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Zia Mohyeddin
Zia Mohyeddin (1931-2023) was a British-Pakistani polymath and actor famed for his voice. Born in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), British India in a Urdu-Speaking family, he spent his early life in Karachi. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London from 1953-1956. After stage roles in Long Day's Journey Into Night and Julius Caesar, he made his West End debut in A Passage to India in 1960. His film debut was in Lawrence of Arabia in 1963, playing the role of Tafas (the Arab guide who is shot by Omar Sharif for drinking water from the wrong well). He then made numerous TV and film appearances, and starred as Dr Aziz in the 1965 BBC television version of A Passage to India. He returned to Pakistan in the late 1960s. There he founded and ran the PIA Arts and Dance Academy, and hosted his own TV talk show. Around this time he met and subsequently (in 1973) married the classical dancer Naheed Siddiqui. However, after difficulties with the regime Mohyeddin returned to England in the late 1970s, shortly followed by his wife. During the 1980s Zia worked in Birmingham, Great Britain, where he produced Central Television's flagship multicultural programme Here and Now. He resumed his acting career in Europe, appearing in small roles in various movies and television programs. He traveled the world giving Urdu poetry and prose recitations. In the late 1990s, Zia remarried, and had a daughter with his wife, Azra. In February 2005 President Pervez Musharraf invited Mohyeddin to act as Chairman of the new National Academy of Performing Arts in Karachi. Until his death, Zia was very active among Pakistani media as a speaker and hosted several TV programs both for National and Private Channels. He was also involved in narrating some abstract short films and commercials
Known For
Credits
- 2012 · Last Remarks as Radio Announcer
- 1996 · Ghazi Shaheed as Narrator
- 1994 · Doomsday Gun as Hashim
- 1992 · Immaculate Conception as Shehzada
- 1989 · Shalom Salaam as Sadiq Sattar
- 1987 · Partition as
- 1986 · King of the Ghetto as Timur Hussein
- 1986 · King of the Ghetto as Timur Hussein
- 1985 · The Assam Garden as Mr. Lal
- 1981 · Bergerac as Adnan Rashid
- 1979 · Minder as Tajvir
- 1979 · Ashanti as Djamil
- 1970 · Bombay Talkie as Hari
- 1968 · The Champions as Prengo
- 1968 · Work Is a 4-Letter Word as Dr Aly Narayana
- 1968 · The Expert as Lutaf Adamjee
- 1967 · Man in a Suitcase as
- 1967 · They Came from Beyond Space as Farge
- 1967 · Deadlier Than the Male as King Fedra
- 1967 · The Sailor from Gibraltar as Noori
- 1966 · Khartoum as Zobeir Pasha
- 1965 · A Passage to India as Dr Aziz
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Dr. Aziz
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Bandi Grosz
- 1964 · The Hidden Truth as
- 1964 · Behold a Pale Horse as Luis, Guide of Paco
- 1963 · Sammy Going South as The Syrian
- 1962 · Lawrence of Arabia as Tafas
- 1961 · Sir Francis Drake as King Philip of Spain
- 1961 · The Day of the Fox as President Rajan
- 1961 · The Avengers as
- Future · Some Lover to Some Beloved as Zia Mohyeddin