Sultana Zafar (21 February 1935 – 16 July 2021) was a Pakistani actress. Sultana acted in numerous television dramas and was known for her roles in the dramas Munkir, Ana, Zid and Tanhaiyaan. She used to run her boutique called Armale Studios in Dallas, Texas.
Early life Sultana was born on 21 February 1955 in Hyderabad, Pakistan. She completed her studies at the University of Hyderabad.
Career Sultana started acting in dramas of PTV Centre Karachi in 1972. Sultana was known for being well-mannered, and for her fine speech and graceful and dignified presence, which helped her and became the reasons for her success in the acting career. She was also known for her serious style acting with her Hyderabad accent dialogue delivery. Sultana portrayed characters imbibing family values and traditions of the time on PTV in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. She was noted for her roles in dramas Akhri Chattan, Aroosa, Khala Khairan and Aangan Terha. She also appeared in dramas Akhri Chattan, Nadan Nadia, Ana, Zeenat, Tanhaiyaan and Babar. Since then she appeared in dramas Ru Baru, Zid, Haq Meher, Woh and Munkir.
Personal life Sultana was married to actor Zafar Ali and had three children and she used to live in Dallas in the United States. There she used to run her boutique called Armale Studios. The actress Huma Akbar is her niece, together they worked in drama Shaheen and Huma also appeared in dramas Karawaan, Choti Choti Baatein and Khaleej.
Death Sultana died at the age of 86 in Dallas, Texas, on 16 July 2021.
Filmography Television YearTitleRoleNetwork1980 Shaheen Khatoon Begum PTV1982 Nishan-e-Haider Khursheed Begum PTV1983 Maikay Ka Bakra Begum Sahiba PTV1984 Aangan Terha Maryam PTV Ana Nadira PTV1985Akhri Chattan Malika Begum PTV Tanhaiyaan Zara and Sanya's mother PTV1986 Dastak Akhtar's mother PTV1987 Ghar Rama Dadi PTV1988 Khala Khairan Bipasha PTV1991 Studio 2 1/2: Comedy Specialist Anwar Maqsood Begum Akhtar PTV Zeenat Sara PTV1992 Aap Aur Hum Amna Muneer STN1993 Agar Flora PTV1994 Adha Dil Bilal's mother PTV Aroosa Atiya PTV1996 Babar Aisan Daulat Begum PTV1997 Nadan Nadia Zareen PTV Anokhi Razia PTV1998 Samandar Hai Darmiyan Shahzad's mother STN1999 Kangan Buwa PTV Afsoon Khawab Aapa PTV Andheray Darechey Riffat's mother PTV2000 Aur Zindagi Badalti Hai Bua PTV2005 Shiddat Ismat Ara Hum TV2008 Khawab Tooth Jate Hain Laila's mother Geo TV2014 Woh Season 2 Bua Begum Hum TV Ru Baru Jameel's mother Hum TV Haq Meher Zubair's mother ARY Digital Zid Aapa Jan Hum TV2017 Munkir Dado TV One
Telefilm YearTitleRole2011 Aurat Chanda's mother
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