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person_profile-Zia Mohyeddin

Zia Mohyeddin Died at age: 89

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Zia Mohyeddin

Date of Birth:

Jun 20, 1933

Country of birth:

British India

Died:

Feb 13, 2023

Biography of

Zia Mohyeddin

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

    Zia Mohyeddin (born June 20, 1933) is a Pakistani actor famed for his voice.

    He was born in Faisalabad, (formerly Lyallpur), British India in a Urdu Speaking Family. He passed his early life in Karachi. He was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London from 1953-1956. After stage roles in Long Day's Journey Into Night and Julius Caesar, he made his West End debut in A Passage to India in 1960. He made his film debut in Lawrence of Arabia in 1963, playing the role of Tafas (the Arab guide who is shot by Omar Sharif for drinking water from the wrong well). He then made numerous TV and film appearances, and starred as Dr Aziz in the 1965 BBC television version of A Passage to India.

    He returned to Pakistan in the late 1960s. There he founded and ran the PIA Arts and Dance Academy, and hosted his own TV talk show. Around this time he met and subsequently (in 1973) married the classical dancer Naheed Siddiqui. However after difficulties with the regime Mohyeddin returned to England in the late 1970s, shortly followed by his wife. During the 1980s Zia worked in Birmingham, Great Britain, where he produced Central Television's flagship multicultural programme Here and Now.

    He resumed his acting career in Europe, appearing in small roles in various movies and television programs. He has since traveled the world giving Urdu poetry and prose recitations. In the late 1990s, Zia remarried, and had a daughter with his wife, Azra. In February 2005 President Pervez Musharraf invited Mohyeddin to act as Chairman of the new National Academy of Performing Arts in Karachi.

    To this date, despite his growing age, Zia is still active among Pakistani media as a speaker and hosts several TV programs both for National and Private Channels. He is also involved in narrating some abstract short films and commercials

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Zia Mohyeddin

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Filmography of

Zia Mohyeddin

Found 17 Movies in total

Ghazi Shaheed

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1996

Doomsday Gun

Hashim ( Actor )

... 1994

Immaculate Conception

Shehzada ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1987

King of the Ghetto

Timur Hussein ( Actor )

... 1986

Ashanti

Djamil ( Actor )

... 1979

Bombay Talkie

Hari ( Actor )

... 1970

Work Is a 4-Letter Word

Dr Aly Narayana ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1967

Deadlier Than the Male

King Fedra ( Actor )

... 1967

... 1967

Khartoum

Zobeir Pasha ( Actor )

... 1966

A Passage to India

Dr Aziz ( Actor )

... 1965

Behold a Pale Horse

Luis, Guide of Paco ( Actor )

... 1964

Sammy Going South

The Syrian ( Actor )

... 1963

Lawrence of Arabia

Tafas ( Actor )

... 1962

Some Lover to Some Beloved

Zia Mohyeddin ( Actor )

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