Khayyam Sarhadi Explained

Khayyam Sarhadi
Native Name:خییام سرحدی
Native Name Lang:ur
Birth Date:12 June 1948
Birth Place:Bombay, India
Death Place:Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality:Pakistani
Spouse:Saiqa (wife till his death)
Atiya Sharaf (divorced)
Parents:Zia Sarhadi (father)
Zahira Ghaznavi (mother)
Children:4 daughters
Zarghuna Khayyam
Relatives:Zhalay Sarhadi (niece)
Occupation:Actor, Television personality, Radio personality
Awards:Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1991

Khayyam Sarhadi (12 June 1948  - 3 February 2011; born as Khayyam Sethi) was a Pakistani film and television actor and a radio personality.

Early life

Khayyam Sarhadi was born to a Muslim family on 12 June 1948 in Bombay, in the home of parents Zia Sarhadi and Zahira Ghaznavi and grew up there. Later he moved to Karachi, Pakistan and stayed there for some time and later moved to Lahore, Pakistan.

His maternal grandfather, Rafiq Ghaznavi, was a well-known musician and since both his parents were writers, he was into showbiz from an early age. Khayyam travelled to the United States where he got his master's degree in cinematography. He also had a master's degree in English literature and Fine Arts.

Personal life

Khayyam Sarhadi was married to a TV actress Atiya Sharaf. Later, the couple divorced and he married a film actress Saiqa. He had four daughters one from Atiya and three from Saiqa, one of his daughters is Zarghuna Khayyam. Sarhadi was a son of a famous film director, producer and writer Zia Sarhadi and his mother was a writer named Zahra Sarhadi.[1]

He was the uncle of a model and actress Zhalay Sarhadi.

Career

In the 1970s, after the death of his mother, Khayyam Sarhadi returned to Pakistan.[1] In Pakistan, Sarhadi started his career from acting and directing theatre plays and later started working in TV dramas with Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) where he was spotted and picked up by noted PTV producer Yawar Hayat Khan.[1] Since then he had worked in thousands of TV dramas and also directed a few of them. He also worked in some films. His scripts were made in Roman letters because he couldn't read Urdu well.[1]

Death and legacy

Khayyam Sarhadi died of a sudden heart attack during the shooting of a TV drama serial on 3 February 2011 at the age of 62 in Lahore. His funeral was held at his residence in Defence Housing Authority, Lahore.[2] [3]

After his death, veteran Pakistani actor/director Jawed Sheikh paid tributes to him by saying that he had worked together with him and remembers Sarhadi as a versatile actor and fun to be with.[1]

Filmography

TV play

TV drama serials in which he has appeared:

YearTitleRoleChannel Notes Ref
1979Warisclassical
1982Laazawal hit of the time [4] [5]
1986[6] Sooraj Kay Saath Saathunforgatable [7]
1989 Neelay Hath Rashid
1994Angar WadiMaulvi Mushtaq
1997Mann Chalay Ka SaudaIrshad
1998Ghulam Gardish
2006MakanNawaz AliGeo TV
2006ManzilSajjad KhanARY TV[8]
2006Taqdeer[9]
2009Meri Zaat Zarra-e-BenishanQasim AbbasGeo TV
2010DastaanJameela's husbandHum TV
2010ParsaIrfanHum TV
2010 Dil-e-Abad Hum TVBased on Urdu Novel Dil-e-Abad by Riffar Siraj
2011Anokha LadlaPTV Home
Aik Thi Maina
Imtihaan
Mirza and Sons

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: In memoriam: Khayyam leaves acting poorer. 25 August 2022. Dawn (newspaper). 13 February 2011. (Khayyam Sarhadi's profile and obituary on Dawn (newspaper)
  2. News: Khayyam Sarhadi dead. 25 August 2022. Dawn (newspaper). 3 February 2011.
  3. Web site: Khayyam Sarhadi remembered on his 7th death anniversary. The Free Library website (via Asianet Pakistan). 4 February 2019. 25 August 2022.
  4. Web site: live. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/2Pjp0TGW17s. 2021-12-05. PTV Classic Drama Lazawaal (Title) . YouTube.
  5. Web site: PTV Classics " LAZAWAL " - video Dailymotion. 5 September 2013 .
  6. Web site: Ajab Gul. IMDb.
  7. Web site: live. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/M1W6Zc1-HGI. 2021-12-05. Sooraj Kay Saath Saath Episode 1 Abid Ali Khayyam Sarhadi Ajab Gull Arfan Khosat . YouTube.
  8. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765165/ TV Plays of Khayyam Sarhadi on IMDb website
  9. Web site: live. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/qlraFBcGe7c. 2021-12-05. Taqdeer Promo By Arshad Niazi . YouTube.