Rahat Kazmi ( ur, ) is a Pakistani
actor
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, screenwriter, TV
news presenter
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anchorman, and an
academician
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. He has worked in several TV serials for
PTV such as 1967's ''Mayaar'', 1974's ''Qurbatain aur Faaslay'' and 1976's Pakistan's first coloured and classical serial ''
Parchaiyan''. Later, he worked in
PTV's many other TV dramas such as 1980's ''Teesra Kinara'' (that he himself wrote based on
Ayn Rand
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's ''
The Fountainhead
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''), 1980's ''Ehsaas'', and 1985's ''
Dhoop Kinare
''Dhoop Kinare'' ( ur, , lit=at the edge of sunshine) is a Pakistani television series broadcast on PTV in 1987 and is now considered as one of the all time favourite tv shows in Pakistan. The show centers on a team of doctors in a hospital in ...
''.
Early life and education
Rahat Kazmi was born in
Shimla
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, on 30 June 1946. Rahat's father was a lawyer by profession, and he wanted his son to follow his footsteps. Rahat completed his high school education in Rawalpindi from
Gordon College.
He successfully completed and received his law degree (LLB) in Lahore. Additionally, Rahat received his master's degree in political science from
Government College University, Lahore
The Government College University, Lahore (colloquially known as GCU), is a public research university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Opened as Government College, Lahore, in 1864, it became a university in 2002.
Overview
In 1864, Gov ...
and a master's degree in English literature from
Punjab University.
Career
He worked for Pakistan Television Network and appeared in famous drama serials such as Qurbatein aur Faslay, Teesra Kinara, Parchayian, Dhoop Kinaray, Raghon mein andhera, Ehsas, Zikar hay kayi saal ka, Nangay Paon, Saraab and others. Currently Rahat is working as an administrative director for L'ecole for Advanced Studies (LAS), an academic institute in
Karachi
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. He also teaches
English Literature
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and
Drama
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to
A-level
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students at LAS,
Karachi
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. Rahat Kazmi is also a director at the
National Academy of Performing Arts
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. He has previously taught at Avicenna School and
Hamdard University
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;Shyam
*Shyam (actor), Indian Hindi film actor
*Shyam (composer), an Indian music composer from Kerala
* Shyam Benegal, Indian film di ...]
. They first met on the sets of PTV in 1971.
[ They have a son ]Ali Kazmi
Ali Arsalan Kazmi ( ur, ; born 31 October 1981), is a Pakistani-Canadian actor, director and producer.
He appears in English, Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi language films and television series.
Apart from acting he has also worked as a host, di ...
and a daughter (Nida Kazmi). Nida worked in PTV serials such as ''Hawaa Ki Beti'' and Zaibunisa. Later she quit acting, while Ali Kazmi continued his acting career.[
]
Selected filmography
Films
Television
Theater
See also
* List of Lollywood actors
Lists of Pakistani actors are split by gender.
* List of Pakistani actresses
* List of Pakistani male actors
This is an alphabetical list of notable Pakistani male film and television actors:
A
* Aagha Ali
* Abdullah Ejaz
* Abdullah Kadw ...
References
External links
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Living people
Punjabi people
1946 births
Pakistani male television actors
Pakistani television directors
Pakistani Shia Muslims
Male actors from Karachi
Pakistani television hosts
20th-century Pakistani male actors
Government Gordon College alumni