Rahat Kazmi

Rahat Kazmi
Native name راحت ڪاظمي
Born (1946-06-30) 30 June 1946
Simla, East Punjab (now in Himachal Pradesh), British India
Education Government College
University of Punjab
Occupation Actor
Spouse(s) Sahira Kazmi
Children Ali Kazmi (son)
Nida Kazmi (daughter)
Relatives Shyam (father-in-law)
Rafay Kazmi (grandson)

Rahat Kazmi (born 1946) is a Pakistani actor, anchor and speaker and an academician.

Career

He joined the Pakistani Civil Services in 1968 as an Information Officer. In 1976 he resigned from his job and pursued acting. He worked for Pakistan Television Network and appeared in famous drama serials such as Qurbatein aur Faslay, Teesra Kinara, Parchayian, Raghon mein andhera, Ehsas, Zikar hay kayi saal ka, Nangay Paon and others. Currently Rahat is working as an administrative director for L'ecole for Advanced Studies(LAS), an academic institute in Karachi. He also teaches English Literature and Drama to A level students at LAS, Karachi. Rahat Kazmi is also an IDJIT director at the National Academy of Performing Arts. He has previously taught at Avicenna School and Hamdard University (Clifton Campus, Karachi) in 2001.

Family

Rahat married Sahira Kazmi, an accomplished actress and daughter of the Muslim Taji Qureshi and her Hindu paramour, actor Shyam, in 1974. They have a son and a daughter, both of them are actors.

Filmography

Film Name Year
Aaj aur kal 1976
Insaniyat N/A
Suraj bhee tamashai 1977
Mehmaan with cast Rahat Kazmi, Babra Sharif, Nayyer Sultana, Najma, Meena Shori etc. 1977
Muthi bhar chawal 1978
Khandaan 1980
Saima 1980
Aazmaish 1980
Aas paas 1982
Jaan-e-mun 1982

Television

Show Name Year
Mayaar 1967
Rahat Kazmi show 1970
Comedy Comedy 1990

Theater

Drama / Play Year Writer / Producer / Director
Goonge 1967 N/A
Koltar N/A N/A
Anarkali N/A Fatima Suriyya Bajiya
Auraaq N/A Fatima Suriyya Bajiya
Qurbatain aur faaslay 1974 Rahat Kazmi
Ghazanfar N/A N/A
Teesra kinara N/A Rahat Kazmi (Writer), Shahzad Khalil (Director)
Dhoop Kinare 1987 Haseena Moin Sahira Kazmi (Director)
Karavan N/A Iqbal Ansari
Nangey paaon N/A Shahid Kazmi (Writer), Haider Imam Rizvi (Director)
Ragoan mein andhera N/A Yunus Javed (Writer), Mohammad Nisar Hussain (Director)
Parchaiyan N/A Haseena Moin
Ehsaas N/A Shahid Kazmi (Writer), Shahzad Khalil (Director)
Saraab N/A Bano Qudsia
Zikr Hai Kai Saal Ka 1996 Sahira Kazmi
Kaise Kahoon 2006 Sahira Kazmi

See also

References

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