Saloni (actress)


Zohra Begum, better known as Saloni, was a Pakistani film actress of the late 1960s, and early 1970s. She remained a successful actress and gave numerous successful films.

Early life and career

Born in Hyderabad, Sindh, she started her film career in 1964 from film Ghaddar, starring against Mohammad Ali and Sudhir.
She acted both in Punjabi and Urdu films. Chan Makhna, Dil Da Jani, Sajan Piyara and Phany Khan were among her popular films. She starred with prominent heroes like Waheed Murad, Yousuf Khan, Ejaz Durrani and Akmal Khan. Her last film was Amir tay Gharib in 1979.
In the early 1970s, she married the Bari Film Studios' owner Bari Malik. Saloni was the second wife of Bari Malik and stepmother of Khurram Bari, one of the owners of Bari Studios on Multan Road. After a few years of her marriage, she announced her retirement from films and left the film industry in 1979. Along with her husband, she moved to Dubai and returned to Pakistan five years prior to her death.

Death

Saloni was visiting her daughter in Karachi, when she died of liver failure there on 15 October 2010. She was laid to rest at Thai Pind, near Firdous Market, Gulberg, Lahore. A few years later on December 22, 2015, her husband, Bari Malik also died in Lahore at the age of 97.

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