Bushra Ansari

Bushra Ansari is an actress, comedian, singer and playwright who started performing as a child in the 1960s. Her work spans Urdu and Punjabi television and cinema. In 1989 she received the Presidential Pride of Performance for her contribution to Pakistani television.

Her first dramatic role was in a production by her first husband, the producer and director Iqbal Ansari. She went on to appear in some of PTV's most-watched programmes, including Aangan Terha, Show Time, Show Sha, Rang Tarang, Emergency Ward and the sketch comedy Fifty Fifty. She won the Nigar Award for Best Actress for Aangan Terha in 1984, and the Best Actress award at the 6th PTV Awards for Raat Gaye in 1986.

Her later work has found new audiences. In 2022 she played Maa Begum in the commercial hit Tere Bin. On this guide she appears in Udaari (2016) and the ARY hit Kabhi Main Kabhi Tum (2024).

On 23 March 2021 the President of Pakistan awarded her the Sitara-e-Imtiaz for her contribution to the arts, more than thirty years after her Pride of Performance. Her television career started in the 1960s and was still going in 2024 with Kabhi Main Kabhi Tum. It covers sketch comedy, satire, family drama and romance.

Udaari (2016) aired on HUM TV. Bushra Ansari is in the cast; the serial is written by Farhat Ishtiaq and directed by Mohammed Ehteshamuddin. Also in the cast: Urwa Hocane, Samiya Mumtaz and Ahsan Khan.

Kabhi Main Kabhi Tum (2024) aired on HUM TV. Bushra Ansari is in the cast; the serial is written by Farhat Ishtiaq and directed by Badar Mehmood. Also in the cast: Fahad Mustafa, Hania Aamir and Javaid Sheikh.