Shamim Hilaly (, born 1947) is a Pakistani actress who has acted in both films and television dramas. She is most famous for acting in PTV dramas including Barzakh, Mere Dard Ko Jo Zuban Mile, Parosi and Waqt Ko Tham Lo. She is noted for her performance in Maigh Malhar during the 1990s. She has also acted in Pakistan's only English language movie, Beyond the Last Mountain (1976).
Early life Shamim was born in Bombay, British India. After the partition of India, her family moved to Pakistan and settled in Lahore. She was interested in acting from a young age, and did theatre and dramatic plays at the Convent of Jesus and Mary. Later, she attended Kinnaird College for Women, and there, she practiced choral speaking. Later, she went to Government College, and she used to do dramatic plays. Later, she graduated from Government College with a master's degree in English literature.
After PTV was established in 1964, and Aslam Azhar, Chairman and MD of PTV, was looking for actors and actresses, so he saw Shamim at a college play, and he encouraged her to act in dramas then she agreed, and she also hosted a show called University Magazine Show.
Career She worked in Amjad Islam Amjad's drama Barzakh along with Rahat Kazmi, in which she portrayed the role of Rashida. It aired on PTV. In 1976, she worked in Pakistan's first English film, Beyond the Last Mountain, in which she portrayed the role of a single parent bringing up a small child. lt was directed and written by Javed Jabbar; later, it was shown at the 6th International Film Festival of India in Delhi. Later in 1982, she appeared in the drama Alif Noon, and she portrayed the role of a college student who goes to a bicycle shop to have a punctured tire repaired.
In the 1980s, Shamim and her husband moved to Yemen as he was posted there for some work. There she taught English at various colleges and universities. Later she returned to Pakistan with her husband, and she resumed her acting career, but she also taught English at colleges and universities.
In 1990, she worked in the drama Parosi, which was written by Haseena Moin and directed by Raana Sheikh. Some of the shooting took place in Islamabad and Murree. It aired on NTM. She portrayed the roles of Mrs. Asif, the elder sister of Jahan Ara, portrayed by Khalida Riyasat, and Roshan Ara, portrayed by Marina Khan.
In 1995, she appeared in the drama Maigh Malhar on NTM. It was written by Asghar Nadeem Syed. The story was based on The Time of Separation of Eastern Pakistan (Bangladesh) and Western Pakistan, in which she played the role of Maleeha Khan, who is the second wife of a man who had left the love of his life behind in Bangladesh. It was a negative role, but her role received positive reviews.
In 2010, she worked in the drama Uraan, which aired on Geo TV, and she portrayed the role of a psychotic mother in Uraan who wants to marry her mentally unstable son. In 2011, she appeared in the drama Maat, which was based on an Urdu novel of the same name by Umera Ahmad, and she portrayed the role of Faisal's mother, who is a middle-income widow and sits with her son on a motorcycle. It aired on Hum TV. The following year, in 2012, she appeared in the drama Talkhiyaan. It was based on the novel The God of Small Things, written by Indian author Arundhati Roy, and she portrayed the role of Mother, a difficult, unsympathetic woman to her daughter, who has left her husband and comes to stay with her with her children, and she favours her son more than her daughter.
Since then she appeared in dramas such as Neeli Zinda Hai, Meri Shehzadi, Wehem, Prem Gali, Hum Kahan Ke Sachay Thay and Jannat Se Aagay.
Personal life She is married to the former ambassador turned political commentator, Zafar Hilaly and they have two children.
Filmography Television YearTitleRoleNetwork 1972 Barzakh Rashida PTV 1982 Alif Noon College Student PTVShamim Hilali Retrieved 20 June 2013 1990 Parosi Mrs. Asif NTM 1991 Waqt Ko Tham Lo Irene PTV 1992 Sofia Suraiya PTV 1993 Mere Dard Ko Jo Zuban Mile Maira PTV 1995 Maigh Malhar Maleeha Khan NTM 1997 Shahpar Mohsin's mother PTV 2007 Manay Na Ye Dil Roshni's mother Hum TV 2008 Meri Adhoori Mohabbat Samreen Geo TV 2008 DiL ki Madham Boliyan Maya TV One 2009 Saiqa Daadi Huzoor Hum TV 2009 Noorpur Ki Rani Salar's mother Hum TV 2009 Malaal Afia Hum TV 2010 Haal-e-Dil Seerat's mother ARY Digital 2010 Ishq Gumshuda Ali's mother Hum TV 2010 Shehr e Dil Ke Darwazay Afsheen's mother ARY Digital 2010 Uraan Sarah Saeed Geo TV 2010 Morr Uss Gali Ka Afreen ARY Digital 2010 Zeenat Bint-e-Sakina Hazir Ho Amma Geo TV 2010 Dil Hai Chota Sa Amaar's mother Geo TV 2011 Maat Faisal's mother Hum TV 2011 Meri Behan Maya Khala Geo Entertainment 2011 Band Khirkiyon Kay Peechay Season 2 Zeni Mahta TV One 2011 Meray Khwab Raiza Raiza Zainab's mother Hum TV 2011 Ek Nazar Meri Taraf Faris's mother Geo TV 2011 Jal Pari Ammi Bi Geo TV 2012 Main Jali Taimoor's mother Geo TV 2012 Band Gali Afroz Begum PTV 2012 Mere Huzoor Saeeda Express Entertainment 2012 Nadamat Tania's aunt Geo TV 2012 Coke Kahani Nusrat Hum TV 2012 Talkhiyaan Mama Express Entertainment 2013 Shak Tai Jan ARY Digital 2013 Dil-e-Muztar Sila's aunt Hum TV 2013 Silvatein Bilal's mother ARY Digital 2013 Shukk Sania's aunt ARY Digital 2014 Mere Humdum Mere Dost Bibi Urdu 1 2014 Kaun Sitaray Chu Sakta Hai Khursheed TV One 2014 Soteli Ruqaiya ARY Digital 2014 Shanakht Shireen Hum TV 2014 Meri Anaya Suliman's mother Express Entertainment 2015 Aitraz Arsalan's mother ARY Digital 2015 Dil Ishq Mansoor's mother Geo TV 2015 Meray Dard Ki Tujhe Kya Khabar Saad's mother ARY Digital 2015 Aye Zindagi Sultana Hum TV 2015 Unsuni Farah's mother PTV 2015 Ek Sitam Aur Sahi Saeeda Express Entertainment 2015 Aap Ki Kaneez Amma Jee Geo Entertainment 2015 Bheegi Palkein Meher Bano's mother A-Plus 2015 Goya Mrs. Imtiaz ARY Digital 2015 Dil Tere Naam Safia Urdu 1 2016 Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain: Part 2 Khala Bi Hum TV 2016 Tum Milay Fakhra's mother ARY Digital 2016 Lagaao Chachi Bi Hum TV 2016 Sila Sajjad's mother Hum TV 2016 Iss Khamoshi Ka Matlab Yasmeen's aunt Geo TV 2016 Ab Kar Meri Rafugari Rabia Sultan ARY Digital 2017 Phir Wohi Mohabbat Dadi Hum TV 2017 Piyari Bittu Mehboob's mother Express Entertainment 2017 Teri Raza Suhana's grandmother ARY Digital 2017 Qurban Amma Ji ARY Digital 2017 Dil-e-Jaanam Rakshy Hum TV 2018 Tum Se Hi Talluq Hai Saadan's mother Geo Entertainment 2018 Zun Mureed Amma Hum TV 2019 Dil-e-Gumshuda Khalida Geo Entertainment 2019 Bin Badal Barsat Daadi Express Entertainment 2019 Yateem Hina's grandmother A-Plus 2019 Meray Paas Tum Ho Roomi's school principal ARY Digital 2019 Dil Kiya Karay Sohana Begum Geo Entertainment 2020 Prem Gali Rahat ARY Digital 2021 Hum Kahan Ke Sachay Thay Nani Hum TV 2021 Neeli Zinda Hai Pervaiz's mother ARY Digital 2022 Wehem Amma Bi Hum TV 2022 Angna Dadi ARY Digital 2022 Meri Shehzadi Safia Hum TV 2023 Sirat-e-Mustaqeem Season 3 Waqar's mother ARY Digital 2023 Mein Kahani Hun Asif's mother Express Entertainment 2023 Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain Zarina Hum TV 2023 Tere Aany Se Mahir's grandmother Geo TV 2023 Shanaas Jalal's mother Green Entertainment 2023 Jannat Se Aagay Jannat's mother Geo Entertainment 2024 Contractors Nigar Geo Entertainment 2025 Parwarish Suraiyya ARY Digital 2025 Humraaz Bi Amma Geo TV 2025 Haya Darakhshan Begum Geo Entertainment 2025 Meri Zindagi Hai Tu Sohail's mother ARY Digital 2025 Pehli Barish Zehra Geo Entertainment
Telefilm Year Title RoleNetwork 2013 Dil Mera Dhadkan Teri Amma Geo TV 2015 Nok Jhonk Urooj's grandmother Geo TV 2015 Lucknow Wale Lateefullah Zulaiqa Hum TV 2018 Dino Ki Dulhaniya Dino's grandmother Geo TV 2024 Ijazat Emi ARY Digital 2025 U Turn Wala Love Jamal's mother ARY Digital 2026 Dadi Ki Shadi Babar's mother ARY Digital
Web series Year Title Role Notes 2020 Churails Jahanara Episode 7 - 10
Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1976 Beyond the Last Mountain Shamim 2016 Dobara Phir Se Maa Ji 2017 Chalay Thay Saath Aqsa 2018 Motorcycle Girl Zenith's grandmother 2018 Altered Skin Imtiaz's wife Short film 2018 Pinky Memsaab Jahanara 2019 Laal Kabootar Aliya's mother 2024 The Queen of My Dreams Woman on Plane
Host YearTitleRoleNetwork 1964 University Magazine Show Herself PTV
Other appearance Year Title RoleNetwork 2018 Hamare Mehman Herself ARY News 2021 Zindagi With Sajid Hasan Herself ARY Zindagi
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Result Title Ref. 2013 4th Pakistan Media Awards Best Supporting Actress Talkhiyaan 2021 ARY People's Choice Awards Favorite Actress in a role of Mother Prem Gali
References
External links
Shamim Hilaly at nettv4u