Salma Agha

Salma Agha was born and raised in Bombay, Maharashtra, India, to Liaqat Gul Agha and his wife Nasreen Agha. Salma's father was a tradesman dealing in rugs and belonged to an Urdu-speaking Punjabi Pathan family from Amritsar in Punjab, India.

Agha traces the origin of her surname 'Aagha' to her Pashtun ancestors from Afghanistan. Her father traded in precious stones and antiques in Iran. He was given the title Aagha there, an honorific given to a businessman of repute." Her mother, a musician named Nasreen (born as Zarina Ghaznavi), also a Punjabi Pathan from Rawalpindi, Pakistan, was the daughter of Rafiq Ghaznavi and his wife Anwari Bai Begum, who was one of the earliest actresses of Indian cinema, starring in Heer Ranjha (1932).

Anwari and Rafiq Ghaznavi separated after Nasreen's birth, and Anwari then married an Indian businessman named Jugal Kishore Mehra, who was formerly a Punjabi Hindu who converted to Islam and took the name Ahmed Salman and moved to Pakistan.^[2][3] Jugal Kishore Mehra was a first cousin of Bollywood actors Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor of the Kapoor family, because their mother, Ramsarni Kapoor (née Mehra), was the sister of his father.^[4][5]

Salma started singing songs in school festivals and other programs, but she was raised in London, where she received several film offers from Indian directors. Her first film was the romance Nikaah (1982), in which she starred as the female lead and also sang several of the film's songs herself. She was nominated for the Filmfare awards that year in both the Best Actress category and the Best Female Playback Singer category. It was for her singing that she won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. She is also known for her role in Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki (1984) opposite Mithun Chakraborty, and for her song "Come Closer" from the same film.^[1]

Salma Agha was in a relationship in the 1980s with London-based businessman Ayaz Sipra. This relationship lasted many years, during which time Salma made her film debut, but it did not develop into marriage. She has been married three times. Her first husband was Pakistani Actor Javed Sheikh in the 1980s. She was then married to the squash player Rahmat Khan of the Pakistani Khan squash family (and the father of Natasha Khan through his first marriage) from 1989 to 2010 and they have two children together – Zara "Sasha" Agha Khan and Ali Agha Khan (Liaqat Ali Khan). In 2011, she married Manzar Shah, a Dubai-based businessman. She lives in Mumbai, where her daughter Zara works in Bollywood films.^[6][7] In January 2017, she was granted Overseas Citizenship of India status by the Indian government.^[8][9]

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Indian films

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Nikaah	Nilofar	Won—Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
1984	Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki	Leena	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
1985	Salma	Salma Banarasi
	Oonche Log	Poonam Singh
1988	Jungle Ki Beti	Bela
	Paanch Fauladi	Julie
	Mahaveera	Don's dancer
	Kanwarlal	Item girl
1990	Pati Patni Aur Tawaif	Gauri
1991	Meet Mere Man Ke	Jyoti
1992	Jethaa
1996	Gehra Raaz	Vasundhara
2010	Bachao – Inside Bhoot Hai...

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Pakistani films

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Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1984	Bobby		Urdu
1985	Ham Aur Tum		Urdu
1986	Ham Ek Hayn		Urdu
1986	Da Mor Inteqam		Pashto
1986	Bhabi Dian Choorian	Aamna	Punjabi
1987	Ek Say Barh Kar Ek		Urdu
1988	Qatilon Kay Qatil		Urdu
1988	Choron Ka Badshah		Urdu
1988	Aag Hi Aag		Urdu
1988	Daagh		Punjabi
1988	Bazar-e-Husn		Urdu
1988	Da Bhabhi Bangri		Pashto
1988	Gharibon Ka Badshah		Urdu
1988	Sherni		Punjabi / Urdu
1989	Taqat Ka Toofan		Urdu
1989	Phoolan Devi		Punjabi
1990	Damoor Inteqam		Pashto
1990	Number One		Punjabi / Urdu
1991	Aakhri Shikar		Punjabi / Urdu film
1991	Cobra		Punjabi / Urdu
1993	Ghunghru-o-Klashankoff		Pashto
2016	Hijrat	Feriha	Urdu

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