Khayyam Sarhadi

Khayyam Sarhadi
Khayyam Sarhadi
خییام سرحدی
Born	12 June 1948; Television personality, Radio personality
Spouse(s)	Saiqa (wife till his death); Atiya Sharaf (divorced)
Children	4 daughters; Zarghuna Khayyam
Parent(s)	Zia Sarhadi (father); Zahira Ghaznavi (mother)
Relatives	Zhalay Sarhadi (niece)
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.^[1]

Early life

Khayyam Sarhadi was born to a Muslim family on 12 June 1948 in

Bombay, in the home of parents Zia Sarhadi^[2] 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.^[1] He also had a master's degree in English literature and Fine Arts.^[1]

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]^[2]

He was the uncle of a model and actress Zhalay Sarhadi.^[3]

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]^[2]

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.^[3]^[2]

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

Qurbani (1981)
Bol (2011)^[4]
Abdul Rab Nishtar)^[1]

The Blood of Hussain (1980)^[1]

TV play

TV drama serials in which he has appeared:

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes	Ref
1979	Waris^[2]		PTV	classical
1982	Laazawal			hit of the time	^[5]^[6]
1986^[7]	Sooraj Kay Saath Saath^[2]			unforgatable	^[8]
1989	Neelay Hath	Rashid
1994	Angar Wadi	Maulvi Mushtaq			^[1]
1997	Mann Chalay Ka Sauda^[2]	Irshad			^[1]
1998	Ghulam Gardish			^[1]
2006	Makan	Nawaz Ali	Geo TV	^[4]
2006	Manzil	Sajjad Khan	ARY TV	^[4]
2006	Taqdeer			^[9]
2009	Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan	Qasim Abbas	Geo TV	^[1]^[4]
2010	Dastaan	Jameela's husband	Hum TV	^[1]
2010	Parsa	Irfan	Hum TV	^[1]
2010	Dil-e-Abad		Hum TV	Based on Urdu Novel Dil-e-Abad by Riffar Siraj	^{[citation needed]}
2011	Anokha Ladla^[2]		PTV Home
	Aik Thi Maina
	Imtihaan
	Mirza and Sons

Awards

Pride of Performance Award (1991) from the President of Pakistan^[1]
Nigar Award
PTV National Award

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "In memoriam: Khayyam leaves acting poorer". Dawn (newspaper). 13 February 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2022. (Khayyam Sarhadi's profile and obituary on Dawn (newspaper)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Khayyam Sarhadi remembered on his 7th death anniversary". The Free Library website (via Asianet Pakistan). 4 February 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Khayyam Sarhadi dead". Dawn (newspaper). 3 February 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d TV Plays of Khayyam Sarhadi on IMDb website Retrieved 27 April 2019
^ "PTV Classic Drama Lazawaal (Title)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
^ "PTV Classics " LAZAWAL " - video Dailymotion". 5 September 2013.
^ "Ajab Gul". IMDb.
^ "Sooraj Kay Saath Saath Episode 1 | Abid Ali | Khayyam Sarhadi | Ajab Gull | Arfan Khosat". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
^ "Taqdeer Promo By Arshad Niazi". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.

External links

Khayyam Sarhadi at
IMDb
(TV Plays of Khayyam Sarhadi)

[memories-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "In memoriam: Khayyam leaves acting poorer". Dawn (newspaper). 13 February 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2022. (Khayyam Sarhadi's profile and obituary on Dawn (newspaper)

[freelibrary-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Khayyam Sarhadi remembered on his 7th death anniversary". The Free Library website (via Asianet Pakistan). 4 February 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[Dawn-3] "Khayyam Sarhadi dead". Dawn (newspaper). 3 February 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[IMDb-4] TV Plays of Khayyam Sarhadi on IMDb website Retrieved 27 April 2019

[5] "PTV Classic Drama Lazawaal (Title)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.

[6] "PTV Classics " LAZAWAL " - video Dailymotion". 5 September 2013.

[7] "Ajab Gul". IMDb.

[8] "Sooraj Kay Saath Saath Episode 1 | Abid Ali | Khayyam Sarhadi | Ajab Gull | Arfan Khosat". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.

[9] "Taqdeer Promo By Arshad Niazi". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.

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