Qazi Wajid (Urdu: قاضی واجد) (26 May 1930–11 February 2018) was a Pakistani actor.[1][2][3]
Qazi Wajid | |
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Born | Qazi Abdul Wajid Ansari 26 May 1937 |
Died | February 11, 2018 | (aged 80)
Nationality | Pakistani |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1949 – 2018 |
Children | Fazila Qazi |
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]
Born Qazi Abdul Wajid Ansari, his birthplace was the Gwalior state and the year was 1937, as he himself stated in one of his last interviews.[1]
His family, including five siblings (three brothers and two sisters), moved to Pakistan after the partition of 1947.[8][9][10]
He is the father of actress Fazila Qazi.[11]
He began his career by joining Radio Pakistan as a child artiste in 1949.[12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1966 | Taleem-e-Balighan | [13] | |
1969 | Khuda Ki Basti | Raja | [13][4] |
1974 | Zair, Zabar, Pesh | Houseboy | |
1976 | Shama | ||
1981 | Afshan | Ahmed | [13] |
1982 | Ankahi | Siddiqui Sahib | [4] |
1984 | Aangan Terha | Cameo | |
1985 | Karawaan | Producer | |
1985 | Tanhaiyaan | Faraan | [4] |
1987 | Dhoop Kinare | Baba | [4] |
1991–92 | Aahat | Anwar | |
1995 | Chand Grehan | Kamal | |
1997 | Hawain | Doctor Aarfi | |
2003 | Mehndi | Iqbal | [4] |
2008–09 | Doraha | Umer's father | |
2012–13 | Raju Rocket | Tania's grandfather | |
Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay | Faraan | ||
2014 | Pehchaan | Laila's father | |
2015 | Khuda Dekh Raha Hai | Akhtar | |
2016 | Mann Pyasa | ||
Dil-e-Beqarar | Abbas | ||
2018 | Khaani | Judge | Cameo |
Qazi Wajid died of a heart attack on February 11, 2018, in Karachi.[14][15] He was 87 years old.[12][16][17]
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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.