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Rasheed Naz

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Rasheed Naz
رشید ناز
Born(1948-09-09)9 September 1948
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Died17 January 2022(2022-01-17) (aged 73)
Islamabad, Pakistan
OccupationsTV actor, film actor
Years active1971 – 2017
FamilyMadiha Rizvi (daughter-in-law, Divorced 2022)
AwardsPride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan (2009)

Rasheed Naz (9 September 1948 – 17 January 2022) was a Pakistani film and television actor. He started his television career in 1971 in a Pashto television play and went on to work in several Pashto, Hindko and Urdu-language plays.

Early life

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Rasheed Naz was born on 9 September 1948 in Peshawar, NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.[1][2][3][4]

Career

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Rasheed Naz's acting career spanned nearly five decades.[2]

Television

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In 1971, he started his television career as an actor in a Pashto television play. His first Urdu play was Aik Tha Gaoon (1973).[1][2] His first popular play was Namoos. He also worked in Pakistan's first private television play Dasht, telecast on NTM TV channel.[2] Rasheed Naz also worked in a Shoaib Mansoor's video song "Ishq Mohabbat Apna Pan" with Iman Ali.[2]

Cinema

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In 1988, he worked in his first Pashto film Zama Jang (English: "My War").[2] His first Urdu film was Syed Noor's Dakait ("Dacoit"). He also worked in Shoaib Mansoor's 2007 film Khuda Ke Liye ("For God's Sake"). Raheed Naz also starred in the Bollywood film Baby in 2015 alongside Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, and Madhurima Tuli.[5]

Death

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Rasheed Naz died in Islamabad, Pakistan on 17 January 2022 at the age of 73. He had been suffering from health issues for some time. He was buried in Peshawar, the city of his birth.[1]

Personal life

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His son Hasan Noman is an actor as well. Noman, who shared the screen with Rasheed Naz in Baby,[6] was married to actress Madiha Rizvi from 2013 to 2022.

Awards and recognition

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Notable television plays

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Filmography

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Year Title Role Language Notes
1988 Zama Jang[2] Pashto
2001 Dakait[2] Punjabi
2003 Larki Punjaban Urdu
2003 Qayamat – A Love Triangle In Afghanistan
2007 Khuda Ke Liye[2] Maulana Tahiri
2008 Kashf (The Lifting of the Veil)[3] Sufi Pir
2009 Kandahar Break[3] Ashiq Khan English
2012 Arman Khan sahab Pashto
2015 Baby Maulana Mohammad Abdul Rahman Hindi Main antagonist; based on Hafiz Saeed
Karachi se Lahore Khan Sahib Urdu
2017 Gul E Jana Pashto
Pari Urdu
Verna[2]
2022 Zarrar Fahimullah Khan
2023 Dhai Chaal
72 Hoorain Maulvi Hindi Posthumous

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sirajuddin (17 January 2022). "Veteran actor Rashid Naz passes away at 73". Images (Dawn Group of Newspapers). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Veteran actor Rasheed Naz passes away". The Express Tribune. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Films: Rasheed Naz | the List". Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Rasheed Naz's film". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Kumar, Anuj (23 January 2015). "Baby review: Preventive measures". The Hindu (newspaper). ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Veteran film and TV actor Rasheed Naz passes away at 73". Bol News. 23 January 2022.
  7. ↑ 14 NWFP personalities honoured (with civil awards) Business Recorder (newspaper), Published 24 March 2009, Retrieved 26 January 2022
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