Pakistani actor (1938–2018)
Qazi Wajid (Urdu: قاضی واجد) (26 May 1930 – 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani actor.[1][2][3]
His works include Shama, Tanhaiyaan, Dhoop Kinare, Chand Grehan, Zair, Zabar, Pesh, Hawain, Mehndi, Afshan, Kiran Kahani, Khuda Ki Basti and Ankahi.[4]
After 25 years on radio, he resigned and performed as an actor,[5] joining television in 1966, and for his contributions in the field, he was eventually awarded the Pride of Performance Award in 1988 by the Government of Pakistan.[6]
In a career spanning more than 65 years, he did "more than 1,200 dramas as a staff artist for Radio Pakistan since 1977, and more than 500 dramas for TV."[7]
He died in Karachi on 11 February 2018.[2]
Personal life
Born Qazi Abdul Wajid Ansari in 1937, his birthplace was the Gwalior state in British India.[1]
His family, including five siblings (three brothers and two sisters), moved to Pakistan after the partition in 1947.[8][9][10]
Early career
He began his career by joining Radio Pakistan as a child artiste in 1949.[11]
Selected filmography
Death
Qazi Wajid died of a heart attack on February 11, 2018, in Karachi.[13][14] He was 87 years old.[11][15][16]
See also:
Awards
References
- ^ a b Alavi, Omair (12 February 2018). "OBITUARY: QAZI WAJID'S LAST ACT SADDENS FANS". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
Born in Gwalior, India in 1944 (confirmed by himself in one of his final interviews though it's widely believed that he was born in Lahore in 1930), Qazi Wajid was one of the longest-serving actors of Pakistan.
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