Iqbal Hassan (1942 – 14 November 1984) was a Pakistani film actor who mostly worked in
Punjabi
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* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
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movies during the 1970s and the early 1980s. He is best known by his title role in the movie '' Sher Khan'' (1981).
Life and career
Hassan was born in 1942 in
Lahore
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,
British India
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.
He started his acting career in 1965 in the film ''Punjab Da Sher'', which starred the villain Mazhar Shah. Later, he performed as a hero in the movie ''Sassi Punnu'' (1968) in which
Naghma
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was the heroine. He appeared in approximately 300 films in his 20-year long career, fifty of which he played the sole hero. The 1981 release '' Sher Khan'' was the most important film in Hassan's career in which he played the title role. In 1972, along with
Muhammad Ali
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and
Zeba
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He died in a car accident on 14 November 1984.
Charda Suraj
''Charda Suraj'' ( Punjabi: ) is a 1982 Lollywood action film. It was directed by Basheer Rana and produced by Mohammad Naeem Khan, starring Sultan Rahi, Mumtaz, Mustafa Qureshi and Ilyas Kashmiri.Sher Khan'' (1981)
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