[1] She acted in both Urdu and Punjabi films Shahida, BeQarar, Shammi, Ghulam, Barkha, Mehbooba, Ilzam, Roohi and Tarrap.
Shamshad Begum was born in Delhi in 1939[1] during British India and she was the younger sister of Salma Mumtaz.
[1] She received her primary education in a Dehli Girls School after partition of India and then, along with her family, migrated to Pakistan to settle in Lahore.
[3] In 1960 she appeared in Sahil, which was directed by her husband Sudhir; the film, written by Arsh Lakhnavi, starred with Allauddin, Ilyas Kashmiri and Agha Talish.
In 1963 she worked in film Baghawat which was directed and produced by Sudhir; it was a Silver Jubilee hit at the box office.