Arsh Muneer
Born(1914-05-28)28 May 1914
Lucknow, British India
Died8 September 1998(1998-09-08) (aged 84)
Karachi, Pakistan
EducationUniversity of Karachi
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Singer
Years active1929 – 1998
Children5
AwardsPride of Performance (1983)[1]

Arsh Muneer was a Pakistani actress and singer who acted in television dramas.[2] She played roles in the dramas Khuda Ki Basti, Shama, Shehzori, Zair, Zabar, Pesh, Intezar Farmaiye and Ana.[2]

Early life

Arsh was born in 1914 in Lucknow, British India.[3] She migrated to Pakistan in Karachi with her family.[3] Later she completed her studies from the University of Karachi.[3][4] She started working at Radio Pakistan in Lahore in 1947 after migrating to Pakistan.[3][5][6][7] She also did stage shows and theatre plays.[8][9]

Career

While she was in India she started working at All India Radio in Delhi. She made her debut as an actress on PTV in 1964.[2][10] She performed in dramas Zair, Zabar, Pesh, Jaidi and Eid Ka Jora.[11][12] She also appeared in dramas Oh, Maaf Kijiye, Intezar Farmaiye, Kya Bane Baat and Fanooni Lateefay.[13][14] She worked at Radio Pakistan for 30 years.[6][15][16] She also appeared in movie Insan Badalta Hay.[17][18] She also sanged songs for Radio, dramas and films.[3][19] Since then she appeared in dramas Ana, Ba Adab Ba Mulahiza Hoshiyar and Shehzori.[20][6][21] For her contributions towards the television industry, she was honored by the Government of Pakistan with the Pride of Performance in 1983.[22] In 2005, Tributes were paid to her at the 1st Indus Drama Awards in Karachi by television personalities Moin Akhter, Babra Sharif, Faysal Qureshi, Humayun Saeed, Sultana Siddiqui and Adnan Siddiqui.[23][24]

Personal life

Arsh was married and had five children.[3]

Death

She died on 8 September 1998 in Karachi and was buried at Sakhi Hassan Graveyard.[3]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Network
1969 Khuda Ki Basti Sultana's aunt PTV
1969 Eid Ka Jora Khala PTV[10]
1973 Kiran Kahani Chand's mother PTV
1974 Zair, Zabar, Pesh Laddan Khala PTV[25][26]
1974 Shehzori Mali Khala PTV[27][28]
1976 Shama Bua PTV
1976 Intezar Farmaiye Bano Apa PTV
1977 Professor Saib's wife PTV
1981 Afshan Chachi Jan PTV
1982 Jaidi Nunhi PTV
1983 Silver Jubilee Herself PTV
1984 Ana Begum PTV
1985 Kese Kese Khwab Aunty Flower PTV
1986 Oh, Maaf Kijiye Ama PTV
1988 Yeh Shadi Nahi Ho Gi Anwar's mother PTV
1990 Rozi Bua Begum PTV
1990 Ba Adab Ba Mulahiza Hoshiyar Malika PTV
1990 Kareem Saheb Ka Ghar Noor Jahan PTV
1991 Studio 2 1/9: Comedy Specialist Anwar Maqsood Arsh Khala PTV
1992 Fanooni Lateefay Begum Rasheed PTV
1993 Yes Sir, No Sir Herself PTV
1995 Kya Bane Baat Salma's mother PTV[20]

Telefilm

Year Title Role
1986 Yeh Shadi Nahi Ho Gi Amma

Film

Year Film Language
1961 Insan Badalta Hai Urdu[29]
1968 Ham Bhi Parhay Hayn Rahon Mein Urdu
1972 Zindagi Aik Safar Hai Urdu
1973 Baadal Aur Bijli Urdu
1981 Kiran Aur Kali Urdu

Awards and recognition

Year Award Category Result Title Ref.
1983 Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan Won Herself [1][22][3]
1998 PTV Award Best Actress Won Herself [15]

References

  1. ^ a b "Death of Arsh e Muneer (عرش منیر کی وفات)". www.tareekhepakistan.com. 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "FLASHBACK: 'THE MOTHER OF ALL SERIALS'". Dawn News. 1 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Arsh Muneer". Pakistan Television Corporation. 8 April 2021.
  4. ^ "ریڈیو اور پاکستان ٹیلی ویژن کی معروف فن کار عرشِ منیر کی برسی". ARY News. 23 September 2022.
  5. ^ Pakistan Quarterly, Volume 17. Pakistan Publications. p. 56.
  6. ^ a b c "She was a famous Radio and TV artist". Pak Film Magazine. 11 April 2021.
  7. ^ Karachi, Megacity of Our Times. Karachi : Oxford Univ. Press, 1997. p. 325.
  8. ^ National Academy Theatre Arts Karachi magazine. National Academy Theatre Arts Karachi. p. 27.
  9. ^ Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan, Volume 22, Issues 1-9. Pakistan Herald Publications. p. 28.
  10. ^ a b "Neelofar Abbasi: "Here comes the bad guy"". Dawn (Newspapwe). 2 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Lal Mohammad Iqbal — the forgotten hero duo". Daily Times. 3 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Best Pakistani Dramas of All Time". Masala. 4 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Happy Birthday PTV". Daily Times. 5 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Silver Jubilee - M.Ali, Zeba, Arsh Muneer, Moin Akhter - 1983", PTV (News), archived from the original on 2 January 2022, retrieved 26 December 2021((citation)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ a b "Arsh-e-Muneer ; Tributes paid on the occasion of her retirement", Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), archived from the original on 2 May 2021, retrieved 6 April 2021((citation)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  16. ^ "Binge watch these cult classic shows by the late Athar Shah Khan". Mashable Pakistan. 18 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Firstperson: Hina in the heartbeat". Dawn News. 7 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Arsh Muneer song", PTV, archived from the original on 3 May 2021, retrieved 17 April 2021((citation)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  19. ^ "Fanooni Lateefey". Pakistan Television Corporation. 9 April 2021.
  20. ^ a b "5 Nostalgic Old Long Plays of PTV". PTV. 10 April 2021.
  21. ^ "ٹی وی ڈراموں کی چند مقبول مائیں". Daily Jang News. 20 June 2022.
  22. ^ a b "Artist Arsh-e-Muneer Remembered On 19th Death Anniversary". UrduPoint. 12 April 2021.
  23. ^ "The 1st Indus Drama Awards". dailymotion. Indus TV Network. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  24. ^ "Remembering Arsh Muneer". Radio Pakistan. 19 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Primetime: When drama was king". Dawn News. 18 April 2021.
  26. ^ A woman of substance : the memoirs of Begum Khurshid Mirza, 1918-1989. New Delhi : Zubaan, an imprint of Kali for Women. p. 215.
  27. ^ "5 day Workshop on the "Future of Book Trade in Pakistan", held from 26-30th April, 1986, at Karachi", National Book Council of Pakistan, 1987, 14 April 2021, ... Some of these better known TV adaptations include "Shehzori" by Azim Beg Chughtai ...
  28. ^ "Shehzori", Pakistanica TV, 15 April 2021, ... Shehzori is a Drama of PTV network written by Haseena Moin. Cast includes Shakeel, Neelofar Aleem, Ishrat Hashmi, Arsh Muneer ...
  29. ^ "'انسان بدلتا ہے' وہ یادگار فلم، جس نے چاکلیٹی ہیرو وحید مراد کو بہ طور فلم ساز متعارف کرایا'". Daily Jang News. 18 June 2022.

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