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Darpan is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter born on 1 january 1346 at Uttar Pradesh (Inde)

Darpan

Darpan
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Birth name Syed Ishrat Abbas
Birth 1 january 1346 at Uttar Pradesh (Inde)
Death 8 november 1980 (at 634 years) at Lahore (Pakistan)

Syed Ishrat Abbas (سید عشرت حسین) better known by his stage name Darpan (Urdu: درپن‎) was one of the original romantic heroes of the "golden age" of the Pakistan Film Industry (also commonly known as Lollywood). He belonged to an educated Shia family originally from Uttar Pradesh, India where he was born in 1928.

His brother, Santosh Kumar, was also an actor and another brother, S. Sulaiman, is a director. He started his film career with the Punjabi film Billo in 1951. After starring in a few more films produced in Lahore, he decided to travel to India to try his luck there, where he only had moderate success. Notable films from this period include Barati (1954), and Adl-e-Jahangir (1955) opposite Meena Kumari. Critics applauded his performance in Saheli in which he starred alongside Nayyar Sultana and Shamim Ara. He won a Nigar Award for his performance in Saheli as well as a Presidential award. He died in Lahore on November 8, 1980.

Usually with

Kidar Sharma
Kidar Sharma
(2 films)
Mehmood Ali
Mehmood Ali
(2 films)
Mukri
Mukri
(2 films)
Rakhee Gulzar
Rakhee Gulzar
(1 films)
Yunus Parvez
Yunus Parvez
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Darpan (8 films)

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Actor

Sawan Bhadon
Sawan Bhadon (1970)

Actors Navin Nischol, Rekha, Jayshree T., Iftekhar, Agha, Ranjeet
Roles Munna
Rating64% 3.2091553.2091553.2091553.2091553.209155
Vikram (Navin Nischol) is a man from a wealthy family living in Europe. He has a step-sister Dolly and step-mother Ms.Sulochana who are very cunning and greedy and cheat Vikram's money during his absence from India. Vikram decides to come back to India which disturbs the plans of Sulochana
Impassioned Eyes
Impassioned Eyes (1950)
, 2h18
Directed by Kidar Sharma
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Raj Kapoor, Geeta Bali, Darpan
Rating68% 3.4126953.4126953.4126953.4126953.412695
Chand lives in a small rural town in India. He is unable to pay the rent, and his landlord evicts him. He re-locates to another town and meets with a young woman named Tara. Both are attracted to each other. Chand is unable to secure employment in this town, and moves elsewhere. Tara waits for several months, but does not hear anything from him. So she decides to go and look for him, hoping to re-kindle her love. She is shocked and surprised to find him with an attractive woman named Rajni, who claims that Chand is her betrothed and both are to get married soon.

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