Mir Sarwar

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Mir Sarwar
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, director and producer
Known for Bajrangi Bhaijaan ,
Hai Tujhe Salaam India

Mohammad Sarwar Mir is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Hindi films including Kesari , Bajrangi Bhaijaan , and Jolly LLB 2 .

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Career

Sarwar started his career with renowned directors M K Raina and Bapi Bose in Delhi. He was part of three National School of Drama workshops. He moved to Mumbai permanently in late 2014, before being cast in two high-profile films, Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) and Phantom (2015). In the former, he played the father of the lost Pakistani girl Shahida, who is guided by Salman Khan's character back to Pakistan. [1]

Sarwar also worked on the production of Kashmir Daily , a self-financed Kashmiri film venture. He is involved in making Kashmiri films and contributes to the industry's projects without charging a fee in order to encourage film making among local residents. [2] [3] Mir has recently Directed a Film BED NO.17 in Srinagar and the film will be screened in several film festivals. [4] In 2017, Sarwar worked on the production of Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Kaatru Veliyidai (2017) and shot for the film in Hyderabad and Ladakh. [5] [6] He successfully auditioned for the film, with date clashes meaning he opted out of his role in Naam Shabana (2017) for the opportunity. [7]

Kedarnath was released on 7 December 2018. In 2019 he appeared in the films Kesari, Notebook and Hamid. [8] After Kesari, Panipat, Chanakya, Jai Hind, Pawan Putra and some web series like The Family Man, Bard of Blood, Bhram and Special Ops released. [9]

Sarwar played the protagonist in Half Widow, [10] Kashmir Daily, [3] and Lihaaf. [11] He played the negative lead in Dharma Productions' Kesari (2019). [12] Recently Sarwar wrote and directed the prayer song "Ya Khuda" in the COVID-19 lockdown, which had most of the veteran actors on J&K. [13]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2015 Bajrangi Bhaijaan Rauf Hindi
Phantom Sajid Mir
2016 Dishoom Hadeed
Dil Patang
2017 Jolly LLB 2 Inspector Baig
Jagga Jasoos Shooter
Kaatru Veliyidai Muzaffar Khan Tamil
Daddy Samaad KhanHindi
Poster Boys
Ittefaq
2016 The End Michael / Kashmiri
Bose: Dead/Alive Rehmat Khan/TalwarEnglish, Hindi
2018 Kashmir Daily Hussain Durrani Hindi,
Kashmiri
Half Widow Khalid Urdu,
Kashmiri
Aiyaary Lt.Col Hari NathHindi
Bioscopewala Zadran
Gaalib Nazir Ahmed
Vishwaroop II
Vishwaroopam II Tamil
Lateef to LadenCrush IndiaHindi
Kedarnath Bashir
2019 Kesari Khan Masud
Hamid Abbass
Notebook Imran's father
Panipat Imad-ul-Mulk
Jai Hind Bhojpuri [14]
Chanakya Abdul Salim Telugu
2020Pawan PutraBhojpuri
Laxmii Abdul ChachaHindi
Vanguard KalasuEnglish, Mandarin
2021 State of Siege: Temple Attack Bilal NaikooHindi
Shershaah HyderHindi [15]
2022 Hai Tujhe Salaam India PradhanHindi
2023 Mission Majnu A.Q.KhanHindi
Lafzon Mein Pyaar NarendraHindi
Samara RamanujamMalayalam
Hukus Bukus Coach KhalidHindi

Web series

YearTitleRole
2018 Bose: Dead/Alive Rehmat Khan/Bhagat Singh
2019 The Family Man Faizan
Bhram Elder Yakub
2020 Special OPS Hamid

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