Zafar Masood

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Zafar Masood
Born(1950-07-10)10 July 1950
Lahore, Pakistan
Died24 May 1981(1981-05-24) (aged 30)
Cairo, Egypt
Resting place Karachi
EducationCathedral High School
OccupationActor
Years active1969 - 1981

Zafar Masood was a Pakistani actor. He was a popular actor of 1970s and he was known for his roles in dramas Khuda Ki Basti , Uncle Urfi , Kiran Kahani and Zair, Zabar, Pesh . [1] [2]

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Early life

Zafar was born in Lahore at Pakistan and he completed his studies from Cathedral High School in Lahore. [3] He was interested in acting and joined Radio Pakistan at Lahore. [3] [4]

Career

He started his acting from PTV Karachi Centre and made his debut in drama Khuda Ki Basti as Nosha. [3] [5]

The drama was written by Shaukat Siddiqui based on his novel and he portrayed the role of Nosha and Zaheen Tahira did the role of his mother but the serial turned out to be a super-hit and won many laurels and accolades. [6]

In 1971 he worked in drama Dada Aur Dil Dada with Uzma Gillani and Mehnaz Rafi which was written by Ashfaq Ahmed later he worked in film Khamosh Nigahen with Waheed Murad, Rozina and Husna. [7]

Then he worked in Uncle Urfi written by Haseena Moin. [1] In 1973 he worked in drama Kiran Kahani with Roohi Bano, Manzoor Qureshi and Begum Khurshid Mirza which was also written by Haseena Moin and then he worked again in her drama Zair, Zabar, Pesh with Roohi Bano, Shakeel and Qazi Wajid. [1] He worked in two Punjabi films and three Urdu films. [1]

In 1976 he appeared in film Deewar with Babra Sharif, Ghulam Mohiuddin and Allaudin written by Shabab Kiranvi the same year he again worked with Haseena Moin and appeared in drama Bandish with Khalida Riyasat and Talat Hussain. [8]

In 1978 he appeared in drama Aabginey with Talat Iqbal the drama was written by Fatima Surayya Bajia and then he appeared in other dramas. [1]

Personal life

Zafar's family lived in Lahore later they moved to Karachi. [3]

Death

Later he got a job in a shipping company in Cairo his car met with an accident during his stay at Egypt and died but his body was brought back to his parents and he was laid to rest at a Karachi Graveyard. [1] [9]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNetwork
1969 Khuda Ki Basti Nosha PTV [10]
1971Dada Aur Dil DadaJalal PTV [7]
1972 Uncle Urfi Javed PTV [1]
1973 Kiran Kahani Irfan PTV [1]
1974 Zair, Zabar, Pesh Jamali PTV [1]
1975Aik Mohabbat So AfsanayAhmad PTV [3]
1976Aape Ranjha HoiRanjha PTV
1976 Bandish Khalid PTV [1]
1978AabgineyDanial PTV [1]

Film

YearFilmLanguage
1970 Naseeb Apna Apna Urdu
1971 Khamosh Nigahen Urdu
1976DeewarUrdu

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