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Zeba Bakhtiar
زيبا بختيار
Zeba Bakhtiar; زيبا بختيار
Born	5 November 1962 (age 62); Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Occupations	Actress; producer; director;
Known for	Henna (1991); Sargam (1995)
Spouse	Salman Valliani (m. 1985; div. 1986) Jaaved Jaaferi (m. 1989; div. 1990) Adnan Sami (m. 1993; div. 1996)
Children	Azaan Sami Khan (son)
Parent	Yahya Bakhtiar (father)
Relatives	Sultana Zafar (aunt) ; Huma Akbar (sister-in-law)

Zeba Bakhtiar (Urdu: زيبا بختيار; born 5 November 1962^[1]) is a Pakistani film/TV actress and a television director. She is known for her TV drama Anarkali (1988), the Bollywood romantic drama Henna (1991), and the Lollywood movie, Sargam (1995). She produced and directed a movie Babu in 2001. Zeba won the best actress Nigar Award for the movie Sargam in 1995.

Early life and family

Zeba is the daughter of Yahya Bakhtiar, a lawyer, politician and pre-independence Muslim League activist who served as the Attorney General of Pakistan, and also played a key role in framing Pakistan's current constitution.^[2]^[3] Her father belonged to Quetta,^[2] while her mother Eva Bakhtiar was an English woman born to Hungarian parents.^[4]^[3] Her father died in 2003,^[2] and her mother died in 2011.^[5] Her parents met in the UK in the early 1940s and married, with her mother eventually settling in Pakistan in 1949 after graduating from the University College London.^[4]^[5] Zeba has two brothers, Salim and Karim, who are both doctors, and a sister, Saira.^[2] She was raised in Quetta,^[5] and moved to Karachi later.^[2]

Career

Zeba made her television debut with a Pakistan Television drama, Anarkali in 1988. Her melancholic romantic role in Anarkali was widely appreciated. Then, she signed a Bollywood movie Henna in 1991 under the direction of Randhir Kapoor. Henna made Zeba a household name in the subcontinent. Later, she worked in more Bollywood movies like Mohabbat Ki Arzoo (1994), Stuntman (1994), Jai Vikraanta (1995), and Muqadama (1996). But her career in Bollywood didn't make any progress after Henna. Then she came back to Pakistan and worked in Syed Noor directed film Sargam (1995). Her other Lollywood movies include Chief Sahib (1996), Qaid (1996), and Musalman (2001). She produced and directed movie Babu in 2001, and produced a movie Mission 021 in 2014.
Apart from big screen, Zeba also appeared in some popular TV dramas like Tansan, Laag, and Pehli see mohabbat.^[6]^[7]

Personal life

Marriages

Bhaktiar married thrice. Her first husband was Salman Valliani whom she married in the year 1985.^[8] She married to Indian actor Jaaved Jafferi In 1989 and got divorce after one year. She came in the limelight because of her marriage to singer and music composer Adnan Sami. Zeba and Adnan got divorced in 1997. They have a son named Azaan Sami Khan^[9]

Health

Zeba was diagnosed with diabetes before her second marriage.^[10] She now participates in the diabetes awareness campaigns on different forums.^[11]^[12]

Social work

She is involved in women's association football in Pakistan as chairwoman of Karachi-based Diya W.F.C.^[13]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language
1991	Henna^[14]	Henna	Hindi
1994	Mohabbat Ki Aarzoo	Poonam Singh	Hindi
1994	Stuntman	Reena B. Tiwari	Hindi
1995	Jai Vikraanta	Nirmala Verma	Hindi
1995	Sargam^[2]	Zeb-un-Nisa	Urdu
1996	Muqadama	Chanchal Singh
1996	Chief Sahib		Urdu
1999	Qaid	Khushboo
2001	Babu
2001	Musalmaan
2014	O21^[2]	as Producer
2015	Bin Roye	Maliha Shafiq

Television

Anarkali (1988)- A Pakistan Television Corporation production
Tansen
Laag
Mulaqat
Abke Hum Bichre tau Shayad
Muqaddas (1996)
Mehmaan
Shehr-e-Dil Ke Darwaze
Moum (2010)
Masuri
Doordesh
Aye Mere Pyar Ki Khushboo
Ishq Ki Ibtida
Samjhauta Express
Hazaron Saal
Be Imaan
Takoune
Maa Aur Mamta
Bin Roye
Aabla Paa
Kharaash
Pehli See Mohabbat

Accolades

Year	Ceremony	Category	Work	Result	Ref(s).
1992	Filmfare Awards	Best Actress	Henaa	Nominated
1992	Filmfare Awards	Best Female Debut	Henaa	Nominated
1995	Nigar Awards	Best Actress	Sargam	Won	^[15]
2004	Lux Style Awards	Chairperson's Lifetime Achievement Award	for contributions to Pakistani entertainment industry	—
2006		Best TV Director (Terrestrial)	Masoori	Nominated
2015		Best Film	O21	Nominated	^[16]

References

^ ^a ^b Interview given to Aamna Haider Isani (Jul-2023), published on YouTube (Zeba Bakhtiar On Life Survival Hacks I Six Pack at 60 I How To Overcome Depression I AHI).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Yahya Bakhtiar dies". Dawn. 28 June 2003. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b "'My hero': Zeba Bakhtiar shares a memorable picture". ARY News. 19 February 2020. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020. Her father Yahya Bakhtiar was a lawyer and Attorney General of Pakistan who played a key role in the framing of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. Zeba's mother was a Hungarian woman.
^ ^a ^b "Azaan Sami Khan discusses relation with father, Adnan Sami Khan". The News. 19 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020. Speaking about family dynamics, Azaan first revealed, "My mother's mother was English; her parents were Hungarian. My grandfather met her in the early 1940s," he revealed.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Yahya Bakhtiar's wife dies". Dawn. 8 January 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
^ "Zeba-bakhtiar". Profiles of Famous Pakistanis. 31 August 2021. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
^ "زیبا بختیار نے بھارتی فلم حنا سے فنی سفر کا آغاز کیا". express news. 20 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
^ "Zeba Bakhtiar Biography | IMDB". www.imdb.com.
^ Hafeez, Zara Nasir (19 May 2014). "The buzz: In conversation with Zeba Bakhtiar". tribune.com.pk. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ "Zeba joins JJ diabetes care". The Nation. 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
^ "Zeba Bakhtiar and Johnson and Johnson aspire towards better diabetes care". Asianet Pakistan. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
^ "Adnan Sami married the star, not person: Zeba Bakhtiar". Zee News. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
^ "A football victory for girls' rights in Karachi". United Nations Pakistan Newsletter Issue No. 2 (2016). 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ "RIP Rishi Kapoor: 'Henna' will be remembered forever". DeccanHerald. 30 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ "List of Nigar awards from 1957 to 1971". The Hot Spot Online. 17 June 2002. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
^ "Nominations for Lux Style Awards 2015 announced". Daily Times. Karachi. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015.