Zeba Bakhtiar

Zeba Bakhtiar

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Zeba Bakhtiar Profile

  • Name:
  • Zeba Bakhtiar
  • Father:
  • Yahya Bakhtiar
  • Spouse:
  • Sohail Khan Leghari

Zeba Bakhtiar Biography

Zeba Bakhtiar is a Pakistani film and television actress, who is best known for her memorable role of Henna in Bollywood movie – Henna, where she played lead role opposite Rishi Kapoor. This movie is also known as the last film of Showman of Bollywood Raj Kapoor as a director. Zeba received a Filmfare nomination for best actress for this memorable role. Bakhtiar has been married four times and has been married to two Bollywood celebrities – Javed Jaffrey and Adnan Sami. Her divorce with Sami in 1997 and fights over custody battles of their son gained media attention.

 

Bakhtiar was born in Quetta, Pakistan to Yahya Bakhtiar and his Iranian wife. Her father was a prominent bureaucrat from Quetta and former Attorney General of Pakistan. Bakhtiar has lived her entire life in Pakistan. She has two brothers and both are doctors, living in US. Her sister is a corporate lawyer. Zeba schooled at convent school in Quetta and then attended Kinnaird College in Lahore. After completion of bachelor's degree in law, she didn’t complete graduation.

 

Her TV play Anarkali earned her stardom in Pakistan and it helped her to enter Bollywood as well. Henna is remembered for this Pakistani actress’ memorable performance and this movie was a commercial hit too. She was once again paired with Rishi Kapoor in Mohabbat Ki Aarzoo in 1994. But the movie was a flop, though its melodious songs like, ‘Paayal uthaardoongi’ were noticed. Stuntman (1994), Jai Vikraanta (1995), Muqadama (1996), Chief Sahib (1996), Qaid (1996) and Babu (2001) are her other memorable performances. She debut as a director through Babu in 2001. Bakhtiar has been married four times. After 3 divorces, she is currently married to Sohail Khan Leghari.

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Updated: February 21, 2014

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