Mohammad Sarwar Mir is an Indian actor, who has appeared in
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
films including ''
Kesari'', ''
Bajrangi Bhaijaan'', and ''
Jolly LLB 2''.
Career
Born in a
Kashmiri family,
Sarwar started his career with renowned directors
M. K. Raina and Bapi Bose in Delhi. He was part of three National School of Drama workshops. He moved to Mumbai permanently in late 2014, before being cast in two high-profile films, ''
Bajrangi Bhaijaan'' (2015) and ''
Phantom'' (2015). In the former, he played the father of the lost Pakistani girl Shahida, who is guided by
Salman Khan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; born 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who predominantly works in Hindi films. In a career spanning over three decades, his awards include two National Film Awa ...
's character back to Pakistan.
Sarwar also worked on the production of ''
Kashmir Daily'', a self-financed Kashmiri film venture. He is involved in making Kashmiri films and contributes to the industry's projects without charging a fee in order to encourage film making among local residents.
Mir has recently Directed a Film BED NO.17 in Srinagar and the film will be screened in several film festivals. In 2017, Sarwar worked on the production of
Mani Ratnam
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H ...
's Tamil film ''
Kaatru Veliyidai'' (2017) and shot for the film in Hyderabad and Ladakh. He successfully auditioned for the film, with date clashes meaning he opted out of his role in ''
Naam Shabana'' (2017) for the opportunity.
''Kedarnath'' was released on 7 December 2018. In 2019 he appeared in the films ''Kesari'', ''Notebook'' and ''Hamid''. After Kesari, Panipat, Chanakya, Jai Hind, Pawan Putra and some web series like The Family Man, Bard of Blood, Bhram and Special Ops released.
Sarwar played the protagonist in ''Half Widow'', ''Kashmir Daily'',
and ''Lihaaf''.
He played the negative lead in
Dharma Productions' ''Kesari'' (2019). Recently Sarwar wrote and directed the prayer song "Ya Khuda" in the COVID-19 lockdown, which had most of the veteran actors on J&K.
Filmography
Films
Web series
References
External links
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Living people
21st-century Indian male actors
Kashmiri actors
Male actors in Hindi cinema
Male actors from Jammu and Kashmir
Male actors in Tamil cinema
1977 births