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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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Zia Mohyeddin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Jun 20, 1933 In Lyallpur, Punjab, British India
Movie/TV Credits:
18
First Appeared:
In the movie The Day of the Fox 1961-09-06
Latest Project:
Movie Ghazi Shaheed 1996-09-06
Known For
Filmography
Movie Ghazi Shaheed Narrator 1996-09-06
Movie Doomsday Gun Hashim 1994-07-23
Movie Immaculate Conception Shehzada 1992-09-11
Movie Shalom Salaam Sadiq Sattar 1989-04-26
Movie Partition 1987-08-19
Movie King of the Ghetto Timur Hussein 1986-05-01
Movie The Assam Garden Mr. Lal 1985-06-04
Movie Ashanti Djamil 1979-02-21
Movie Bombay Talkie Hari 1970-11-18
Movie Work Is a 4-Letter Word Dr Aly Narayana 1968-09-15
Movie The Sailor from Gibraltar Noori 1967-01-01
Movie They Came from Beyond Space Farge 1967-05-01
Movie Deadlier Than the Male King Fedra 1967-02-12
Movie Khartoum Zobeir Pasha 1966-06-09
Movie Behold a Pale Horse Luis, Guide of Paco 1964-08-14
Movie Sammy Going South The Syrian 1963-03-18
Movie Lawrence of Arabia Tafas 1962-12-11
Movie The Day of the Fox President Rajan 1961-09-06