Samina Peerzada

Samina Peerzada, born Butt, comes from a Kashmiri family of Lahore and was raised in Karachi. A model from the mid-seventies, she became a leading actress of her country's cinema, theatre and television. In 1975 she married the actor Usman Peerzada, in secret at first. In 1999 she turned to directing with a film on domestic violence that provoked the anger of religious and political leaders, according to NPR, and later directed a second feature film.

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• CinemaIntehaSamina Peerzada · 1999Cinema