Muhammad Ali (actor)

Mohammad Ali
Mohammad Ali
محمد علی
	Pakistani
Other names	Shahenshah-e-Jazbaat (Urdu: شہنشاہ جذبات); Ali Bhai, Bhaiya
Occupation(s)	Actor, producer, social worker
Years active	1962 – 1995
Spouse	Zeba
Children	1
Awards	8 Nigar Awards for Best Actor;
Honours	Pride of Performance by the President of Pakistan (1984)

Mohammad Ali (

Urdu

: مُحمّد علی; 19 April 1931 – 19 March 2006) was a Pakistani actor. He was known as Shahenshah-e-Jazbaat (

Urdu: شہنشاہِ جذبات), meaning The Emperor of Emotions.^[1]^[2] A versatile performer, he acted in dramatic, romantic, and historical movies. He was voted among 25 of the greatest actors of Asia in a 2010 CNN poll.^[3]

Early life

Mohammad Ali was born in

independence of Pakistan in 1947.^[4]

He attended the Millat High School, Multan. He further studied in Government Emerson College, Multan. In 1954, he moved to Hyderabad to pursue higher studies and obtained a BA from City College, Hyderabad.^[5]

Career

Start of career from Radio Pakistan

Muhammad Ali joined Radio Pakistan Hyderabad station as a broadcaster in 1956, where his elder brother Irshad was already working as a drama artist.^[2] After a while, he moved to the Bahawalpur radio station and eventually to Radio Pakistan, Karachi where its then Director General Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari became his mentor for his acting career.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Film career

Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari, Director General, Radio Pakistan introduced him to the film producer Fazal Ahmed Kareem Fazli.^[4]

So Mohammad Ali started his film career with Fazal Ahmad Karim Fazli's film Chiragh Jalta Raha (1962). Chiragh Jalta Raha was premiered by

Hindi film Clerk.^[7]

Mohammad Ali was the lead actor and 'hero' in 94 films. His first lead actor movie was Shararat (1963) and his last movie as a lead actor was Aaj Ki Raat (1983). Another movie was Mohabbat ho to aisi (1989) and the last movie of his career was titled Dum Mast Qalander (1995).[8]

Playback singers

Ali was most often voiced by

Mujeeb Aalam.^[9]

Marriage to actress Zeba

Ali met Zeba the first time in 1962 during the filming of their debut film "Chirag Jalta Raha (1962)". The couple got married four years later during the filming of Tum mile pyar mila on 29 September 1966 and remained married until Ali's death in 2006.

They did not have any children together. However, Mohammad Ali legally adopted Samina, Zeba's daughter from her previous marriage, giving her the name Samina Ali.^[10]

Political and social activism

Mohammad Ali and his wife Zeba both had close relations with different political regimes in the country. He protested by putting up black dress in International Moscow Film Festival against India for holding 93,000 POWs after the 1971 war. In Nawaz Sharif's government, he also served as Cultural Minister and introduced new policies to improve the condition of Pakistani film Industry.^[6]

Ali-Zaib Foundation

Muhammad Ali along with Shahid Ali Zaidi founded Ali-Zaib Foundation in 1995 to help the Thalassemia patients. The foundation built hospitals in Sargodha, Sahiwal, Jhang, Gujranwala, Okara with the Foundation's Head Office in Faisalabad.

Retirement from films and his death

After his retirement from films, when Mohammad Ali was asked in a television show about his disassociation from the films, he said: "The atmosphere in which I was accustomed to work for films and the way films are made now, have entirely changed, hence I called it quits." He was very generous and warm towards his fans. One of the best Pashto poets Zahir Shah Zahir has dedicated all his poetry to Mohammad Ali which includes more than ten books. The poet used to visit his house and have long discussions about the social welfare of people and Pakistani society.

Mohammad Ali died on 19 March 2006 due to a heart attack in Lahore.^[2]^[11]^[4]

Awards and recognition

He won 10

Nigar awards in his long film career starting from 1964 to 1984.^[1]

Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actor in film Khamosh Raho (1964)^[12]

Nigar Award for Best Actor in film Kaneez (1965)^[1]
Nigar Award for Best Actor in film Aag Ka Darya (1966)
Nigar Award for Best Actor in film Saiqa (1968)
Nigar Award for Best Actor in film Insaan Aur Aadmi (1970)
Nigar Award for Best Actor for Wehshi (1971)
Nigar Award for Best Actor in film Aas (1973)
Nigar Award for Best Actor for film Aaina Aur Soorat (1974)^[1]
Nigar Award for Best Actor for film Haidar Ali (1978)^[1]
Special Nigar Award in 1984 for films Doorian and Bobby^[12]
Zia ul Haq in recognition of his lifelong services to the entertainment industry of Pakistan. Later, he was also honoured with Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence), the second highest civilian award in Pakistan.^[2]^[4]^[1]

He received many honours and special awards like the Millennium Legend Star Graduate Award in 2000, Ilyas Rasheedi Gold medal 1998, Nigar Lifetime Achievement Award 1998, Nigar Millennium Award 2000, Lifetime Excellency Award 1997, Pakistan Best Personality Award 1997. He received Bolan Awards, Screen Light Awards, National Academy Awards, Critics Award, Cultural Award from Punjab University and an Asian Academy Award. He received the first foreign award Al-Nasr Award in Dubai 1984. He was also awarded the Naushad Award of India.^[12]^[8]

Filmography

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Omair Alavi (14 November 2009). "Profile of Pakistani actor Muhammad Ali". Cineplot.com website. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Remembering Mohammad Ali – the legend of Pakistani films Daily Times (newspaper), 21 March 2018, Retrieved 8 May 2022
^ "asias-25-greatest-actors-all-time". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2016. on Asia Society website
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Remembering film star Muhammad Ali". Geo TV News website. Associated Press of Pakistan. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Actor Muhammad Ali being remembered today". Dunya TV News website. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b Mohammad Ali passes away Dawn (newspaper), Published 20 March 2006, Retrieved 8 May 2022
^ Mohammad Ali (actor) in Hindi film 'Clerk (1989)' on IMDb website Retrieved 8 February 2019
^ ^a ^b "Pakistan observes Muhammad Ali's 13th death anniversary". Daily Pakistan (newspaper). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^ Mohammad Ali (actor) on- screen film songs in the playback singing voice of Mehdi Hassan on The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 14 June 2012, Retrieved 7 February 2019
^ "Mohammad Ali was the first superstar of Pakistan cinema". Gulf News. 23 January 2022.
^ "Pakistan's Top Film Star Muhammad Ali Dies". Retrieved 1 July 2016., on Pak Tribune website
^ ^a ^b ^c "Pakistan's "Oscars": The Nigar Awards". The Hot Spot Film Reviews website. 24 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

External links

Mohammad Ali at
IMDb

[cineplot-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Omair Alavi (14 November 2009). "Profile of Pakistani actor Muhammad Ali". Cineplot.com website. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

[DailyTimes-2] Remembering Mohammad Ali – the legend of Pakistani films Daily Times (newspaper), 21 March 2018, Retrieved 8 May 2022

[3] "asias-25-greatest-actors-all-time". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2016. on Asia Society website

[geo-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Remembering film star Muhammad Ali". Geo TV News website. Associated Press of Pakistan. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

[dunyanews-5] "Actor Muhammad Ali being remembered today". Dunya TV News website. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

[Dawn-6] Mohammad Ali passes away Dawn (newspaper), Published 20 March 2006, Retrieved 8 May 2022

[7] Mohammad Ali (actor) in Hindi film 'Clerk (1989)' on IMDb website Retrieved 8 February 2019

[DP-8] "Pakistan observes Muhammad Ali's 13th death anniversary". Daily Pakistan (newspaper). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

[9] Mohammad Ali (actor) on- screen film songs in the playback singing voice of Mehdi Hassan on The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 14 June 2012, Retrieved 7 February 2019

[10] "Mohammad Ali was the first superstar of Pakistan cinema". Gulf News. 23 January 2022.

[11] "Pakistan's Top Film Star Muhammad Ali Dies". Retrieved 1 July 2016., on Pak Tribune website

[hot-12] "Pakistan's "Oscars": The Nigar Awards". The Hot Spot Film Reviews website. 24 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

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2020s	Deeba (2020) Ghulam Mohiuddin (2020) Sahir Ali Bagga (2020) Waris Baig (2020) Ghulam Abbas 2020 Saieen Zahoor (2020) Fareed Ayaz (2020) Sarmad Sehbai (2021) Resham (2021) Khalid Masud Gondal (2021) Muhammad Javed (2022) Hafeez Tahir (2023) Sangeeta (2023) Sher Miandad Khan (2023) Ustad Tafu (2023) Anjuman (2023)

v t e Nigar Award for Best Actor
Urdu films	Santosh Kumar (1957) Habib (1958) Darpan (1959) Darpan (1960) Habib (1961) Santosh Kumar (1962) Santosh Kumar (1963) Waheed Murad (1964) Muhammad Ali (1965) Muhammad Ali (1966) Nadeem (1967) Muhammad Ali (1968) Waheed Murad (1969) Muhammad Ali (1970) Muhammad Ali (1971) Nadeem (1972) Muhammad Ali (1973) Muhammad Ali (1974) Nadeem (1975) Shahid (1976) Nadeem (1977) Muhammad Ali (1978) Nadeem (1979) Nadeem (1980) Nadeem (1981) Nadeem (1982) Nadeem (1983) Nadeem (1984) Nadeem (1985) Nadeem (1986) Nadeem (1987) Javed Sheikh (1988) Nadeem (1989) Javed Sheikh (1990) Nadeem (1991) Umer Shareef (1992) Umer Shareef (1993) Ghulam Mohiuddin (1994) Javed Sheikh (1995) Saud (1996) Shaan (1997) Shaan (1998) Shaan (1999) Shaan (2000) Ajab Gul (2001) Moammar Rana (2002) Fahad Mustafa (2017)
Punjabi films	Sudhir (1970) Waheed Murad (1971) Sultan Rahi (1972) Yousuf Khan (1973) Sudhir (1974) Sultan Rahi (1975) Kamal (1976) Yousuf Khan (1977) Asif Khan (1978) Ali Ejaz (1979) Ali Ejaz (1980) Mustafa Qureshi (1981) Ali Ejaz (1982) Mustafa Qureshi (1983) Ayaz Naik (1984) Ghulam Mohiuddin (1985) Afzal Ahmad (1986) Sultan Rahi (1987) Nadeem (1988) Sultan Rahi (1989) Nadeem (1990) Jawed Sheikh (1991) Sultan Rahi (1992) Jawed Sheikh (1993) Yousuf Khan (1994) Sultan Rahi (1995) Izhar Qazi (1996) Izhar Qazi (1997) Moammar Rana (1998) Moammar Rana (1999) Moammar Rana (2000)
Television	Noor Muhammad Lashari (1983) Jameel Fakhri (1984) Zulqarnain Haider (1985) Abid Ali (1986) Rahat Kazmi (1987)

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