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Since Anwari had a child, Jugal Kishore Mehra effectively became the father of the infant Zarina/Nasreen. In order to marry Anwari, Jugal Kishore Mehra abandoned not only his family but also his religion he became a Muslim and took the name Ahmed Salman. Anwari and Rafiq Ghaznavi were divorced (or separated) after Zarina/Nasreen's birth, and Anwari then married a rich Hindu businessman named Jugal Kishore Mehra.
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He was given the title Aagha there, a kind of knighthood bestowed on a businessman of repute.” Her mother Nasreen (born as Zarina Ghaznavi) was the daughter of Rafiq Ghaznavi, a Pashtun musician, and his wife Anwari Bai Begum, who was one of the earliest actresses of Indian cinema, starring in Heer Ranjha (1932). She traces the origin of her surname ‘Aagha’, “My father (Liaqat Gul Tajik) traded in precious stones and antiques in Iran. Liaqat Gul Agha was a tradesman dealing in rugs and belonged to a Urdu speaking Muslim Pathan family based in Amritsar. Salma Agha was born in Karachi, Pakistan, the daughter of Liaqat Gul Agha and his wife Nasreen Agha. She is also known for her role in Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki (1984) opposite Mithun Chakraborty, and for her song "Come Closer" from the same film. It was for her singing that she won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. She was nominated for the Filmfare awards that year in both the Best Actress category and the Best Female Playback Singer category. Her first film was Nikaah, in which she starred as heroine and also sang her songs herself. She was born in Karachi and raised in London, where she received several film offers from Indian directors. Salma Agha (Urdu: سلمیٰ آغا born 29 October 1964) is a Pakistani born British singer and actress who sang as well as acted in Bollywood films of India in the 1980s and the early 1990s.