Ilyas Kashmiri (actor)

Ilyas Kashmiri (25 December 1925 – 12 December 2007) was a veteran Pakistani film actor.[2]

Ilyas Kashmiri
الیاس کشمیری
Born
Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri

(1925-12-25)25 December 1925[1]
Dara Shikoh, British India
Died12 December 2007(2007-12-12) (aged 81)[1]
Lahore, Pakistan
OccupationActor, Producer
Years active1947–2000
Spouse(s)Parveen[2]
ChildrenMozzam Ilyas, Asim Ilyas
Parent(s)Noor Din

Early life and career

Born in Muhalla Dara Shikoh, near Rewali Cinema, in Lahore, Punjab, British India, he started his film career from Bombay. In Bombay, the first film in which he appeared as a hero was Malika, directed and produced by Nazir.[2] After independence of Pakistan in 1947, he appeared as hero in his first Punjabi film Mundri in 1949. Ilyas Kashmiri in a variety of roles, from hero to comedian to character acting and also earned fame as a villain. According to film circles, he acted in over 600 Urdu and Punjabi films. Among best known are Mukhra Chan Warga, Chacha Jee, Hath Jori, Basheera, Sultan (1972 film), Banarsi Thug (1973), Ustad Shagird, Ishq Per Zor Nahi (1963), Mahi Munda (1956), Yakke Wali (1957), Laila Majnoon, Wada (1957), Shohrat (1957), and Murad (1957).[2]

Filmography

Death

Ilyas Kashmiri died on 12 December 2007 in Lahore, aged 81.[2]

See also
  • List of Lollywood actors

References
  1. Ilyas Kashmiri remembered Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 12 December 2011, Retrieved 22 December 2017
  2. Actor Ilyas Kashmiri passes away Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 December 2007, Retrieved 20 December 2017
  3. Film Mundri (1949) on cineplot2.com website Retrieved 20 December 2017
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