| Qazi Wajid | |
| Native Name: | قاضی واجد |
| Birth Name: | Qazi Abdul Wajid Ansari |
| Birth Date: | 26 May 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Gwalior state, British India |
| Death Place: | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Children: | Fazila Qazi |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1949–2018 |
Qazi Wajid (Urdu: {{URDU|قاضی واجد) (26 May 1937 – 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani actor.[1] [2]
His works include Shama, Tanhaiyaan, Dhoop Kinare, Chand Grehan, Zair, Zabar, Pesh, Hawain, Mehndi, Afshan, Kiran Kahani, Khuda Ki Basti and Ankahi.[3]
After 25 years on radio, he resigned and performed as an actor,[4] joining television in 1966, and for his contributions in the field, he was eventually awarded the Pride of Performance Award in 1988 by the Government of Pakistan.[5]
In a career spanning more than 65 years, he did "more than 1,200 dramas as a staff artist for Radio Pakistan since 1977, and more than 500 dramas for TV."[6]
He died in Karachi on 11 February 2018.
Born Qazi Abdul Wajid Ansari in 1937, his birthplace was the Gwalior state in British India.[7]
His family, including five siblings (three brothers and two sisters), moved to Pakistan after the partition in 1947.[8] [9] [10]
He began his career by joining Radio Pakistan as a child artiste in 1949.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Taleem-e-Balighan | |||
| 1969 | Khuda Ki Basti | Raja | ||
| 1974 | Zair, Zabar, Pesh | Houseboy | ||
| 1976 | Shama | |||
| 1981 | Afshan | Ahmed | [11] | |
| 1982 | Ankahi | Siddiqui Sahib | ||
| 1984 | Aangan Terha | Cameo | ||
| 1985 | Karawaan | Producer | ||
| 1985 | Tanhaiyaan | Faraan | ||
| 1987 | Dhoop Kinare | Baba | ||
| 1991–92 | Aahat | Anwar | ||
| 1995 | Chand Grehan | Kamal | ||
| 1997 | Hawain | Doctor Aarfi | ||
| 2003 | Mehndi | Iqbal | ||
| 2008–09 | Doraha | Umer's father | ||
| 2012–13 | Raju Rocket | Tania's grandfather | ||
| Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay | Faraan | |||
| 2014 | Pehchaan | Laila's father | ||
| 2015 | Khuda Dekh Raha Hai | Akhtar | ||
| 2016 | Mann Pyasa | |||
| Dil-e-Beqarar | Abbas | |||
| 2018 | Khaani | Judge | Cameo |
Qazi Wajid died of a heart attack on February 11, 2018, in Karachi.[12] [13] He was 87 years old.[14] [15] [16]
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