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Set in 1910s and 1920s at the time of British Raj, Farangi revolves around the battle of a Pashtun freedom fighter against the British army. At Nigar Awards 1964, the film received four awards including Best Actress for Shamim Ara.

The Urdu film Bhabhi (1960) was directed by Syed Atta Ullah Shah Hashmi. Starring Shamim Ara and Aslam Pervaiz in leading roles

Prince Jahangir loves the slave girl Anarkali, which creates a serious conflict between Prince Jahangir and his father, Mughal emperor Akbar.

A story about two women, who shared their husband.

A Pakistani musical romance drama about love, loyalty, and emotional conflict within a family. As Naila prepares for marriage, changing feelings and strained relationships begin to test the bonds around her.

The film is set in 1947. The exodus has begun after Partition. A Sikh ex-military man in his thirties finds a 16-year-old Muslim girl alone in a nearby village and brings her home. But the villagers tell him he should either marry her or leave her in a camp where people bound for Pakistan are located. But he decides that since he is far older, he would better leave her at the camp. As he is about to send her off with a man bound for the camp and who is prepared to marry her there, she asks Buta Singh, if he is so poor that he cannot even feed her two Rotis per day to keep her alive...

The drama revolves around a child who is considered unlucky because of her gender.

A love story undone by circumstance takes a darker turn when the past refuses to stay buried.

This Urdu film Jalva (1966) was directed by Younis Rahi.

Akbar, an honest tonga driver, struggles to care for his widowed sister and her children. But when a criminal ring begins abducting children across the city, he finds himself drawn into a desperate fight to protect the innocent and reunite broken homes.

A 1960 Pakistani film directed by Nazir Ajmeri, who also produced it, and wrote its story and screenplay. It stars Shamim Ara and Ejaz.

Munda Bigra Jaey became the first ever Urdu film to celebrate diamond jubilees (100 weeks) in both Karachi and Lahore's cinemas. This film achieved some amazing success through out the country and it was a great comeback of Urdu films.

1956 pakistani film

Hamraz (1967) is a Pakistani suspense thriller by Khwaja Khurshid Anwar, starring Shamim Ara and Mohammed Ali, loosely based on The Woman in White, about a conspiracy against two sisters.