Sheeba Hassan Explained

Sheeba Hassan
Birth Name:Sheeba Arshad
Birth Date:21 May 1960
Birth Place:Lahore, Pakistan
Other Names:Tomboy of The Punjabi Stage
Years Active:1960s – 2014
Children:4
Relatives:Mukhtar Begum (aunt)
Farida Khanum (aunt)
Awards:PTV Award (1983)

Sheeba Hassan (née Arshad) is a Pakistani stage and television actress who is known for her comic role as Chandi in the TV serial Sona Chandi (1982).

Early life

Sheeba was born into a family of musicians in Lahore, Pakistan. Both of her aunts Mukhtar Begum and Farida Khanum were well known ghazal singers of their times. She learned classical dance from Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak. She made her debut as a child artist at Radio Pakistan Lahore in the 1960s and her first radio play was Mehtab Din Di Baithak (Gathering With Mehtab Din).[1]

Career

In the 1970s she started her career as a stage artist at the Alhamra Hall, Lahore. She did many theatre and stage plays including the play Twist but it was a comedy role in Lada Pithi (Spoilt Girl) that made her well-known in the world of theater. Sheeba worked in hundreds of stage plays most typically Hakkay Bakkay. Because of her sharp wit Punjabi-language acting, she was known as Mahi Munda (Tomboy of The Punjabi Stage).[1]

She earned fame by starring as Chandi in Munnu Bhai's TV serial Sona Chandi, which was aired in 1982 on PTV.[2] She was paired with actor Hamid Rana who acted as Sona in the play.[3] Later, she again appeared in Munnu Bhai's another play Ababeel.[4] [5] She also continued participating in stage dramas until she announced retirement in 2014.[6]

Personal life

Sheeba first got married in 1974 to Pathan man from Nowshera, KPK. She had one daughter and later got divorced and then married a Punjabi man in the late 1980s and has four children from 2nd marriage.

Filmography

Television series

Other appearance

Year Title RoleNetwork
2011Jee SaheeliHerselfA-Plus
2017Salam ZindagiHerselfARY Zindagi
2022G-SarkarHerselfNeo News

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pamment . Clarie . Comic Performance in Pakistan: The Bhānd . 10 January 2023 . Performing Arts . 9788189013318 . 209 . en.
  2. Web site: Flashback: 6 classic comedy duos of Pakistani television. The Express Tribune. 6 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Sona, Chandi and Munnu Bhai. The Nation. 17 March 2022.
  4. Web site: ڈرامہ سونا چاندی کے ذریعے شہرت کے آسمان پر چمکنے والے اداکاروں کے عروج اور زوال کی حیرت انگیز کہانی . HumariWeb . 15 February 2023 . ur.
  5. News: Khan . Sufyan . جب مزاحیہ شاہکار ڈراما 'سونا چاندی' مسترد ہوتے ہوتے بچا . Independent Urdu . 1 April 2021 . ur.
  6. News: اداکارہ شیبا حسن نے سٹیج پر دوبارہ کام کرنے کی معذرت کر لی . Nawaiwaqt . 21 April 2014 . ur.
  7. Web site: Best Pakistani Dramas of All Time. Masala. 17 July 2022.
  8. Book: South and Southeast Asia Video Archive Holdings, Issue 5. University of Wisconsin--Madison. 59.
  9. Interview with Sheeba Arshad . TV Times Magazine . 1983 . 139.