Tamanna Begum

Tamanna Begum was born in 1944 at Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh in British India.^[1]

Tamanna Begum started her media career as a presenter at Radio Pakistan in Lahore in 1960 and later performed in theater plays before moving into the film industry. She debuted in films with Daaman in 1962. She won the Nigar Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Bharosa in 1977. Over her career, she appeared in more than 263 films, often in negative roles, but also in some comedic ones.

In 1964, soon after the launch of PTV earlier in the year, she worked in PTV's first-ever play, Nazrana, co-starring with Kanwal Naseer, Qavi Khan and Khursheed Shahid. The drama was written by Najma Farooqi.^[2] After decades in film, she transitioned to television and worked in hundreds of TV drama serials, appearing in various character roles in Pakistani TV dramas.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Tamanna Begum was married and she had one daughter.^[8][3]

Tamanna Begum died after a long illness in Karachi on 20 February 2012. She had a heart attack which led to kidney failure, and she was receiving treatment in a private hospital, including dialysis twice a week. Despite the treatment, she did not recover and died. At the time of her death, reports varied about her age: Samaa TV claimed she was 64, Dawn reported 68 and The Express Tribune stated 75.^{[9][3][8][10]}

Film

Tamanna Begum did a total of 263 films.^[3] Some of her popular films are:

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Year	Title	Language	Ref.
1963	Daaman	Urdu	[3]
1964	Ashiana	Urdu
1970	Najma	Urdu	[11]
1970	Naseeb Apna Apna	Urdu
1970	Parai Beti	Urdu	[12]
1971	Afshan	Urdu
1971	Khamosh Nigahen	Urdu
1971	Ilzaam	Urdu
1971	Nadaan	Urdu
1972	Sajjan Beparwah	Punjabi
1972	Mohabbat	Urdu
1972	Pazeb	Urdu	[13]
1972	Umrao Jaan Ada	Urdu	[3]
1973	Anmol	Urdu
1974	Shama	Urdu
1975	Zeenat	Urdu
1976	Nasheman	Urdu	[14]
1977	Bharosa	Urdu	[15]
1978	Juvand Ya Marg	Pashto
1978	Nazrana	Urdu
1979	Behan Bhai	Urdu	[16]
1979	Neya Andaz	Urdu	[17]
1979	Waaday Ki Zanjeer	Urdu
1980	Zamir	Urdu	[18]
1980	Sohra Te Jawai	Punjabi	[3]
1981	Bara Aadmi	Urdu
1982	Ek Din Bahu Ka	Urdu
1983	Deevangi	Urdu
1984	Muqaddar Ka Sikandar	Urdu
1989	Shaani	Urdu
1996	Mehndi	Urdu
1997	Sangam	Urdu
1998	Dupatta Jal Raha Hay	Urdu
1999	Dunya Say Kya Darna	Urdu

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Network
1964	Nazrana	Begum Sahiba	PTV
1982	Alif Noon	Amma	PTV
1982	Sona Chandi	Ruqaya	PTV
1988	Mirat-ul-Uroos	Nani	PTV
1988	Bakht Nama	Grandmother	PTV
1994	Saat Bhiraie	Dai	PTV
1995	Dukh Sukh	Masi	PTV
1995	Uraan	Bibi Ji	PTV
1995	Kallo	Zulfiqar's mother	PTV
1995	Red Card	Salika	STN
1995	Maigh Malhar	Professor Chaudhry's Sister	PTV
1997	Zahar Baad	Sarfaraz's mother	STN
1998	Jeet	Bua	PTV
1999	Is Ghar Ke Andar	Dadi	PTV
2002	Faaslay	Meeru's aunt	PTV
2002	Chaandni Raatain	Bubbo	PTV
2003	Mehndi	Janna Bi	PTV
2004	Moorat	Kinza's mother	Geo Entertainment
2005	Chahatain	Aunty	PTV
2009	Veena	Munna's mother	ARY Digital
2010	Halaat	Afzal's mother	ARY Digital
2011	Mere Sanwariya Ka Naam	Munni's mother	ARY Digital
2011	Khandan e Shughlia	Moinuddin's mother	ARY Digital
2011	Masab Ki Dillagi	Amma	ARY Digital
2012	Juhi Jenny Javeria	Aneesa Begum	ATV
2012	Dil Dard Dhuan	Khala	ARY Digital
2012	Vanee	Dadi	Geo TV

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Year	Title	Role
2011	Ahsaas	Amma

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