Khayyam Sarhadi (12 June 1948 – 3 February 2011 born as Khayyam Sethi) was a Pakistani film and television actor and a radio personality.

Early life

Khayyam Sarhadi was born to a Muslim family on 12 June 1948 in

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, in the home of parents

Zia Sarhadi Zia Sarhadi ( ur, ضیا سرحدی; born Fazl-e-Qadir Sethi 1914 in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province – 27 January 1997 in Karachi, Sindh) was a Pakistani screenwriter and director of films in the Indian Film Industry, whose career s ...

and Zahira Ghaznavi and grew up there. Later he moved to

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and stayed there for some time and later moved to

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, Pakistan. His maternal grandfather, Rafiq Ghaznavi, was a well-known musician and since both his parents were writers, he was into showbiz from an early age. Khayyam travelled to the

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where he got his master's degree in cinematography. He also had a master's degree in English literature and Fine Arts.

Personal life

Khayyam Sarhadi was married to a TV actress ''Atiya Sharaf''. Later, the couple divorced and he married a film actress '' Saiqa''. He had four daughters one from Atiya and three from Saiqa, one of his daughters is ''Zarghuna Khayyam''. Sarhadi was a son of a famous film director, producer and writer ''

'' and his mother was a writer named ''Zahra Sarhadi''. (Khayyam Sarhadi's profile and obituary on Dawn (newspaper) He was the uncle of a model and actress

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Career

In the 1970s, after the death of his mother, Khayyam Sarhadi returned to

. In Pakistan, Sarhadi started his career from acting and directing theatre plays and later started working in TV dramas with

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(PTV) where he was spotted and picked up by noted PTV producer

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. Since then he had worked in thousands of TV dramas and also directed a few of them. He also worked in some films. His scripts were made in

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letters because he couldn't read

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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Death and legacy

Khayyam Sarhadi died of a sudden heart attack during the shooting of a TV drama serial on 3 February 2011 at the age of 62 in

. His funeral was held at his residence in

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. After his death, veteran Pakistani actor/director

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paid tributes to him by saying that he had worked together with him and remembers Sarhadi as a versatile actor and fun to be with.

Filmography

*''Qurbani'' (1981) * Bol (2011) *

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(1998) (played the role of Sardar

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(1980)

TV play

TV drama serials in which he has appeared:

Awards

Pride of Performance The Pride of Performance ( ur, ), officially known as Presidential Pride of Performance, is an award bestowed by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to recognize people with "notable achievements in the field of art, science, literature, sports, an ...

Award (1991) from the

President of Pakistan The president of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=s̤adr-i Pākiṣṭān), officially the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is the ceremonial head of state of Pakistan and the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces.Nigar Award The Nigar Awards ( ur, , translit=Inʿām Negār, lit=Picture Awards) were presented in an annual award show to recognize outstanding achievement in Pakistani cinema. The honors are awarded by Nigar Magazine founded in 1948. The Nigar Awards ...

* PTV National Award

References

External links

* (TV Plays of Khayyam Sarhadi) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarhadi, Khayyam 1948 births 2011 deaths Pakistani male film actors Nigar Award winners Pakistani male television actors Pakistani radio personalities Male actors from Mumbai Male actors from Lahore Male actors from Karachi Radio personalities from Lahore Muhajir people Radio personalities from Karachi Recipients of the Pride of Performance