Ilyas Kashmiri (actor)

Ilyas Kashmiri الیاس کشمیری
Born	Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri (1925-12-25)25 December 1925 Dara Shikoh , British India
Died	Lahore, Pakistan
Occupation	Actor, Producer
Years active	1947–2000
Parent(s)	Noor Din

Ilyas Kashmiri (25 December 1925 – 12 December 2007) was a Pakistani film actor.

Born in Muhalla Dara Shikoh, near Rewali Cinema, in Lahore, Punjab, British India, he started his film career from Bombay. In Bombay, the first film in which he appeared as a hero was Malika, directed and produced by Nazir. After partition he appeared as hero in his first Punjabi film Mundri in 1949. Ilyas Kashmiri did all kinds of roles, from hero to comedian to character acting and also earned fame as a villain. According to film circles, he acted in over 600 Urdu and Punjabi films. Among best known are Mukhra Chan Warga, Chacha Jee, Hath Jori, Basheera, Sultan Banarsi Thag, Ustad Shagird, Ishq Per Zor Nahi, Pinjra, Hatim, Mahi Munda, Sabira, Yakay Wali, Laila Majnoon, Wada, Anjaam, Shuhrat, Sardar and Murad ,

Filmography

• Imam Din Gohavia (1967)
• Ziddi (1973)
• Sharif Badmash (1975)
• Chitra Tay Shera (1976)
• Ranga Daku (1979)
• General Bakht Khan (1979)
• Behram Daku (1980)
• Sher Khan (1981)
• Chan Varyam (1981)
• Chan Suraj (1981)
• Rustam Tey Khan (1984)
• Jagga Tay Shera (1984)
• Kalia (1984)
• Malanga (1986)
• Mela (1986)
• Saranga (1994)
• Madam Rani (1995)

He died on 12 December 2007 in Lahore, aged 82.

See also

• List of Lollywood actors

External links

• Ilyas Kashmiri at the Internet Movie Database
• Works by or about Ilyas Kashmiri in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Ilyas Kashmiri passes away, Dawn, 13 December 2007
• 1940's Villains (Ilyas Kashmiri), Mazhar.dk