Nazar (1920- 20 January 1992) was a Pakistani comedian and film actor. He debuted in films with a Punjabi language film Gul-Baloch (1944), in which famous Indian singer Mohammed Rafi was also introduced for the first time as a playback singer. Nazar later played comedic role in Pakistan's first feature film Teri Yaad and Pakistan's first silver jubilee film Pheray (1949). As an actor, he appeared in many films and played the lead role in film Judai (1950)‚ directed by Amin Malik.
During the early era of Pakistani films, he worked in Lollywood extensively alongside film actress Zeenat. In 1960, he was awarded the Nigar Award for best comedian for Humsafar (1960) film.
Filmography +Key Remarks denote a short description of the work where available.
# Title Year Comedian Remarks1Gul-Baloch19442Teri Yaad19483Pheray1949Pakistan's first silver jubilee film4Judai1950He was cast as the lead actor5Sassi19546Baaghi19567 Noor-e-Islam19578Aakhri Nishan19589Nagin195910Humsafar196011Gulfam196112Ajab Khan196113 Qaidi196214Baji1963
Awards Year Award Nominated work Category Result1960Nigar AwardsHumsafar (1960)Best comedianstyle="text-align:center;"1982Nigar AwardsIn recognition of his thirty years contribution to Pakistani filmsCinema of Pakistanstyle="text-align:center;"
Death Nazar died on 20 January 1992.
References
External links
Filmography of actor Nazar on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website (Archived)