Mohammad Ali (actor)
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Mohammad Ali (November 10, 1938 – March 19, 2006) was a Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i actor. He was known as Shahenshah-e-Jazbaat (Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

: شہنشاہ جذبات), means The Emperor of Emotions. He had starred in over 250 movies playing roles as hero and villain. He was included among 25 greatest actors of Asia
Asia
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 (all time) by CNN
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 survey (On 4 March 2010). Along with Waheed Murad
Waheed Murad
Waheed Murad was a legendary Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer. Waheed is considered to be one of the most famous and influential actors of subcontinent. Born in Sialkot, Pakistan, he was the only child of well-off film distributor Mr. Nisar Murad. He got early education from...

 and Nadeem
Nadeem
Nadeem is a masculine given name. It has the meaning "friend", "close companion", or "confidant"...

, he remained one of the leading actors of Pakistan film industry.

Early life

Mohammad Ali was born into a religious family in Rampur
Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
Rampur is a city and a municipality located in Rampur District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Rampur district is located at Longitude 78-0-54 to 69-0-28 East and Latitude 28-25 to 29-10 North and spans an area of 2,367 km².It also gave its name to a former princely state of British...

, British India on November 10, 1938. His father, Maulana Syed Murshid Ali was an Islamic scholar.

Mohammad Ali was the youngest of two brothers and two sisters. The family moved from Rampur to Rohtak
Rohtak
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 after his birth, and then migrated to Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sindh
is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...

 and then to Multan
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...

 soon after the independence of Pakistan.

He passed Matriculation
Matriculation
Matriculation, in the broadest sense, means to be registered or added to a list, from the Latin matricula – little list. In Scottish heraldry, for instance, a matriculation is a registration of armorial bearings...

 from Millat High School where Mirza Musarat Baig and Syed Nasir Ahmed (Babo sahib) were his teachers in Millat High school. He had many friends in Multan including Syed Iqbal Shah and Khalid Mahmood Bukhari (ex MPA) Multan
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...

. In 1954 he moved back to Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sindh
is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...

. He continued his study in this city and passed B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
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 from City College, Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sindh
is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...

.

Start of career from Radio Pakistan

Muhammad Ali joined Radio Pakistan Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sindh
is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...

 station as a broadcaster in 1956, where his elder brother Irshad was already working as a drama artist. Ali's initial wage was set Rs. 10 per drama. After a while, he moved to Bhawalpur station and finally moved to Radio Pakistan, Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

.

Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari
Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari
Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari was a distinguished Urdu broadcaster and first director-general of Radio Pakistan.-Early life:...

, director-general Radio Pakistan, became his mentor for acting. Muhammad Ali used to mention him as his spiritual father. Later, he introduced Ali to his friend, poet and film producer Fazal Ahmed Kareem Fazli, who offered him the role of a hero for his new movie Chiragh jalta raha. But instead of playing the role of hero, Ali accepted the role of villain in the movie. Besides Ali, this was also the first film for Zeba
Zeba
Zeba is a film actress from Pakistan. Her real name is Shaheen, but she adopted the name Zeba. She starred in the 1966 film Arman which was produced by actor and producer Waheed Murad.-Film career:Zeba started her career from Karachi...

, Deeba
Deeba
Deeba is a Pakistani film actress and one of the leading film heroines during 1960s and 1970s. Deeba's real name is Raheela. She was one of the iconic film actresses during 1960s and 1970s. She is well known for her romantic tragic roles in Urdu and Punjabi films. She started her career as an...

, Kamal Irani
Kamal Irani
Kamal Irani اردو:کمال ایرانی was a famous actor of Pakistani cinema . He was born in an Iranian family living in Karachi that is why used to put "Irani" after his name, His real name was "Syed Kamal Udin Safavi".He worked with all the famous actors and performers of that era like Mohammad Ali,...

, and the director Fazli. This was the only Pakistani film in which Indian singer Talat Mehmood rendered his services as a singer.

Film career

Chiragh jalta raha was premiered by Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah , was one of the figurative and pioneering woman figure in Pakistan Movement and was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. An active political figure in the movement for independence from the British Raj, she is commonly known in Pakistan as Khātūn-e...

 on March 9, 1962 at Nishat Cinema, Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

. He then appeared as villain in director Munawwar Rasheed's film Bahadur, director Iqbal Yusuf's film Daal mein kala, and director Javed Hashmi's film Dil ne tujhay maan liya. His first film as hero was Shararat (1963). Later, he moved to Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

 and worked in Khandan (1964). He got breakthrough from Khamosh raho (1964). In 1989, he starred in Hindi film Clerk. His last movie screened in 1995 titled as Dum mast qalandar.

Mohammad Ali had total 277 films (248 Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

, 17 Punjabi
Punjabi language
Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...

, 8 Pashto, 2 Double version, 1 Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 and 1 Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

). He had 28 films as guest appearance and 1 documentary film.

Marriage

On the set of Tum mile pyar mila, Mohammad Ali met actress Zeba
Zeba
Zeba is a film actress from Pakistan. Her real name is Shaheen, but she adopted the name Zeba. She starred in the 1966 film Arman which was produced by actor and producer Waheed Murad.-Film career:Zeba started her career from Karachi...

, and later both married while the film was still under production. The marriage was held on September 29, 1966. The couple reached studio just after the marriage ceremony where they had only one shot before they threw a party. The next day, newspapers published the news of marriage of Mohammad Ali and Zeba.

Ali-Zeb, as the couple came to be popularly known, did not have any children together. However, Mohammad Ali legally adopted Samina, Zeba's daughter from a previous marriage, giving her the name Samina Ali.

Political and social activities

Mohammad Ali had close relations with different political regimes in the country, and both husband and wife, carried out number of social works under their patronage. He protested by putting up black dress in International Moscow Film Festival against India for holding 93,000 POWs after 1971 war. He also served as Cultural Minister in Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif
Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif is a Pakistani conservative politician and steel magnate who served as 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from November 1990 to July 1993, and from February 1997 to October 12, 1999...

 government and set up new policies for Film Industry.

Ali-Zeb Foundation

Muhammad Ali and Zeba founded Ali-Zeb Foundation in 1990s to help the terminally ill, especially those suffering from cancer. He made hospitals in Sargodha
Sargodha
Sargodha is a city in the Sargodha District of Punjab province, Pakistan.Sargodha is located in the northwest of Pakistan. It is the eleventh largest city of Pakistan and also known as Pakistan's best citrus-producing area. It is an agricultural trade centre with various industries...

 and Faisalabad
Faisalabad
Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...

 with the name of Ali-Zeb Foundation. He also continued patronage to the Fatmid Foundation and contributed in several hospitals, besides numerous other NGOs.

Awards

He won 10 Nigar awards
Nigar Awards
The Nigar Awards, the official awards of Pakistani film industry, are the oldest awards to honour the show business personalities of Pakistan. The awards were first introduced in 1958 by Ilyas Rasheedi, the editor of weekly Nigar magazine, with a purpose to recognize the achievements of those who...

 in total — one for best supporting actor (Khamosh Raho, 1964) and another special award for Doorian and Bobby in 1984. Others include best actor awards for Kaneez (1965), Aag ka darya (1966), Saiqa (1968), Wehshi (1971), Aas (1973), Aaina Aur Soorat (1974), Insaan Aur Aadmi (1975) and Haidar Ali (1978).

Former president Zia ul Haq conferred Pride of Performance
Pride of Performance
Pride of Performance , is one of the highest civil award given and conferred by the Pakistan Government to Pakistan's citizens in recognition of distinguished merit in the fields of Literature, Arts, Sports, Medicines, and Science for civilians in most particular cases.The announcement of civil...

 on Mohammad Ali in 1984 in recognition of his life-long services to the entertainment industry of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

.

He is the only actor who was awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.

He was also awarded Naushad Award of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

.

Weekly Nigar published Muhammad Ali Yadgar number in March 2010 that contained essays about his personality.

Death

After his retirement from films, when Mohammad Ali was asked in a television show about his disassociation from the films, he said: "The atmosphere in which I was accustomed to work for films and the way films were made, have entirely changed, hence I called it quits."

Mohammad Ali died on March 19, 2006 due to a heart attack
Myocardial infarction
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 in Lahore
Lahore
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.

Filmography

Year Title Character Role Awards
1962 Chiragh jalta raha Villain
Daal Mein Kaala Villain
1963 Dil ne tujhe maan liya Villain
Baji
Shararat Hero
Mr. X Hero
Qatal ke baad Guest
1964 Ghadaar Hero
Khandan Hero
Safaid Khoon
Bees din
Khamosh Raho Hero
Head Constable Hero
Aurat ka pyar Villain
Chhoti Behan Hero
Sher di Bachi Hero
1965 Aisa Bhi Hota Hai Guest
Riwaaj Hero
Dil ke tukrey
Tamasha Guest
Shabnam
Hazar Dastaan
Nache Nagan baje Been Hero
Kaneez Character
Sanam
Mr. X in Karachi Hero
Khota Paisa Hero
1966 Mr. Allah Ditta Guest
Tasveer Guest
Malangi Guest
Aag Ka Darya Hero
Watan ka Sipahi
Moajza Guest
Hamrahi
Bhai Jan Hero
Jaag utha Insaan Hero
Aadil
Akeley na jana Hero
Baghi Sardar Hero
Ghar ka ujala Hero
Naghma-e-Sehra Hero
Madr-e-Watan
Lori Hero
Janbaz Hero
Aina Hero
1967 Bahadur Villain
Jan Pehchan Hero
Sajda Hero
Waqt ki pukar Guest
Hatim Tai Title
Imam Din Gohavia Villain Punjabi film
Hamraz
Aag Hero
Wohti Guest Punjabi film
1968 Lala Rukh
Mehal Hero
Pakeeza Villain
Yaar Dost Punjabi film
Mujhe jeene do
Dil diya dard liya Hero
Soney ki Chirya
Saiqa
Paristan
Mara Ghar meri Jannat Hero
Balam Guest
Taj Mehal Hero T
Shahi Mehal Hero
1969 Tum mile pyar mila Hero
Neela Parbat
Asra
Piya milan ki aas Hero
Jaise jante naheen Hero
Zindagi kitni haseen hai Hero
Bahu Rani
Dil-e-betab Hero
Geet kahin Sangeet kahin Hero
Naaz
Baharen phir bhi aayen gi
Aanch
1970 Anjaan
Aansoo ban geye Moti Hero
Bazi Character A colour film
Insaan aur Aadmi Hero
Noreen
Be qasoor
Mohabbat rang laye gi
Najma A colour film
Ek Phool ek Pathar
1971 Duniya naa maney
Yaden
Teri surat meri Ankhen
Insaaf aur Qanoon Hero
Wehshi Hero
Salaam-e-Mohabbat
Karishma
Ansoo bahaye Pathron ne
Dil aur duniya Guest
Khak aur Khoon
1972 Afsana zindgi ka Hero
Mere Hamsafar Hero Shot in London
London
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Ilzaam
Badley gi Duniya Sathi Hero
Mohabbat Hero
Dil ik Aina Hero
Sabbaq An art film
1973 Sarhad ki gode mein
Gharana
Nya raasta Hero
Aas Hero
Zakhmi
Daman aur Chingari Hero
Khushiya Guest Punjabi
Nadiya ke paar Hero
1974 Samaj Hero
Bano Rani
Parchhaen
Tiger Gang Hero
Aabroo Hero
Tum salamat raho
Aina aur Soorat Hero
Phool mere Gulshan ka
Nanha Farishta
Haqeeqat
Dushman Title
Qismat
Shama
Deedar Title
1975 Be-misal
Bin Badal Barsat
Paisa
Aarzoo
Milap
Shirin Farhad Hero
Tere mere Sapney Hero
Mohabbat Zindagi hai
Moashira
Shikwa
Gumrah Hero
Isar
Ik gunah aur sahi
Professor
Paalki
Bikhrey Moti
Surat aur Seerat
Ajnabi
Jab Jab Phool Khiley
Badal geya Insaan
Neik Perveen
Noukar
Allah Akbar
1976 Raja Jani Hero/Villain
Raste ka pathar Guest
Aag aur Ansoo
Aurat ek paheli
Daagh
Daman ki Aag Hero
Kharidar Character
AnnDaata
Nasheman
Dharkan
Goonj uthi Shehnai
Aap ka Khadim
Phool aur Sholay
1977 Bharosa
Pehli Nazar
Jeeney ki rah Hero
Neya Sooraj
Roti Kapra aur Insan
Tipu Sultan Hero
Kalu
Apne huye praye
Salakhen Hero
1978 Aag aur Zindgi
Amber
Dil ke Dagh Hero
Millan Hero
Aadmi Character
Kora Kaghaz
Baraat
Intekhab
Takrao
Inqalab Hero
Do Daku
Haidar Ali Hero
Seeta, Maryam, Margrete
Khuda aur Mohabbat Character
Aawaz
Achhey Mian
1979 Behan Bhai Character
Waday Ki Zanjeer Villain
Chori Chori
Naqsh-e-Qadam
Raja ki aye gi Baraat
Ibadat
Josh Character
General Bakht Khan Guest
Aap se kya Parda
Dehshat Punjabi film
Aag
1980 Zameer
Badnaam
1981 Manzil Hero
Bara Aadmi
Sangram Hero
Gun Man
Sheran de puttar sher Guest Punjabi film
Watan Title
Faslay
Kiran aur Kali
Ghaerao
Tange wali
Khote Sikkey Character
1982 Kinara Character
Naseeb
Meherbani Character
Tere bina kya jeena
Saharey Character
Zara si baat
1983 Bigri Naslen Character
Ik dooje ke liye
Aaj ki raat Hero
Maang meri bhar do Character
Border built Character
Kainat
Tina Character
Bheegay badan Character
Badaltey rishtey
Wadda Khan Title
1984 Muqaddar ka siqandar
Doorian
Naam mera badnam
Haibat Khan Character Punjabi film
Barood
Andhi aur toofan
Bobby Character
Naseebon wali
Aag ka sumunder
Dil maa da Guest Punjabi film
1985 Mehak
Ek dulhan Character
Jeenay nahi doon gi
Khoon aur pani
Shah Behram Title Punjabi film
Ghulami Title Punjabi
Direct hawaldar Guest
Zaman pegham Pushto film
1986 Zanjeer Character
Baat ban jaye
Hum ek hain Guest
Shak Guest
Qatil ki talaash
White gold
Ek hi raasta
Qarz Title Punjabi film
Mein biwi aur woh
1987 Aag aur sholay
Qasam munney ki Guest
Deevar Character
Masti Khan Guest
Teri bahaun mein
Rocky Dada Character
Doye dakku Pushto film
1988 Chann Punjab da Villain Punjabi film
Daplar arman Pushto film
1989 Mohabbat ho to aisi Hero
Kirai ke Qatil Title
Shani Character
Clerk
Junoon Guest
1990 Jaaney anjaaney Hero
Kufro-o-Islam Pashto film
Damoor inteqam Guest Pashto film
1991 Truck driver Pashto film
Dushman kaka Guest Pashto film
Yohnavey Pashto film
1992 Haseeno ki baraat Guest
1995 Dum must Qalandar Guest

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