Roohi Bano

Roohi Bano was born in Karachi on 10 August 1951. She was the daughter of Alla Rakha, a noted tabla player of India and half-sister of Indian music virtuoso Ustad Zakir Hussain. ==Career==

Roohi joined television when she was doing her Masters in Psychology from the Government College, Lahore. Her next performance was of an elite class girl in Zair, Zabar, Pesh. ==Personal life==

Roohi married twice but both of her marriages were unsuccessful. She had one son. ==Later life and death==

In 2005, her 20-year-old only son was murdered by unidentified killers near his residence in Gulberg III, Lahore. His body was dumped alongside a fence where a passerby spotted it. After her son's murder, Roohi had abandoned her acting career, led a lonely life in Lahore and she never fully recovered from this tragic event in her life. In her later life, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. She had had kidney disease and a mental disorder. She had been on a ventilator for 10 days before she died. According to her sister, Rubina Yasmeen, her family had travelled to Istanbul, Turkey to be with her in her last days. ==Filmography==

Television series Telefilm Film ==Tribute and honours==

In 2019 on February 3 Pakistan National Council of the Arts paid tributes to her and described her a dignified, refined and polished artist. In 2021 on August 16 the Government of Pakistan named a street and intersection after her in Lahore. ==Awards and recognition==