Deeba

{{Infobox person

| name = Deeba

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| native_name = {{Nastaliq|دِیبا}}

| birth_name = Raheela Begum

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|08|01}}

| birth_place = Ranchi, Bihar,(present-day Jharkhand), British India

| occupation = {{Hlist | Film actress | TV Actress}}

| alias = Pakistani Mona Lisa

| years_active = 1956 – present

| spouse = {{marriage|Naeem Rizvi|1971|2016}}

| children = Madiha Rizvi (daughter)
Imran Rizvi (son)

| relatives = Hassan Noman (son-in-law)

| awards = Pride of Performance (2020)
Nigar Award:
Special Award for Sajna Door Diya (1970)

}}

Deeba ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|دِیبا}}}}; born 1 August 1947) is one of Pakistan's most popular actresses in the 1960s and 1970s. She is best known for her romantic and tragic roles in Urdu and Punjabi films and for her iconic beauty, earning her the nickname the Pakistani Mona Lisa. Deeba also received two major awards: the Nigar Award and the Pride of Performance.{{cite web|url=http://www.mazhar.dk/film/stars/heroines/60s.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305152703/http://www.mazhar.dk/film/stars/heroines/60s.htm|date=17 August 2004|title=Profile of Deeba|archive-date=5 March 2008|website=Pakistan Film Magazine website|access-date=24 June 2020}}

Early life and career

Named Raheela at birth, Deeba was born in Ranchi, Bihar, British India, on 1 August 1947. In the 1950s, she was living with her married sister near Karachi Cantonment railway station in a slum area of Karachi. She started her career as a child actress in the film Miss 56 (1956) and was nicknamed "Chutanki" as she was still a little girl.

She got a breakthrough in Chiragh Jalta Raha (1962), a Fazal Karim Fazli's film. Her performances in several films, such as Milan (1964), Khamosh Raho (1964), Aina (1966), Payal ki jhankar (1966), Doraha, Sangdil (1968), Dard (1969), Sajna Door Diya (1970), Neend hamarey khuwab tumharey (1971), Ansoo (1971), Pardes (1972), and Seeta Maryam Margaret (1978), have won critical acclaim. She played many supporting characters, including the on-screen mother, in several films throughout most of the 1980s and 1990s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.samaa.tv/entertainment/2017/08/happy-birthday-deeba/|title=Happy Birthday Deeba - Samaa TV|author=Omair Alavi|website=Samaa TV News website|date=1 August 2017|language=en-US|access-date=24 June 2020}} She acted in several television plays in the early 2000s.

Personal life

=Childhood tragedy=

As a child, Deeba lost her father, and her mother was separated from her during the partition of British India into Pakistan and India. She was taken to Karachi by her aunt and uncle, not knowing the fate of her mother until she became a film actress. In 1964, during the filming of her movie "Milan", her picture was published in a Dhaka film magazine. Her mother saw that picture and recognized her as her daughter Raheela. The Bengali writer Mohiuddin Nawab, who happened to be a neighbor of Deeba's mother in Dhaka, heard her story and wrote to the magazine. When Deeba saw an article about her mother in a magazine, she immediately began searching for her and eventually found her in Pakistan. After reuniting, she brought her mother with her to Lahore, where she continued her film career.{{cite web |title=الفاظ کا دیوتا: محی الدین نواب – ڈاکٹر عبدالحی |url=https://adbimiras.com/alfaz-ka-devta-mohiuddin-nawab-dr-abdul-hayee/ |website=Adbi Miras |date=21 January 2021 |access-date=15 September 2021}}{{cite web |title=فلمی و ادبی شخصیات کے سکینڈلز۔ ۔ ۔علی سفیان آفاقی |url=https://dailypakistan.com.pk/15-Oct-2018/864806 |website=Roznama Pakistan |date=15 October 2018 |access-date=15 September 2021}}

=Marriage=

Deeba married cameraman Naeem Rizvi in 1971 and left the silver screen for 10 years. However, financial hardships made her join the Pakistani film industry again in 1987 as a supporting actress. She has three children, including daughter Madiha Rizvi, who is also an actress, and son Imran Rizvi, who is an actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1676094|title=Flashback: The Face that Launched a Thousand Films|website=Dawn News|date=June 23, 2022}}

Pakistani Mona Lisa

Deeba's cheerful, innocent look has earned her the nickname "the Pakistani Mona Lisa.".{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/070311/dmag7.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515005223/http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/070311/dmag7.htm|archive-date=15 May 2008 |title=Fame and fidelity|access-date=24 June 2020|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|date=2 August 2007}}{{cite web |title=لالی وڈ کی مونا لیزا کہاں ہے؟ |url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/special-feature/2013-11-08/6907 |website=Roznama Duniya |access-date=10 September 2021}}

List of television projects

=Television series=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col"|Year

! scope="col"|Title

! scope="col"|Role

! scope="col"|Network

1999

| Boota from Toba Tek Singh

| Zohra Begum

| PTV

2004

| Moorat

| Sughra

| ARY Digital

2005

| Riyasat

| Shahnawaz's wife

| ARY Digital

2006

| Manzil

| Mahjabeen

| ARY Digital

rowspan="2"|2007

| Khuda Gawah

| Saman's mother

| ATV

Sarkar Sahab

| Shahi

| ARY Digital

2012

| Saheliyan

| Nani

| PTV

=Telefilm=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col"|Year

! scope="col"|Title

! scope="col"|Role

2004

| Mother of Desert

| Shabbir's mother

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Language
1956	Miss 56	Urdu
1959	Faisla	Urdu
rowspan="3"\| 1962	Chiragh Jalta Raha	Urdu
\| Dosheeza	Urdu
\| Mehboob	Urdu
rowspan="2"\| 1963	Jab Say Dekha Hay Tumhen	Urdu
\| Sazish	Urdu
rowspan=2\| 1964	Milan	Bengali
Chingari	Urdu
rowspan="5"\| 1965	Riwaj	Urdu
Dil Ke Tukre	Urdu
\| Sartaj	Urdu
\| Ham Matwalay Nojawan	Urdu
\| Zamin	Urdu
rowspan="2"\| 1966	Payal Ki Jhankaar	Urdu
\| Aina	Urdu
1967	Phir Subah Hogi	Urdu
rowspan="2"\| 1968	Sangdil	Urdu
\| Behan Bhai	Urdu
rowspan="7"\| 1969	Ishara	Urdu{{cite book \|last=Gazdar \|first=Mushtaq \|author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar \|year=1997 \|title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|page=263 \|isbn=0-19-577817-0}}
\| C.I.D.	Urdu
\| Tumhi Ho Mehboob Meray	Urdu
\| Dard	Urdu
\| Ghar Damaad	Urdu
\| Aneela	Urdu
\| Buzdil	Urdu
rowspan="3"\| 1970	Afsana	Urdu
\| Sajnan Door Dia	Punjabi
\| Anjuman	Urdu
rowspan="2"\| 1971	Neend Humari Khawab Tumharay	Urdu{{cite book \|last=Gazdar \|first=Mushtaq \|author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar \|year=1997 \|title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|page=269 \|isbn=0-19-577817-0}}
\| Aansoo	Urdu
rowspan="2"\| 1972	Zindgi Ek Safar Hai	Urdu{{cite book \|last=Gazdar \|first=Mushtaq \|author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar \|year=1997 \|title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|page=272 \|isbn=0-19-577817-0}}
\| Ek Raat	Urdu
rowspan="2"\| 1974	Shama	Urdu
\| Haqeeqat	Urdu
rowspan="7"\| 1975	Saajan Rang Rangeela	Urdu
\| Haku	Punjabi
\| Jageer	Urdu
\| Ajj Di Gall	Punjabi
\| Shikwa	Urdu
\| Nakabandi	Punjabi
\| Ajnabi	Urdu
1976	Koshish	Urdu
1977	Sadqay Teri Mout Tun	Punjabi
rowspan="2"\|1978	Amber	Urdu
Seeta Maryam Margaret	Urdu
rowspan="2"\| 1979	Goga Sher	Punjabi{{cite book \|last=Gazdar \|first=Mushtaq \|author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar \|year=1997 \|title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|page=294 \|isbn=0-19-577817-0}}
\| Nishana	Urdu
rowspan="3"\| 1980	Zamir	Urdu
\| Double Cross	Urdu
\| Nahin Abhi Nahin	Urdu
rowspan="2"\| 1981	Qurbani	Urdu
\| Athra Tay Jeedar	Punjabi
1983	Aakhri Dushman	Punjabi
1984	Chor Chokidar	Punjabi
1985	Da Veenay Daray	Pashto
1987	Mera Insaf	Urdu
rowspan="3"\| 1988	Sakhi Daata	Punjabi
\| Dushman Dada	Pashto
\| Roti	Punjabi
rowspan="4"\| 1989	Kraye Kay Qatil	Urdu
\| Miss Allah Rakhi	Punjabi
\| Mera Challenge	Punjabi
\| Inteqam Ham Lain Gay	Urdu
1990	Sarmaya	Punjabi
1991	Watan Kay Rakhwalay	Punjabi / Urdu
1992	Muhib Sheedi	Sindhi
rowspan="6"\| 1993	Mr. Charlie	Urdu
\| Khuda Gawah	Punjabi / Urdu
\| Daku, Chor, Siphai	Punjabi / Urdu
\| Ilzam	Punjabi / Urdu
\| No Baby No	Punjabi / Urdu
\| Mr. Tabedar	Urdu
1994	International Luteray	Punjabi / Urdu
rowspan="5"\| 1995	Jeeva	Urdu{{cite book \|last=Gazdar \|first=Mushtaq \|author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar \|year=1997 \|title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|page=341 \|isbn=0-19-577817-0}}
\| Gabhar Singh	Punjabi
\| Main Nay Pyar Kiya	Punjabi / Urdu
\| Sargam	Urdu
\| Panah	Urdu
1996	Hawaen	Urdu
rowspan="2"\| 1997	Karam Data	Punjabi / Urdu
\| Deevanay Teray Pyar Kay	Urdu
rowspan="4"\| 1998	Deewaren	Urdu
\| Nikah	Urdu
\| Dulha Lay Kay Jaun Gi	Urdu
\| Choorian	Punjabi
rowspan="4"\| 1999	Nikki Jei Haan	Punjabi
\| Ik Pagal Si Larki	Urdu
\| Jazba	Urdu
\| Pal Do Pal	Urdu
rowspan="4"\| 2000	Angaray	Urdu
\| Yaar Badshah	Punjabi
\| Pehchan	Urdu
\| Meri Touba	Punjabi
rowspan="3"\| 2001	Khoye Ho Tum Kahan	Urdu
\| Aaj Ki Larki	Urdu
\| Sapnay Apnay Apnay	Urdu
rowspan="2"\| 2002	Kon Banay Ga Karorpati	Urdu
\| Fire	Urdu
2008	Zill-e-Shah	Punjabi

Awards and recognition

Year	Award	Category	Result	Title	Ref.
class="wikitable"
1970	Nigar Award	Special Award	{{Won}}	Sajna Door Diya	{{cite web\|title=Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards.\|url=https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards\|website=Desi Movies Reviews\|access-date=28 October 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722111654/https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards\|archive-date=22 July 2015\|url-status=dead}}
2020	Pride of Performance	Award by the President of Pakistan	{{Won}}	Herself	{{cite web \|title=Veteran Actors Ghulam Mohiuddin and Deeba to Receive Pride of Performance Award \|url=https://www.boxofficeinsights.com/veteran-actors-ghulam-mohiuddin-and-deeba-to-receive-pride-of-performance-award/ \|website=Box Office \|access-date=10 September 2021 \|archive-date=10 September 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910105713/https://www.boxofficeinsights.com/veteran-actors-ghulam-mohiuddin-and-deeba-to-receive-pride-of-performance-award/ \|url-status=dead }}{{cite web \|title=Deeba Rizvi Received Pride Of Performance Award \|url=https://reviewit.pk/deeba-rizvi-received-pride-of-performance-award/ \|website=Reviewit.pk \|date=9 September 2020 \|access-date=10 September 2021}}[https://www.dawn.com/news/1499419 Ibne Safi, Fehmida Riaz among 116 recipients of civil awards] Dawn (newspaper), Published 14 August 2019, Retrieved 5 December 2021