Separately, after a 13-year long wait, a Pakistani woman was granted Indian citizenship, the Press Trust of India reported. Mehra was a noted actor and his wife and Salma’s grandmother, Anwari Begum, was a star singer in the 1930s and 1940s. In her application, Agha referred to her Indian roots in her maternal grandfather Jugal Kishore Mehra and the fact that she was a British national. She was born in Karachi and raised in London, where she received several offers of films by Indian directors. As per rules, a foreign national having Indian parentage is eligible for OCI card, except those having Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent. Salma Agha is a British singer and actress of Pakistani origin who sang and played in Hindi films in India in the 1980s and early 1990s.
The 59-year-old artiste who is a British citizen met Home Minister Rajnath Singh, apparently to express her gratitude for the gesture. Pakistani woman granted Indian citizenship after 13 years She does claim now that her family’s origins are from Amritsar, and that they are not from Pakistan. She came into the limelight after playing the role of ‘Nilofar’ in the Indian Hindi-language film Nikaah (1982). Answer (1 of 2): Salma Agha is a British-Pakistani singer and actress. Salma Agha established herself as the most popular and commercially successful Indian actress. She is a Pakistani-born British singer and actress, who appears in Bollywood Film Industry. “We have decided to grant Salma Agha the OCI card after following the due procedure,” a senior Home Ministry official said on Monday, according to TOI. Salma Agha is a Pakistani singer and actor who mainly worked in the Indian and Pakistani cinema in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Salma Agha was born on 25 October 1956 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. For years, the Pakistani and the Indian mass media has extolled her in glowing. Pakistan-born Bollywood singer and actress Salma Agha will get an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card that will offer her multiple entry, multi-purpose life-long visa to visit India and exemption from reporting to police, Times of India reported on Monday. To write about actress-cum singer, Salma Agha, is to put applause on paper.
Salma Agha to get Overseas Citizen of India card, offering life-long visa and exemption from reporting to police.