Full Name Tayyaba Bano Name Nayyar Sultana Religion Islam | Years active 1955–1991 Occupation Actress Role Actress | |
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Tribute to nayyar sultana
Nayyar Sultana (Urdu: نیئر سلطانہ), born Tayyaba Bano (Urdu: طیبہ بانو) popularly known as Malka-i- Jazbaat (Queen of Sentiments), was an actress from Pakistan. She became one of the foremost screen actresses of Lollywood golden age.
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- Tribute to nayyar sultana
- Nayyar Sultana Pakistani Actress SAMAA TV 27 October 2017
- Career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
Nayyar Sultana | Pakistani Actress | SAMAA TV | 27 October 2017
Career

She started her movie career with Anwar Kamal Pasha's venture Qatil in 1955 as a supporting actress. She landed the second lead in Humayon Miraz’s Intikhab (1955). This had struck a huge success for her debut and thereafter, she started performing lead roles with a screen name Nayyar Sultana, for which she was known in her 40-year career. Her notable films include Saath Lakh (1957), Baaji (1963), Mazloom (1959), Saheli (1960).
She briefly left the industry after her marriage with Darpan. She had a comeback in the late 1960s, but most of her films like Ek Musafir Ek Haseena (1968), Meri Bhabhi (1969), Hamjoli (1970) and Azmat (1973) did not cast much success at the box office.

In the 1970s, she moved to performing character roles in S. Sulaiman’s Abhi To Main Jawan Hoon and two films by Hassan Tariq, Mazi Haal Mustaqbil and Seeta Maryam Margaret. These were her last critically acclaimed films before she gradually faded away from the screen. After the death of her husband, Darpan, in 1981, Nayyar managed his recruiting agency till her own death. She appeared in few movies in the next decade. with her last appearance in Teen Yakke Teen Chhakke (1991). Nayyar Sultana has worked in over 225 films during her 37-year movie career and received a number of awards. She was known for performing tragic roles; as otherwise known as queen of emotions.
Personal life

Nayyar Sultana was born as Tayyaba Bano in Aligarh (British India) in 1937 to a Muslim family. She had her education in Women's College, Aligarh, British India. Her family migrated to Karachi, after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. She married Darpan, her co-star and one of the foremost romantic hero in Pakistani film industry, at the pinnacle of her movie career. His elder brother Santosh Kumar was also an actor, and another brother S. Sulaiman was a director. Nayyar Sultana died of cancer on 27 October 1992 in Karachi, Pakistan.

