Najma Mehboob

Najma Mehboob (1949 – 6 December 1983) was a Pakistani film and TV actress. She mostly played character and mother roles in dramas and films both in Urdu and Punjabi languages.

Early life
Najma was born in 1949 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Initially, she worked in stage plays.

Career
Then, she came to television in 1969 with a drama Haathi Daant telecast from Pakistan Television, Lahore. Afterward, she appeared in several individual television dramas and serials. She also acted in 82 films in which, the first one was Geo Dhola (1969) and Nazak Rishtay (1987) was her last film which was released after her death.

Personal life
Najma was married to TV producer Muhammad Nisar Hussain and had one child with him.

Death
On 6 December 1983, she died at Lahore after being hit by a running train during the shooting for a Punjabi film Rickshaw Driver while she was trying to save a child.