Mir Sarwar Explained

Mir Sarwar
Nationality:	Indian
Occupation:	Actor, writer, director and producer
Known For:	Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Hai Tujhe Salaam India

Mohammad Sarwar Mir is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Hindi films including Kesari, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and Jolly LLB 2.

Career

Sarwar started his career with renowned directors M K Raina and Bapi Bose in Delhi. He was part of three National School of Drama workshops. He moved to Mumbai permanently in late 2014, before being cast in two high-profile films, Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) and Phantom (2015). In the former, he played the father of the lost Pakistani girl Shahida, who is guided by Salman Khan's character back to Pakistan.^[1]

Sarwar also worked on the production of Kashmir Daily, a self-financed Kashmiri film venture. He is involved in making Kashmiri films and contributes to the industry's projects without charging a fee in order to encourage film making among local residents.^[2] Mir has recently Directed a Film BED NO.17 in Srinagar and the film will be screened in several film festivals.^[3] In 2017, Sarwar worked on the production of Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Kaatru Veliyidai (2017) and shot for the film in Hyderabad and Ladakh.^{[4] [5]} He successfully auditioned for the film, with date clashes meaning he opted out of his role in Naam Shabana (2017) for the opportunity.^[6]

Kedarnath was released on 7 December 2018. In 2019 he appeared in the films Kesari, Notebook and Hamid.^[7] After Kesari, Panipat, Chanakya, Jai Hind, Pawan Putra and some web series like The Family Man, Bard of Blood, Bhram and Special Ops released.^[8]

Sarwar played the protagonist in Half Widow,^[9] Kashmir Daily,^[10] and Lihaaf.^[11] He played the negative lead in Dharma Productions' Kesari (2019).^[12] Recently Sarwar wrote and directed the prayer song "Ya Khuda" in the COVID-19 lockdown, which had most of the veteran actors on J&K.<ref>News: Khan . M. Amir . 11 June 2020 . In Covid times, Valley artistes release song of hope 'Ya Khuda' . Tribune . 11 February 2024.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	class=unsortable	Notes
2015	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	Rauf
	Phantom	Sajid Mir
2016	Dishoom	Hadeed
	Dil Patang
2017	Jolly LLB 2	Inspector Baig
	Jagga Jasoos	Shooter
	Kaatru Veliyidai	Muzaffar Khan
	Daddy	Samaad Khan	Hindi
	Poster Boys
	Ittefaq
	2016 The End	Michael / Kashmiri
		Rehmat Khan/Talwar	English, Hindi
2018	Kashmir Daily	Hussain Durrani
	Half Widow	Khalid
	Aiyaary	Lt.Col Hari Nath	Hindi
	Bioscopewala	Zadran
	Gaalib	Nazir Ahmed
	Vishwaroop II
	Vishwaroopam II
	Lateef to Laden	Crush India	Hindi
	Kedarnath	Bashir
2019	Kesari	Khan Masud
	Hamid	Abbass
	Notebook	Imran's father
	Panipat	Imad-ul-Mulk
	Jai Hind		Bhojpuri	^[13]
	Chanakya	Abdul Salim
2020	Pawan Putra		Bhojpuri
	Laxmii	Abdul Chacha	Hindi
	Vanguard	Kalasu	English, Mandarin
2021		Bilal Naikoo	Hindi
	Shershaah	Hyder	Hindi	^[14]
2022	Hai Tujhe Salaam India	Pradhan	Hindi
2023	Mission Majnu	A.Q.Khan	Hindi
	Lafzon Mein Pyaar	Narendra	Hindi
	Samara	Ramanujam	Malayalam
	Hukus Bukus	Coach Khalid	Hindi

Web series

Year	Title	Role
2018		Rehmat Khan/Bhagat Singh
2019	The Family Man	Faizan
	Bhram	Elder Yakub
2020	Special OPS	Hamid
2024		Hammad Wadhera

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bollywood offers a more serene destination for talents from Kashmir . mid-day.com . 21 April 2017 . 19 March 2017.
2. Web site: Against the odds, a movie about Kashmir by Kashmiris with the message 'If I can, so can't others' . Rayan . Naqash . scroll.in . 2 April 2017 . 21 April 2017.
3. Web site: 'Bed No.17' to head for int'l film festivals . 18 June 2018.
4. Web site: Mani Ratnam's energy level very inspiring: Mir Sarwar . indiatvnews.com . 21 April 2017 . 16 March 2017.
5. Web site: Mir Sarwar in Kaatru Veliyidai . 11 February 2017 . Deccan Chronicle . 21 April 2017.
6. Web site: Left Naam Shabana for Kaatru Veliyidai: Mir Sarwar . The New Indian Express . 21 April 2017.
7. Web site: Three releases this month, Kashmiri actor comes of age in Bollywood . 7 March 2019.
8. Web site: 'Kesari' is an upcoming Indian period war drama film based on the Battle of Saragarhi. . 12 September 2018.
9. Web site: In Kashmiri film 'Half Widow', a missing husband and a dilemma: should she hold on or let go? . 6 January 2020.
10. Web site: Kashmiri film chronicling a journalist's fight against drug abuse screened in Srinagar . 20 March 2017 . Hindustan Times . 21 April 2017.
11. Web site: Shot in old Srinagar, 'Lihaaf' set for premier in Germany . 26 June 2019.
12. Web site: Mir Sarwar:Akshay Kumar is undoubtedly the fittest actor today . 18 March 2019.
13. News: 'Jai Hind': Pawan Singh shares the new poster of his upcoming film . TNN . 24 June 2019 . The Times of India . 29 July 2019.
14. Web site: 'Shershaah': The Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani starrer to hit the theatres on July 2, 2021 . The Times of India . 20 February 2021 . 20 February 2021.