Husna

Husna (born Nudrat Jahan 6 September 1942) is a Pakistani actress who worked in Pakistani cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. She made her debut in 1958 and mostly appeared in supporting roles in films. She is the recipient of the Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actress for film Sabaq (1972).

== Career == Actress Husna was born 6 September 1942 as Nudrat Jahan in the household of Aftab Ali Khan, a friend of veteran film producer Shaukat Hussain Rizvi, who introduced her into the Pakistani film industry with the professional name 'Husna'. She made her debut as a child actor with his film Jan-e-Bahar (1958). Husna never became a top heroine and mainly played the side-heroine or vamp roles in Urdu and Punjabi films during her nearly three decades long career. Her big breakthrough came with Ajab Khan (1961), starring opposite Sudhir.