Rauf Khalid

Abdul Rauf Khalid (Urdu: عبدالرؤف خالد‎; born 19 December 1957, Peshawar – died 24 November 2011) was a Pakistani actor, filmmaker and television writer/director. An ex-serviceman and bureaucrat, he worked in films and television plays after attending Islamia College, Peshawar.

Career

1989: he wrote and partially directed PTV's thriller, Madaar, a seven-episode serial exposing drug trafficking, telecast from Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV).

1991: he wrote Guest House, a 52-episode comedy series that turned out to be a popular comedy series for PTV.

1994: Khalid directed Angar Wadi, a 15-episode serial for which he was an actor and a producer apart from writing it.

1998: Khalid made Laag, a 27-episodes serial (written, directed, produced and acted).

2003: Khalid released his debut film Laaj as (writer, director, producer and actor), although it reportedly did poorly at the box office. Laaj won 12 Bolan Awards, 14 Graduate Awards, 4 National Film Awards and the Luxstyle Award.

2007: Khalid established a college of TV & Film Direction in Lok Virsa Shakrparian Islamabad. He was the chairman of National Institute of Cultural Studies.

2008: Khalid made his third television serial (Mishaal), for which he served as writer, director and producer.

Art

His paintings have been exhibited in the World Fineart Gallery New York and the Omma Art Gallery in Crete Greece.

Death

Rauf Khalid died on 24 November 2011, aged 53, in a traffic accident near Sheikhupura as he was coming to Islamabad from Lahore via motorway.

Awards

• The President of Pakistan award (Pride of Performance)
• The Prime Minister of Pakistan award (The Kashmir Medal)
• Bolan Award (Best Director, Best Film, Best Writer, Best Supporting Actor)
• Graduate Guild Award (Best Director, Best Writer, Best Producer, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Script) 
• National Pakistan Award (Best Director, Best Film, Best Writer, Best Original Soundtrack shared with Zille Huma)
• Lux Style Award (Best Film 2005)

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Latif Kapadia

 Latif Kapadia (Urdu: لطيف کپاڈیا‎) was a Pakistani stage and television actor. Latif Kapadia was born on March 27, 1934, in Nasik, Maharashtra, in British India. At the age of 13, Latif Kapadia migrated to Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. He is considered as one of the famous actors of Pakistan television.

Career

Latif started his career as a stage actor. He was initiated into acting in 1953 by a theatre-loving couple, Meherji and Pervaiz Dastur. They presented many plays in the 1950s.

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Sikandar Sanam

Sikandar Sanam (21 September 1960 – 5 November 2012) was a Pakistani stage artist, singer, actor and stand up comedian. In Pakistan, he was known as the artist who redefined the art of on-stage mimicry. Sikandar's father, the late Syed Abdul Sattar Shoqeen Jetpuri (a Gujarati poet), was a well known poet from Jetpur, India. Sanam credited his father as, versatile, talented and proficient who patronized him with his talent.

Career

Sanam started performing on-stage as a child artist and singer. He preferred acting over singing and decided to enter show business. He changed his name from Mohammad Sikandar to Sikandar Sanam (Sanam meaning beloved in Urdu).

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Munawar Zarif

Munawar Zarif (Urdu: منور ظریف‎) ( December 25, 1940 - April 29, 1976) was a famous Pakistani comedian and film actor. He was a versatile actor and comedian best known for his work in the Pakistani cinema of the seventies. Zarif appeared in more than 300 films.

Early life and career

He was born on December 25, 1940 in Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan. He started his film career from a Punjabi film Dandian in 1961 and got breakthrough in the film Hath Jori in 1964. After a film career as a comedian, he became a film actor, first as side-hero in film Pardey mein rehney doe and then in the title roles and hero in the same year Banarsi Thugg (1973) and Jeera Blade (1973).

He was awarded three times with the Nigar Award on his out-standing performance in Bharo Phool Barsao, Zeenath and Ishaq Deewana.. He appeared in more than 300 films in just 16 years from 1961-76. He was also famous for his Ad-Lib dialogue delivery. Often he would improvise so much that his fellow actors would have trouble keeping pace.

Death

On 29 April 1976 he died in Shalimar Hospital, Lahore due to Cirhosis.

Filmography

His films include: 

• Banarsi Thug 
• Manjhi Khitay Dhanwa 
• Baharo Phool Barsao 
• Heer Ranjha
• Nokar Wohti DA 
• Jeera Blade 
• Khusiya 
• Janu Kapatti 
• Zeenat 
• Rangila Aur Munawar Zarif 
• Ajj Da Mahinwal 
• Sheeda Pastaol 
• Danndiyan 
• Haath Juri 
• Parde Min Rehny Do 
• Ishq Deewana

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Pakistan actress Sana Khan dies in road accident

 KARACHI: Pakistan actress and model Sana Khan died in a road accident when her car overturned near Super Highway on Friday.

Sana's husband Babar Khan was also critically injured in the accident. According to Faryal Khan, sister of Sana, the actress was going to Hyderabad from Karachi when the incident occurred near Lani Kot area, Super Highway.

Speeding is said to be a cause of the accident.

Rescue teams rushed to the spot shortly after the incident and initially shifted the victims to Civil Hospital Hyderabad. Hospital sources told that Babar’s condition was also critical. He was later shifted to a hospital in Karachi for necessary treatment.

The deceased actress has been featured in various TV serials, plays and shows. Her husband was also TV drama actor and director.

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Liaquat Soldier

Liaquat Ali (Urdu: لیاقت سولجر‎ ‎; 1952 – 30 March 2011), better known by his stage name Liaquat Soldier, was a Pakistani stage and television comedy actor, writer, and director. Born in 1952, Soldier started his acting career in 1973. He featured in over 250 plays and co-starred with many famous theatre personalities, including the likes of Moin Akhtar, Furqan Haider, Umer Sharif, Hanif Raja and Shahzad Raza. He came from a modest, low-income family of Marwari background in Karachi. Soldier’s unusual last name was given to him by his friend Nazar Hussain, a stage artist. Channels for which Soldier worked included Geo TV, SAMAA TV, Dhoom TV, Metro, Hum TV and ARY Digital. Overseas, he worked in the United States, Dubai and South Africa.

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Tahira Wasti

 Tahira Wasti (1944 – March 11, 2012) (Urdu: طاہرہ واسطی‎) was a well-known Pakistani writer and TV actress. She is best known for portrayal of Isabella of Castile in the drama Shaheen.

TV career

Tahira Wasti started working on Pakistan Television Corporation 1968 from a drama serial Jaib Qutra based on a novel by Saadat Hasan Manto. She appeared in a number of dramas until 90s, most of them have become classics of PTV such as Kashkol, Jaangloos and Daldal. Her prominent personality made her renown for regal roles suitable for representing royal, feudal or upper-class families, as in plays like Garnata, Tipu Sultan, Shaheen and Aakhri Chatan.

She also wrote plays for television and showed special interest in science fiction.

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Waheed Murad

Waheed Murad (Urdu: وحید مراد‎) (2 October 1938 – 23 November 1983) was a legendary Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer, famous for his charming expressions, attractive personality, tender voice and unusual talent for acting. Waheed is considered as one of the most famous and influential actors of South Asia. He is often referred to as "Chocolaty Hero" or "Chocolate Hero". Born in Karachi, Sindh, British India, did graduation from S.M. Arts College Karachi, and then masters in English literature from University of Karachi. He started his film career as cameo in 1959 in the film Saathi, when he was 21 years old. His naughty facial gestures, bold romanticism and alluring performance style during picturisation of songs made him immensely popular.

One of his biggest successful films is Armaan, which was produced by him, made a pivotal impact on the sub-continental film industry such that the Pakistani film industry was considered as the rising star and the film made him a superstar overnight. Once, in an interview in 1967, he said that Dilip Kumar, too, was not an immortal actor. Waheed was known as a cheque which could be cashed any where in the country and is the only actor of film industry to secure the highest number of platinum, diamond, golden and silver jubilees.

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Renowned actor Ghayyur Akhtar passes away

LAHORE: Renowned radio, TV and film actor Ghayyur Akhtar passed away after a protracted illness here on Friday.

The actor was suffering from paralysis for last four years. He was shifted to the Services Hospital as his condition deteriorated last night.

Akhtar started his acting career in the 1970s and became a very popular actor in the following decade.

His performances in drama serials such as 'Khawaja and Sons' and 'Sona Chandi' were widely appreciated.

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Izhar Qazi

 Izhar Qazi (Urdu: 1955-December 23, 2007) was a famous two time Nigar award winning, Pakistani film and television actor and a playback singer, perhaps best known for his resemblance to the Indian film actor Amitabh Bachhan. Among his peers he was known for his modest lifestyle and honesty. His most famous movies are Love In Nepal, Aalmi Jasoos, Khazana and Sar Kata Insaan.

Entry in show business

Izhar Qazi was born in Khadda Market, Karachi. By profession he was an engineer and worked at a respectable position at Pakistan Steel Mills until he was spotted by the manager Admin of 

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Shafi Muhammad Shah

Shafi Muhammad Shah (or Shafi Mohammad)(1949–17 November 2007) was a Pakistani film and television actor. Famously knowned as Shahjee, he was born in Kandiaro, in Naushahro Feroze District, Sindh in 1949.

Career

Shafi began his career as a radio presenter from the Hyderabad radio station; he honed his acting skills by taking part in plays broadcast on the radio. Meanwhile, he obtained a postgraduate degree from the University of Sindh, Jamshoro. He later moved to Karachi and began his career as an actor.

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Rani (actress)

 Rani (Punjabi, Urdu: رانی‎; December 8, 1946 – May 27, 1993) was a Pakistani film and television actress. She gained success in late 1960s when she made a hit pair with famous actor and producer Waheed Murad. She remained one of the most successful actresses of subcontinent and was also popular for her dance performances in films. Rani died with cancer on May 27, 1993.

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Moin Akhter

Moin Akhtar (Urdu: معین اختر‎, also spelled as, Moeen Akhtar; 24 December 1950 – 22 April 2011) was a Pakistani television, film and stage actor, as well as a humorist, comedian, impersonator, and a host. He was also a play writer, singer, film director and a producer.

Early life

Akhtar was born in Karachi to Urdu speaking parents migrated from Mumbai India, was highly dynamic and versatile performer, he made his debut for television on 6 September 1966, in a variety show held on PTV to celebrate the first defense day of Pakistan. Since then, he has performed several roles in TV plays/shows, later making a team with Anwar Maqsood and Bushra Ansari.

He was beloved for providing humor for people of all ages, and with an etiquette that remains unmatched. His attempts to avoid vulgarity in his humor rendered him a favorite amongst family audiences. Akhtar was fluent in several languages, including English, Bengali, Sindhi, Punjabi, Memon, Pashto, Gujarati and Urdu. He performed not only in Pakistanbut played in several stage shows like Bakra Qiston Pe and Buddha Ghar Pe Hai with Umer Sharif in India too.

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