Tanveer Jamal (30 June 1960 – 13 July 2022) was a Pakistani actor, director and producer.

Early life

After doing his matriculation in Karachi, he went to

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for higher studies, and later worked in Japan as a fashion model.

Career

He started his career in 1989 with director Kazim Pasha's play '' Jangloos'' and got fame from the first play. His other notable PTV dramas included ''Jinnah to Quaid, Samjhauta, Babar, Antha, Janam Jalli'' and ''Jalte Suraj''. He became well known for directing and producing the first action-packed mega drama serial ''Godfather'' in a private production, the drama being recorded in both Pakistan and Japan. He remained active as an actor in Pakistan for nearly four decades, and was awarded the Best Actor Award by PTV and had also launched a private satellite television channel, ''Shaheen Pay TV'' (SPTV), one of the first in the country.

Personal life

Family

He was married to a Japanese woman with whom he had three children, the family living in Japan.

Other interests

Apart from acting, he was also a squash player and a

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. He was a painter as well, gifting paintings to fellow actor

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Illness and death

Jamal was diagnosed with cancer for the first time in 2016 but recovered after treatment. Later he was diagnosed with cancer again, which affected his health. In May 2022 he decided to move to Japan for complete treatment of cancer. He died on 13 July 2022, in

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Selected television dramas

References

1960 births 2022 deaths Pakistani male stage actors Pakistani directors Pakistani producers Pakistani expatriates in Japan 20th-century Pakistani male actors PTV Award winners 21st-century Pakistani male actors Pakistani male television actors Male actors from Karachi {{Pakistan-actor-stub