Badar Khalil

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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.

Born
Badar

(1945-07-05) 5 July 1945 (age 80)
OthernamesBi Jamalo, Aqeela
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Director
  • Television presenter
Yearsactive1968–present
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Badar Khalil
بدر خلیل
Born
Badar

(1945-07-05) 5 July 1945 (age 80)
Other namesBi Jamalo, Aqeela
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Director
  • Television presenter
Years active1968–present
Notable workAnkahi
Tanhaiyaan
Dhoop Kinarey
Parosi
Doraha
Half Plate
Marvi.
Spouse
(m. 1968; died 1989)
Children
  • Umar Khalil
  • Ibrahim Khalil
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Early life

Badar 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

In Karachi, her first main appearance was in the drama Unkahi, a classic TV drama written by Pakistani playwright Haseena Moin.[2] 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 was settled there.[2] She continued working in some dramas of Pakistani TV channels.[5]

Personal life

Badar lives in Karachi, where she had moved with her husband, the TV director Shahzad Khalil.[2] In 1989, her husband died of cardiac arrest.[3]

Filmography

Awards and recognition

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YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
1995Lifetime Achievement AwardAward by Government of PakistanWon[4]
1998PTV AwardTribute to Pakistani LegendsWon[4]
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