Mehboob Alam (14 March 1948 – 18 March 1994) was a Pakistani actor. He is best known for playing the feudal Chaudhry Hashmat Ali in PTV drama '' Waris'' (1979).

Early life

Mehboob Alam was born in 1948 in Tando Ghulam Ali, Matli district,

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. He did his Masters in History and he also worked at Radio Pakistan later he made his debut in sindhi film ''Soorath''.

Career

He also appeared in the PTV drama ''

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'' (1984), ''

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'' (1985) and ''

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'' in 1989. Mehboob Alam acted in 38 movies (12 Urdu, 15 Punjabi, and 11 Sindhi), including ''Sooarth'' (Sindhi, 1973), ''Rut Ja Ristha'', ''Dharti La Kunwar'' (1975), ''Dharti Dilwaran Jee'' (Sindhi, 1975), ''Shehzor'' (Sindhi, 1976), ''

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'' (Urdu, 1979), '' Chotay Nawab'' (Urdu, 1980), ''

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'' (Punjabi, 1981), ''Fatafat'' (Punjabi, 1981), ''Khan Balouch'' (Punjabi, 1985), and ''Darya Khan'' (Sindhi, 1991). In 2005 at 1st Indus Drama Awards in

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, he was posthumously honoured with ''Special Award'' for his contributions to cinema which was given to his family and tributes were paid to him by television personalities including

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, Faysal Qureshi,

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Death

He died on 18 March 1994 in

at age 46 and was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Hyderabad district.

Filmography

Television series

Film

Awards and recognition

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alam, Mehboob 1948 births 20th-century Pakistani male actors 1994 deaths Pakistani male television actors Male actors from Karachi Pakistani male film actors Male actors in Punjabi cinema Male actors in Sindhi cinema Male actors in Pashto cinema Radio personalities from Sindh Male actors in Urdu cinema Pakistani radio presenters Pakistani male radio actors Radio personalities from Karachi