Ilyas Kashmiri (actor)
{{Short description|Pakistani actor (1925–2007)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ilyas Kashmiri
{{Nastaliq|الیاس کشمیری}}
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| caption = Mohammad Ashiq Ali
| birth_name = Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|12|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Muhalla Dara Shikoh, Lahore, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|12|12|1925|12|25|df=y}}
| death_place = Lahore, Pakistan
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| years_active = 1945 – 2000
| occupation = Actor, Producer
| known_for = Film roles as a villain
| spouse = Parveen
| parents = Noor Din (father)
| children = Mozzam Ilyas (son), Asim Ilyas (son)
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Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri (25 December 1925 – 12 December 2007) was a Pakistani film actor.{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/280054/ilyas-kashmiri-passes-away|title= Actor Ilyas Kashmiri passes away|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|date= 13 December 2007|access-date=18 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222090816/https://www.dawn.com/news/280054/ilyas-kashmiri-passes-away|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 December 2017}}
Early life and career
Born in Muhalla Dara Shikoh, near Rivoli Cinema, in Lahore, Punjab, British India, Kashmiri became an actor in Bombay before the Partition of India. Throughout his career, Kashmiri appeared in more than 600 movies, mostly in villain roles. He was a handsome, well-built 6 feet 2 inches tall man suited for these villainous roles.
Due to his long acting career, he remained an inspiration for the beginners in the Pakistani film industry and was known as Taya Jee in the film world.
Filmography
- Mundri (Punjabi-language film, 1949) (producer: Agha G. A. Gul){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/entertainment/story/2007/12/071217_kashmiri_obituari_as |url-status=dead|archive-date=12 December 2022|access-date=18 September 2024|title=A villain's death (Ilyas Kashmiri's obituary)|website=BBC News (in Urdu language)|author=Arif Waqar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212035036/https://www.bbc.com/urdu/entertainment/story/2007/12/071217_kashmiri_obituari_as}}
- Mahi Munda (1956){{cite web|url=http://cineplot.com/ilyas-kashmiri/|date=5 May 2010|title=Profile of Ilyas Kashmiri|archive-date=11 October 2011|access-date=14 April 2022|url-status=dead|website=Cineplot.com website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011121101/http://cineplot.com/ilyas-kashmiri/}}
- Kismet (1956)
- Yakke Wali (1957)
- Waada (1957)
- Mukhra (1958)
- Ishq Par Zorr Nahin (1963) (producer: Ilyas Kashmiri)
- Imam Din Gohavia (1967)
- Mera Ghar Meri Jannat (1968)
- Zarqa (1969)
- Rangeela (1970)
- Khushia (1973)
- Banarsi Thug (1973 film) (1973)
- Ziddi (1973)
- Sharif Badmash (1975)
- Bin Badal Barsaat (1975)
- Wehshi Jatt (1975)
- Aik Gunnah Aur Sahi (1975)
- Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat (1975)
- Chitra Tay Shera (1976)
- Seeta Maryam Margaret (1978)
- Ranga Daku (1979)
- General Bakht Khan (1979)
- Behram Daku (1980)
- Sher Khan (1981)
- Chan Varyam (1981)
- Chan Suraj (1981)
- Anokha Daaj (1981)
- Maidan (1982)
- Ik Doli (1982)
- Charda Suraj (1982)
- Rustam Te Khan (1983)
- Sher Mama (1983)
- Dara Baloch (1983)
- Jagga Tay Shera (1984)
- Kalia (1984)
- Malanga (1986)
- Mela (1986)
- Joora (1986)
- Qaidi (1986)
- Moti Sher (1987)
- Saranga (1994)
- Madam Rani (1995)
Death
Ilyas Kashmiri died on 12 December 2007 in Lahore, aged 81. He had been bed-ridden for the previous six years. He had been suffering from diabetes for some years and his left leg was amputated a few years ago due to gangrene. His wife, Parveen, had died ten years before him.
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0440590}} Filmography of Ilyas Kashmiri on IMDb website
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Category:Pakistani male film actors
Category:Pakistani film producers
Category:Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent
Category:Male actors from Lahore
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