Alamzeb Mujahid is a Pashto language film, stage, TV actor and director from Pakistan. He is one of the most well known personalities in the Pashto industry. He remained associated with

Pakistan Television Pakistan Television Corporation ( ur, ; reporting name: PTV) is the Pakistani state-owned broadcaster. Pakistan entered the television broadcasting age in 1964, with a pilot television station established at Lahore. Background Historical co ...

for more than twenty years and has done over 250 dramas as well as hundreds of stage and TV plays. Mujahid has a huge fan-following in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan. He belongs to

Charsada Chārsadda ( ps, چارسده; ; ur, ; ) is a town and headquarters of Charsadda District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

, KPK and pursued a master's degree in Pashto literature from the

University of Peshawar The University of Peshawar ( ps, د پېښور پوهنتون; hnd, پشور یونیورسٹی; ur, ; abbreviated UoP; known more popularly as Peshawar University) is a Public university, public research university located in Peshawar, Khy ...

before dropping out .Curtain call: Forced into exile, Pashto TV’s ‘Janan’ longs for home
Expres Tribune He was kidnapped from Peshawar by unidentified militants in January 2009 and was kept in captivity for almost a week. Soon after his release, he held a press conference to announce his departure from the Pashto film industry. One of his most well-known roles is "Janan", which he played in one of his Pashto comedy dramas. After being a huge hit, people started recognizing and calling him by his character's name "Janan". His other works include Palishe, Sargardan, palishe part 2, Mast Budha etc. He moved to Malaysia after his release. Mujahid received PTV Best Actor award along with many others during his career. One of his famous stage dramas is Abaseen Program, with Nazar Muhammad, where he played different roles in each episode to keep the society aware of certain people in the community.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mujahid, Alamzeb Pakistani male stage actors Pakistani male comedians Pakistani expatriates in Malaysia Pashtun people People from Charsadda District, Pakistan Living people University of Peshawar alumni 1971 births