Badar Khalil

Badar Khalil
بدر خلیل
Born
Badar

(1945-07-05) 5 July 1945 (age 79)
Delhi, British India
NationalityBritish Indian, Pakistani
Other namesBi Jamalo, Aqeela
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Director
  • Television presenter
Years active1968–present
Notable workAnkahi
Tanhaiyaan
Dhoop Kinarey
Parosi
Doraha
Half Plate
Marvi.
Spouse
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(m. 1968; died 1989)​
Children
  • Umar Khalil
  • Ibrahim Khalil

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.

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 lives there.[2] Although she stayed and continued working with ARY Digital and Geo Entertainment.[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

Television series

Film

Awards and recognition

Year Award Category Result Ref.
1995 Lifetime Achievement Award Award by Government of Pakistan Won [4]
1998 PTV Award Tribute to Pakistani Legends Won [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Badar Khalil opens up about her retirement | SAMAA". Samaa TV.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Fouzia Nasir Ahmad (6 July 2014). "Badar Khalil: End of an era". Pakistan: Dawn. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Profile of Badar Khalil on tv.com.pk website Retrieved 1 April 2019
  4. ^ a b c "بدر خلیل کا انٹرویو جسے بدو آپا کے نام سے بھی جانا جاتا ہے". Pakistan Television Corporation: 137.
  5. ^ "'Tanhaiyan' actors make a comeback with sequel". The Express Tribune. 28 February 2021.
  6. ^ "A Haaf Playt on theatre … vis-à-vis Anwar Maqsood". Dawn News. 24 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Old school charm: PTV dramas of the past that shaped our present". The Express Tribune. 2 November 2021.
  8. ^ "35 years after Tanhaiyan". The News International. 7 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Classic TV serials Dhoop Kinare, Taanhaiyaan to be aired in Saudi Arabia". Daily Pakistan. 19 August 2021.
  10. ^ Fatima Zakir. "The new beginning (Badar Khalil in Tanhaiyaan Naye Silsilay)". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue". The Express Tribune. 12 July 2021.