Pakistani movie icon Firdous Begum passes away

LAHORE (92 News) - Pakistani movie icon Parveen aka Firdous Begum has passed away at the age of 73.

Family sources confirmed the news. The sources said that she breathed her last at a private hospital in Lahore. She was admitted there on Tuesday after suffering a brain hemorrhage.

Begum acted in over 160 Punjabi, Urdu and Pashto films. She got her breakthrough in the 1970 film Heer Ranjha in which she played Heer’s opposite Ejaz Durrani (Ranjha).

The movie is about Heer and Ranjha being head over heels in love with each other until Heer’s uncle hatches a plan to separate them.