Rasheed Naz (9 September 1948 – 17 January 2022) was a Pakistani film and television actor. He started his television career in 1971 in a

Pashto Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...

television play and went on to work in several Pashto,

Hindko Hindko (, , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken by several million people of various ethnic backgrounds in northwestern Pakistan, primarily in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northern Pun ...

and

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

-language plays.

Life and career

Rasheed Naz was born on 9 September 1948 in

Peshawar Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district p ...

, NWFP (now

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...

), Pakistan. In 1971, he started his television career as an actor in a Pashto television play. His first Urdu play was ''Aik Tha Gaoon'' (1973). His first popular play was ''Namoos''. He also worked in Pakistan's first private television play ''Dasht'', telecast on NTM TV channel. In 1988, he worked in his first Pashto film ''Zama Jang'' (English: "My War"). His first Urdu film was Syed Noor's ''Dakait (''"Dacoit"). He also worked in

Shoaib Mansoor Shoaib Mansoor (; born 4 February 1951 Karachi) is a Pakistani television and film director, writer, producer, lyricist and musician of Mahajir (Pakistan), Muhajir origin. Active in the Television in Pakistan, television industry since 1976, w ...

's 2007 film '' Khuda Ke Liye'' ("For God's Sake"). Rasheed Naz also worked in a

's video song "Ishq Mohabbat Apna Pan" with Iman Ali. Raheed Naz also starred in the Bollywood film

Baby In common terminology, a baby is the very young offspring of adult human beings, while infant (from the Latin word ''infans'', meaning 'baby' or 'child') is a formal or specialised synonym. The terms may also be used to refer to Juvenile (orga ...

in 2015 alongside

Akshay Kumar Akshay Hari Om Bhatia (born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia; 9 September 1967), known professionally as Akshay Kumar (), is an Indian actor and film producer working in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as "Khiladi Kumar", through his career span ...

, Anupam Kher, and

Madhurima Tuli Madhurima Tuli (born 19 August 1986) is an Indian actress and model. Her works in Hindi television include the fiction dramas '' Kasturi'', '' Parichay'', '' Kumkum Bhagya'', '' Chandrakanta'' and '' Qayamat Ki Raat'' and the reality shows '' ...

. Rasheed Naz had a career spanning nearly five decades. His son Hasan Noman is an actor as well. Noman, who shared the screen with Rasheed Naz in ''Baby'', was married to Madiha Rizvi from 2013 to 2022.

Awards and recognition

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

Award by the

Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan () (abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, commonly known as the Centre, is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South Asia, con ...

for his services as television and film actor.14 NWFP personalities honoured (with civil awards)
Business Recorder (newspaper), Published 24 March 2009, Retrieved 26 January 2022

Death

Rasheed Naz died in

Islamabad Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...

, Pakistan on 17 January 2022 at the age of 73. For some time, he had been suffering from some health issues. His body was brought to

for funeral and he was buried there.

Notable television plays

* '' Teri Rah Mein Rul Gaye'' * ''Sabith Ali'' * ''Namoos'' * ''Dasht'' * ''Dosra Asman'' * ''Ghulam Gardish'' (PTV) *

Manzil For the convenience of those who read the Quran in a week the text may be divided into seven portions, each known as Manzil. The following division to 7 equal portions is by Hamzah az-Zaiyyat (d.156/772): # Al-Fatiha (chapter 1) through an-Ni ...

* ''Pinjra'' * "Phir Kab Milo Gay" * "Angoori" * "Anokhi" * " Khushi Ek Roag" * "Khuda Zameen Se Gaya Nahi Hai" * "Saiban Sheshay ka" * "Pathar" * "Aann" * "Apnay Huay Paraye" * "Angels" * "Inkaar" * "Tawan" (Pashto) * "Hum Pe Jo Guzarti Hay" * '' Dayar-e-Dil'' * "'' Khwab Saraye''" as Abrar Khan

Filmography

References

External links

* 1948 births 2022 deaths People from Peshawar Pakistani male television actors Pakistani male film actors Pashtun people Recipients of the Pride of Performance Pakistani expatriate male actors in India Male actors in Hindi cinema {{screen-actor-stub