Faqir Nabi, also credited as Faqeer Nabi ( Afghanistan, – 26 June 2020), was an Afghan film actor whose professional career in Afghan cinema and Bollywood spanned more than 22 years. Nabi appeared in more than 40 Afghan films, including a starring role in '' Akhtar-e-Maskhara''. Nabi made his film debut in the Afghan movie, ''Siah Moye Jalali''. He also appeared in a series of Bollywood films, including '' Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'' (2000), opposite Hrithik Roshan and

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. He played the role of Kapala, one of the famous negative characters from the popular TV series '' Shaktimaan''. He was part of an unfinished film, ''Soqot'' that featured in a documentary about unfinished Afghan films, titled as ''

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''. Faqir Nabi died from COVID-19 at a hospital in Kabul on 26 June 2020, at the age of 67, during the

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. He had been hospitalized for three weeks for coronavirus treatment. Nabi was survived by his wife and daughter, Najma Nabi.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nabi, Faqir 1950s births 2020 deaths Afghan male film actors 20th-century Afghan male actors 21st-century Afghan male actors Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan