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Ragni (born Shamshad Begum; October 1924 – 2007), also known as Shaado, was a Pakistani actress. She worked in Urdu and Punjabi films under her stage name Ragni. She also worked in Hindi films in cinema of India.[3] She was known for her beautiful doe like eyes and was known as Almond-eyed Beauty.[2] Ragni is considered to be the highest-paid actress of her time in 1940s, being paid 1 lakh rupees by AR Kardar for her role in Shahjehan.
Early life
Ragini was born as Shamshad Begum in Gujranwala in 1924. Her mother died when Ragni was very young and her father Seth Diwan Parmanand took her with him to Lahore and they lived at a house on Fleming Road.[2] In Lahore filmmaker Roshan Lal Shorey was a neighbour of Ragni and noticed her and convinced Diwan to let Ragni act in films.[2]

Career
She started her acting career in a film which launched by Roop K Shorey in the Punjabi film Dulla Bhatti (1940) opposite MD Kanwar. The film was a major success and Ragni became a star overnight. Ragni went on to act in several Lahore based productions in Hindi and Punjabi like Sehti Murad (1941), Nishani (1942), Ravi Par (1942), Poonji (1943), Daasi (1944) and Kaise Kahun (1945).

In 1945, she left Lahore for Bombay and teamed up with A. R. Kardar.[2] In 1946, she played the titular role in S. M. Yusuf's Nek Pervin. The film was successful at the box office and consolidated her position as a leading actress.[2][5] Following the success of Nek Pervin, she was approached by Kardar to play Ruhi in Shahjehan. It is said that she was paid rupees one lakh for the film, making her the highest-paid actress of that time.[2]

After Partition Ragni chose to move to Pakistan but has also done a couple of Indian movies which did not fare well.[2]

In 1949 she work in her first film which was the Punjabi film, Mundri (1949) with Ilyas Kashmiri. Then she worked in films Akaili, Nazrana, Baydari, Kundan and Zanjeer. She also successfully performed a number of character roles in films such as Husn-o-Ishq, Gumnam, Ghulam, Duniya Na Maane, Mirza Jat and Aab-i-Hayat.

In the late-50s, she worked in film Anarkali with Noor Jehan and Shamim Ara which earned her fame. Later she worked in film Noukar which was a hit film. Ragni worked in a number of sixty films during her career that spanned some years
Personal life
Ragni's married Mohammad Aslam in the early 1940s, the marriage did not last long but she had two children from her first marriage, Saira and Abid.[2] She again got married in Pakistan in 1947 to S. Gul who produced and co-starred opposite her in Beqarar and her son Abid died from cancer some years ago in USA and her daughter Saira got married and moved to Karachi.[6]

Illness and death
After the death of her husband Ragni did not married again and lived in Gulberg although she remained in contact with her daughter Saira.[2] Ragni was deeply sad about the death of her son and it affected her health.[3] Ragni was admitted at Services Hospital on Tuesday morning.[2] She died on 27 February because she was in an extremely serious condition while she was in hospital at age 82 in 2007.[2] She was laid to rest at Gulberg graveyard Ali-Zeb road Lahore.[8]


A Photo Lobby Card of Nek Pervin
Filmography
Film
Year Film Language
1940 Dulla Bhatti Punjabi[9]
1941 Himmat Hindi / Urdu
1941 Mera Mahi Punjabi
1941 Sehti Murad Punjabi
1942 Nishani Hindi / Urdu
1942 Patwari Punjabi
1942 Ravi Par Punjabi
1943 Poonji Hindi
1944 Dasi Punjabi
1945 Shirin Farhad Hindi / Urdu[10]
1945 Dhamki Hindi / Urdu
1945 Kaisay Kahun Hindi / Urdu
1946 Nek Pervin Hindi / Urdu
1946 Bindiya Hindi / Urdu
1946 Shahjehan Hindi / Urdu[11]
1947 Manmani Hindi / Urdu
1947 Farz Hindi / Urdu
1948 Teri Yaad Urdu
1949 Mundri Punjabi
1950 Beqarar Urdu[12]
1950 Kundan Urdu
1951 Akaely Urdu[13]
1953 Ghulam Urdu
1954 Gumnam Urdu
1955 Naukar Urdu
1955 Shararey Urdu
1955 Nazrana Urdu[14]
1955 Iltija


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