Bindiya is a Pakistani actress and singer. She is known for her roles in dramas Noor Bano, Nadamat, Samundar, Thakan, and Meri Behan Maya, and has also acted in Urdu and Punjabi films, including Begum Jaan, Awaz, Pakeeza, Behan Bhai, Ek Din Bahu Ka, and Joora. She is one of the most popular actress of her time and was one of the most successful actresses of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
Bindiya's parents lived in Calcutta. Her mother was from Calcutta, and her father was from Bengal. After Partition, her parents migrated from India to Pakistan and settled in Lahore. Bindiya was born in 1960 in Lahore, Pakistan, and completed her studies at the University of Lahore, graduating with a master's degree in English literature.
Bindiya started working as an English newscaster on PTV, and later she made her debut as an actress in drama Jhok Siyal. Then she appeared in the dramas Chattan Par Ghonsala, Samundar, Din, and Aik Din. She also appeared in dramas Drama 83, Andhera Ujala, Status, and Footpath Ki Ghaas. In the late 1980s, she worked in theatre with Saba Hameed and Samina Ahmad. Then, she worked in films both Urdu and Punjabi, including Khan Baloch, Begum Jaan, Awaz, Pakeeza, Behan Bhai, Ek Din Bahu Ka, Joora, and Aahat.
In 1980s during her peak, she was offered a role in a film by Indian film director Yash Chopra but she refused.
Since then she has appeared in the dramas Meri Behan Maya, Noor Bano, Nadamat, and Takkay Ki Ayegi Baraat.
Bindiya first married Muhammad Al-khumaish, a pilot from Jordan, in the 1980s, but later she divorced him and took custody of her only son, Jahanzeb. Then she married actor Asad Nazir; after one-and a half years, she divorced him. In 2013, she married Zafar Ibrahim. Bindiya's sister Meena Pervaiz was a newscaster, and her niece Vaneeza Ahmad is an actress, model and occasional singer.