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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Deeba<br />
| image =<br />
| imagesize = 225px<br />
| caption =Deeba with [[Waheed Murad]]<br />
| birthname = Raheela<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|08|01}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Ranchi]], [[Bihar]], [[British India]]<br />
| occupation = [[Film actress]]<br />[[Actress|TV Actress]]<br />
| yearsactive = 1959–present<br />
| spouse = Naeem Rizvi<br />
| children = [[Madiha Rizvi]] (daughter)<br />
| awards = [[Nigar Awards]]:<br />Special Award for Sajna Door Diya (1970) (a Punjabi film)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Deeba''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|دِیبا}}}}), <br />
is a Pakistani film actress. She was one of the leading film actresses during the 1960s and 1970s, well-known for her romantic and tragic roles in [[Urdu]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] films.<ref name=cineplot/><ref name=pakmag>{{cite web|url=http://www.mazhar.dk/film/stars/heroines/60s.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305152703/http://www.mazhar.dk/film/stars/heroines/60s.htm|date=17 August 2004|title=Profile of Deeba|archive-date=5 March 2008|website=Pakistan Film Magazine website|access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
Raheela was born at [[Ranchi]], [[Bihar]], [[British India]] on 1 August 1947. In the 1950s, she was living with her married sister near [[Karachi Cantt. Station]] (a railway station) in a slum area of Karachi.<ref name=pakmag/> She started her career as a child actress in the film ''Faisla'' (1959) and was nicknamed "Chutanki" as she was still a little girl.<ref name=cineplot>[http://cineplot.com/deeba/ Profile of Deeba on Cineplot.com website] Published 27 September 2009, Retrieved 24 June 2020</ref><ref name=pakmag/><br />
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She got a breakthrough in ''Charagh Jalta Raha'' (1962 film), a Fazal Karim Fazli film.<ref name=cineplot/> Her performances in several films, such as ''Milan'' (1964), ''Khamosh Raho'' (1964), ''Aina'' (1966), ''Payal ki jhankar'' (1966), [[Doraha (film)|Doraha]], ''Sangdil'' (1968), ''Dard'' (1969), ''Sajna Door Diya'' (1970), ''[[Neend hamarey khuwab tumharey]]'' (1971), ''Ansoo'' (1971), ''Pardes'' (1972), and ''Seeta Maryam Margaret'' (1978) have won critical acclaim. She played many supporting characters, including on-screen mother in several films throughout most of the 1980s and 1990s.<ref name=pakmag/><ref name=samaa>{{Cite web|url=https://www.samaa.tv/entertainment/2017/08/happy-birthday-deeba/|title=Happy Birthday Deeba - Samaa TV|author=Omair Alavi|website=Samaa TV News website|date=1 August 2017|language=en-US|access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref><br />
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She received a [[Nigar Award|Nigar]] Best Actress award for the Punjabi film ''Sajna door diya'' in 1970. Her smiling face and innocent look have given rise to the description "Pakistani [[Mona Lisa]]".<ref name=cineplot/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/070311/dmag7.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515005223/http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/070311/dmag7.htm|archive-date=15 May 2008 |title=Fame and fidelity|access-date=24 June 2020|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|date=2 August 2007}}</ref><br />
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Deeba married camera man Naeem Rizvi in 1971 and left silver-screen for 10 years. However, financial hardships made her join the [[Pakistani film industry]] again in 1987 as a supporting actress.<ref name=cineplot/><ref name=pakmag/><ref name=samaa/><br />
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She acted in several television plays in early 2000s.<br />
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== List of television projects ==<br />
* ''Mother of Desert'' (TV Film) – Indus TV<br />
* ''[[Moorat]]'' (TV Serial) – [[ARY TV]]<br />
* [[Manzil (Pakistani TV series)|''Manzil'']] (TV Serial) – [[ARY TV]]<br />
* ''[[Riyasat]]'' (TV Serial) – [[ARY TV]]<br />
* ''[[Sarkar Sahab]]'' (TV Serial) – [[ARY TV]]<br />
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==Selected filmography==<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!Title !!Released<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sadqay Teri Mout Tun|Sadkey Teri Maut Ton]]<br />
|1977<br />
|-<br />
|[[Roti (1988 film)|Roti]]<br />
|1988<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sarmaya]]<br />
|1990<br />
|-<br />
|[[Watan Kay Rakhwalay]]<br />
|1991<br />
|-<br />
|[[International Luteray]]<br />
|1994<br />
|-<br />
|[[Pal Do Pal]]<br />
|1999<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
* [[Nigar Award]] (Special Award for Deeba) in 1970 for ''Sajna Door Diya'' (1970 film)<ref>[http://cineplot.com/nigar-awards-1970/ Nigar Award for Deeba in 1970 on Cineplot.com website] Published 13 May 2010, Retrieved 24 June 2020</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Pakistani actresses]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|3852797}}<br />
* [https://www.citwf.com/person152377.htm Filmography of Deeba on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website]<br />
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