Death anniversary of TV legend Roohi Bano being observed today

ISLAMABAD: First death anniversary of famous TV and film actress Roohi Bano is being observed today (Saturday). 

Television legend and veteran actor Roohi Bano passed away due to kidney failure in a hospital in Istanbul on 25 January 2019.

Bano, a resident of Lahore, had also been suffering from schizophrenia since the death of her son. Roohi Bano, had joined the TV fraternity when she was doing her MSc in psychology from the Government College, Lahore.

Her outstanding performances in including  Qila Kahani, Zard Gulab, Hairatkada, Darwaza, Kiran Kahani. Her first television appearance was in a quiz show in her student days.

Then Farooq Zamir offered her to act in plays. She accepted the offer while continuing her studies that culminated in a master’s degree in psychology.

The Pakistan National Council of Arts had a few years ago planned a documentary on the life and works of the troubled actress, once a household name for PTV viewers, but the project could not be executed.

Roohi married twice and also acted in a few films but television was where her heart was.