Talat Siddiqui

Adeeba Nazeer was born in 1939 at Shimla, British India.[3] She completed her studies from School in Shimla with FA. Talat's father named Nazir Ahmad was a government servant.[3]

In 1956 she along with her family migrated to Pakistan and lived at Karachi and her husband was imprisoned in a court case.[3] Talat was the eldest among her siblings and she had gave birth to Nahid Siddiqui in order to take care of them she went for audition to Radio Pakistan and was accepted then she changed her name to Talat Siddiqui.[3] She did playback singing in some films and later she acted in films Ishq-e-Habib, Tasvir, Aarzoo, Dard-e-Dil and Phir Subah Ho Gi.[4] Then she appeared in films Doraha, Main Woh Nahin, Jani Dushman, Mera Veer, Ik Si Maa and Panchhi Tay Pardesi.[5] Talat also worked in dramas many on PTV including Dehleez, Kahan Hai Manzil, Zarb Gulab, Hisaar, Waris and Dhund Kay Uss Par.[6]

She married Bashir Ahmed Siddiqui when she fifteen years at the insistence of her father who was a chronic patient.[3] She had four children including two daughters including singer Arifa Siddiqui and Nahid Siddiqui a famous dancer. Talat's younger sister Rehana Siddiqui was also an actress and her niece Fariha Pervez is a singer.[7][8]

She contracted a prolonged illnees and was later put on ventilator but her conditioned worsened from which she died in May 9th, 2021 on Saturday at age 82 and was laid to rest in Canal View Society graveyard in Lahore.[3][9][10][11]

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