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Munawar Saeed

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Munawar Saeed
منوّر سعِید‎
Born
Syed Munawar Saeed Shah

(1941-07-01) 1 July 1941 (age 84)
Amroha, United Provinces, British India
NationalityPakistani
Alma materAligarh Muslim University
OccupationActor
Years active1966 – present
ChildrenZafar Masud (son)
Aamir Masood (son)
Ali Masood (son)
Zainab (daughter)
Awards

Munawar Saeed (Urdu: منوّر سعِید; born 1 July 1941) is a Pakistani TV and film actor. He has performed in around 200 Urdu and Punjabi films and more than 1000 television dramas. He is known for his villain roles in TV serials like Waris (1979 - 1980) and Moorat (2004) and films like Anmol (1973), Sharafat (1974), Pehchan (1975), and Aj Diyan Kurrian (1977). He was honored with the Pride of Performance Award in 2003.

Early life and education

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Saeed was born on 1 July 1941, in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, British India. He migrated to Pakistan in 1960 after doing his B.Sc from the Aligarh Muslim University.[1] He is a relative of the poets Rais Amrohvi and Jaun Elia.[2]

Career

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After settling in Karachi, Pakistan, he started working on stage and Radio Pakistan. In 1967, when a television station was established in Karachi, he started working in TV dramas. In 1969, he was offered an Urdu film Ghar Damaad from Lollywood. He accepted the project and left Karachi for Lahore. While staying in Lahore, he used all four mediums of art; film, TV, radio, and stage, to express his artistic abilities. Mostly, he acted out negative characters in TV plays and films. The films like Anmol (1973) and Pehchan (1975) helped him in building his reputation for sophisticated villain roles.[1][2][3]

He lived in Lahore for nearly fifty years. Then, he returned to Karachi and started working in private TV productions.[1]

Personal life

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Saeed's son, Zafar Masud, is a senior banker and was one of the two sole survivors of the PIA Flight 8303 crash.[4]

Filmography

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Television series

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Year Title Role Network Notes
1973 Mirza Ghalib Bandar Road Par Teepu PTV Long-play
1975 Mehman
1979–1980 Waris Chaudhry Yaqub
1982 Alif Noon
1984 Mirza And Sons Mirza Long-play Drama 84
1984–1985 Andhera Ujala
1986 Hazaron Raaste Qadir Hussain
1993 Fareb Bashiruddin
1994 Alao Chaudhry Anwar
1998 Jeet Police officer
1998 Larki Ek Sharmili Si Sharafat Comedy Theater
2000 Zamana Chaudhry
2001 Barhtay Saay
2004 Be Zaban
2004–2005 Moorat Karim ARY Digital
2010 Bebaak Hum TV
2012 Sasural Ke Rang Anokhay
Roshan Sitara
2013 Mein Hari Piya
Rehaai Inayat
Mere Hamrahi ARY Digital
2013–2014 Bunty I Love You Hum TV
2015 Mol Imtiaz
2016 Lagaao Safdar Rana
2016–2017 Sanam Sharafat Qureshi
2023–2024 Baby Baji Siddiqui ARY Digital

Film

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Awards and recognition

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Year Award Category Result Work Ref.
1973 Nigar Award Best Supporting Actor Won Anmol (film) [5]
2003 Pride of Performance Award Arts Won Acting [1][6]
2013 Pakistan Media Award Best Supporting Actor Nominated Tamanna (TV play) [7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Butt, Sitara Jabeen (17 July 2018). "حقیقی زندگی خوبصورت نہ ہوتواداکاری میں بھی خوبصورتی نہیں آتی". Daily Jang (in Urdu).
  2. ^ a b Suhayb, Muhammad (22 June 2021). "Good to be Bad: The Villains of Pakistani Cinema". YOULIN Magazine.
  3. ^ "منور سعید". Hilal Urdu. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  4. ^ Sharma, Swati (23 May 2020). "Pakistan plane crash survivor has relation with Bollywood blockbuster Pakeezah". The Statesman. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards". The Hot Spot Film Reviews website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  6. ^ "President to confer civil awards today". Dawn (newspaper). 23 March 2003. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  7. ^ "4th Pakistan Media Awards Nominations". HamaraLink.com website. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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