About salma agha biography

British actress and singer (born )

Salma Agha (born 29 October ) is a British singer and actress who worked in Pakistani and Indian films in the s and the early s.^[1]

Early life

Salma Agha was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan, to Liaqat Gul Agha and his wife Nasreen Agha.

Liaqat Gul Agha was a tradesman dealing in rugs and belonged to an Urdu speakingPathan family based in Amritsar. She traces the origin of her surname 'Aagha', "Her father (Liaqat Gul Tajik) traded in precious stones and antiques in Iran.

He was given the title Aagha there, a kind of knighthood bestowed on a businessman of repute." Her mother Nasreen (born as Zarina Ghaznavi) was the daughter of Rafiq Ghaznavi, a Pashtun musician, and his wife Anwari Bai Begum, who was one of the earliest actresses of Indian cinema, starring in Heer Ranjha ().

Anwari and Rafiq Ghaznavi separated after Nasreen's birth, and Anwari then married a rich IndianHindu businessman named Jugal Kishore Mehr