Rashid Farooqui is a Pakistani
actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
who appears in Pakistani films and television series. He is known for his villainous roles, such as Inspector Ibrahim in
Laal Kabootar.
Career
Rashid Farooqui started his career as a theatre actor and later became a television actor. He has appeared in various television series and telefilms in
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
, including the telefilms ''Too Late, The Reformer'', and ''
Shahrukh Khan Ki Maut'' (2005). Farooqui made his
Lollywood
Lollywood is Pakistan's film industry, which has served as the base for both Urdu- and Punjabi-language film production.
Lahore has been the center of Pakistani cinema since independence in 1947. However, with the Urdu film hub largel ...
debut in
Mehreen Jabbar
Mehreen Jabbar (Urdu: مﮩرين جبار ) (born on 29 December 1971, is a Pakistani film and television director and producer based in New York City. She is a daughter of the Pakistani media-person Javed Jabbar.https://tribune.com.p ...
's drama film ''
Ramchand Pakistani
''Ramchand Pakistani'' () is a 2008 Urdu-language Pakistani drama film directed by Mehreen Jabbar and produced by Javed Jabbar.
The film features Nandita Das, Rashid Farooqi, Syed Fazel Hussain, Maria Wasti and Noman Ijaz in lead roles. The ...
'' (2008), in which he played the lead role and got nominated for the
Lux Style Award
The Lux Style Awards is an award ceremony which has been held annually in Pakistan since 2002. The ceremony celebrates "style" in the Pakistani entertainment industry, such as Cinema of Pakistan, cinema, television in Pakistan, television, Pa ...
for ''Best Actor (Male)''. In 2009, Farooqui appeared in
Insha'Allah
''Inshallah'', usually called the , is an Arabic-language expression meaning or . It is mentioned in the Quran, which requires its use when mentioning future events. It signifies that nothing, neither action nor thought, happens without God' ...
, followed by ''
Maalik'' (2016). He has also made an appearance in ''
Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay'' (2016).
Filmography
Television
Accolades
References
External links
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Living people
Pakistani male film actors
Pakistani male television actors
Male actors from Karachi
21st-century Pakistani male actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
1976 births
Male actors in Urdu cinema