Salma Agha

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Biography

Salma Agha born to a wealthy father and in Karachi, moved to London at age 9. She was married at 16 years of age to a prominent Pakistani settled in London. A divorce soon followed. Salma along with sister Sabina produced and sang for a record called AGHA - Salma and Sabina Agha sing ABBA hits in Hindi. The record made a few waves and was applauded by critics. However, it didn't create any major ripples in the Hindi film circles at the time. When acclaimed Indian director Raj Kapoor was at the London reception of his son Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh's wedding. He invited his cousin Zarina Agha . All of these movies flopped massively at the box office. Soon Salma was going through another divorce with Javaid Shaikh. She carried on with a few more Pakistani movies then settled with the squash Champion Rehmat Khan. She now shuttles between Islamabad and London with Rehmat Khan and put s out an album of Ghazals every few years. She recently went on tour promoting her album 'Husn'. She has a daughter with Rehmat and also runs a high end boutique in Islamabad. She has no desire of returning to filmdom - at least for now.

  • Primary profession
  • Actress·music_department·soundtrack
  • Country
  • Pakistan
  • Nationality
  • Pakistani
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 03 April 1962
  • Place of birth
  • Karachi
  • Children
  • Sasha Agha
  • Spouses
  • Rehmat Khan
  • Knows language
  • Hindi

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Trivia

Granddaughter of Rafiq Ghaznavi and Anwari.

Raj Kapoors maternal uncle was actor Jugal Kishore Mehra. Jugal married actress Anwari Begum and adopted her daughter actress Zarine ( Nasreen) Nasreen is the mother of actress/ singer Salma Agha. This makes Salma Agha a relative of the Kapoor family.

Cousin of music directors Sajid Wajid (Maternal side).

Was involved with actor, director Marukh Mirza.

Was involved with Muzaffar Ali.

Was involved with Amit Khanna.

Was involved with Pahlaj Nihalani.

Ex husband Rehmat Khan was first married to a British lady named Josie. They had a daughter named Natasha Khan. Natasha Khan is a world famous singer for the band Bat For Lashes. She is also a movie director and directed the story "I Do" in the movie Madly co produced by Anurag Kashyap.

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