Rashid Farooqui is a Pakistani
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
who appears in Pakistani films and television series. He is known for his villainous roles such as Inspector Ibrahim in
Laal Kabootar
''Laal Kabootar'' ( ur, , lit=Red Pigeon) is a 2019 Pakistani action crime thriller film directed by Kamal Khan, produced by Hania Chima and Kamil Chima, and written by Ali Abbas Naqvi. Taha Malik is the music director while Danial Hyatt, son o ...
.
Career
Rashid Farooqui started his career as a theatre actor and later became television actor. He has appeared in various television series and telefilms in
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
including the telefilm ''Too Late The Reformer'' and ''
Shahrukh Khan Ki Maut'' (2005). Farooqui made his
Lollywood
Lollywood ( ur, , translit=lâli vuḍ) refers to Pakistan's film industry based in Lahore, previously the base for both Punjabi and Urdu language film production.
Lahore has been the center of Pakistani cinema since the partition of ...
debut in
Mehreen Jabbar
Mehreen Jabbar (Urdu: مﮩرين جبار ) (b. 29 December 1971, is a Pakistani film and television director and producer based in New York City. She is a daughter of the Pakistani media-person Javed Jabbar.https://tribune.com.pk/story ...
's drama film ''
Ramchand Pakistani
''Ramchand Pakistani'' ( ur, ) is a 2008 Urdu-language Pakistani drama film directed by Mehreen Jabbar and produced by Javed Jabbar.
The film features Nandita Das, Rashid Farooqi, Syed Fazel Hussain, Maria Wasti and Noman Ijaz in lead role ...
'' (2008) in which he played the lead role and got nominated for
Lux Style Award
The Lux Style Awards is an award ceremony held annually in Pakistan since 2002. The awards celebrate "style" in the Pakistani entertainment industry, and it is the oldest event dedicated to cinema, television, fashion, music and film industry ...
for ''Best Actor (Male)''. In 2009, Farooqui appeared in
Insha'Allah
''In sha'Allah'' (; ar, إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ, ʾIn shāʾ Allāh ), also spelled In shaa Allah, InshAllah, Insya Allah and İnşAllah is an Arabic language expression meaning "if god wills" or "god willing". It was mentioned i ...
, followed by ''
Maalik
In Islamic belief, Maalik ( ar, مالك, mālik) denotes an angel in Hell/Purgatory ( ar, جهنم, jahannam) who administrates the Hellfire, assisted by 19 mysterious guards (Sura 74:30) known as Zabaniyya ( ar, الزبانية, az-zabān ...
'' (2016). He has also made appearance in ''
Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay
''Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay'' (ZKHH) () is a 2016 Pakistani romantic drama film directed by Anjum Shahzad, written by Abdul Khaliq Khan while produced by Rafiq Ahmed Choudhary, Fahmeeda Abdul Khaliq, Kamran Siddiqui and Jahanzaib Quadir while un ...
'' (2016).
Filmography
Television
Accolades
References
External links
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Living people
Pakistani male film actors
Pakistani male television actors
Male actors from Karachi
21st-century Pakistani male actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
1976 births
Male actors in Urdu cinema