The News International, retrieved 21 February 2021
  5. ^ "World Cancer Day: Famous Pakistanis who battled the vicious disease", Pak Tribune, retrieved 2 February 2021
  6. ^ a b c d Profile of Uzma Gillani on tv.com.pk website Retrieved 21 March 2019
  7. ^ "Importance of education highlighted", The Nation, 13 December 2019, retrieved 8 January 2021
  8. ^ "لالی! چار آنے دے نا". BBC News. 16 January 2023.
  9. ^ "This photo from the shoot of 'Badlon Par Basera' reminds of Noorul Huda Shah's masterpiece", The Nation, 22 May 2018, retrieved 27 May 2021
  10. ^ "Recalling Zulfiqar Sheikh's drama serial 'Maa' on Mother's Day", The Nation, 13 May 2018, retrieved 12 January 2021
  11. ^ "مجھ سے بناوٹی ایکٹنگ بالکل نہیں ہوتی، ایوب کھوسہ". Daily Jang News. 2 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Women portraying negative characters on TV", The News International, retrieved 11 February 2021
  13. ^ "Punjab governor hosts cast of upcoming film 'Sacch' at the Governor's House", Daily Times, 15 December 2019, retrieved 26 May 2021
  14. ^ "Lahore streets, intersections to be named after famous personalities". Dawn News. 18 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Actor Uzma Gillani virtually opens park named after her". Dawn Newspaper. 6 July 2022.
  16. ^ "پی ٹی وی کی سب سے بہترین اداکارائیں". Dawn Newspaper. 13 June 2023.
  17. ^ "PTV Awards 1998", PTV (News), 10 October 2019, retrieved 28 July 2021
  18. ^ "2014 Hum Awards winners". Correspondent. Dawn News newspaper. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  19. ^ "3rd Hum TV Awards: Complete Nomination List 2015". Rida Sadiq. Brand Synario. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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