Qazi Wajid
Born
Qazi Abdul Wajid Ansari

26 May 1930
Gwalior state, British India
DiedFebruary 11, 2018(2018-02-11) (aged 87)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
OccupationActor
Years active1949 – 2018
ChildrenFazila Qazi

Qazi Wajid (Urdu: قاضی واجد) (26 May 1930–11 February 2018) was a Pakistani actor.[1][2][3]

His works include Shama, Tanhaiyaan, Dhoop Kinare, Chand Grehan, Zair, Zabar, Pesh, Hawain, Mehndi, Afshan, Kiran Kahani, Khuda Ki Basti and Ankahi.[4]

After 25 years on radio, he resigned and performed as an actor,[5] 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.[6]

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."[7]

He died in Karachi on 11 February 2018.[2]

Personal life

Born Qazi Abdul Wajid Ansari, his birthplace was the Gwalior state and the year was 1937, as he himself stated in one of his last interviews.[1]

His family, including five siblings (three brothers and two sisters), moved to Pakistan after the partition of 1947.[8][9][10]

He is the father of actress Fazila Qazi.[11]

Early career

He began his career by joining Radio Pakistan as a child artiste in 1949.[12]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1966 Taleem-e-Balighan [13]
1969 Khuda Ki Basti Raja [13][4]
1974 Zair, Zabar, Pesh Houseboy
1976 Shama
1981 Afshan Ahmed [13]
1982 Ankahi Siddiqui Sahib [4]
1984 Aangan Terha Cameo
1985 Karawaan Producer
1985 Tanhaiyaan Faraan [4]
1987 Dhoop Kinare Baba [4]
1991–92 Aahat Anwar
1995 Chand Grehan Kamal
1997 Hawain Doctor Aarfi
2003 Mehndi Iqbal [4]
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

Death

Qazi Wajid died of a heart attack on February 11, 2018, in Karachi.[14][15] He was 80 years old.[12][16][17]

See also:

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Alavi, Omair (12 February 2018). "OBITUARY: QAZI WAJID'S LAST ACT SADDENS FANS". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 26 March 2023. Born in Gwalior, India in 1944 (confirmed by himself in one of his final interviews though it's widely believed that he was born in Lahore in 1930), Qazi Wajid was one of the longest-serving actors of Pakistan.
  2. 1 2 "Renowned actor Qazi Wajid passes away". DAWN.COM. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Veteran actor Qazi Wajid passes away". The News (Pakistan). 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "5 most famous performances by Qazi Wajid". Express Tribune. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "Qazi Wajid". Profilepk.com. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Renowned actor Qazi Wajid passes away" (11 February 2018), Dawn News. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Reminiscing with Qazi Wajid" (6 October 2007), The News. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Veteran actor Qazi Wajid passes away in Karachi" (11 February 2018), Geo News. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "Veteran actor Qazi Wajid passes away" (11 February 2018), SomethingHaute. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  10. ↑ Fouzia Nasir Ahmad (1 October 2017), "THE TUBE", Dawn News. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "Veteran actor Qazi Wajid passes away" (11 February 2018), SomethingHaute. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  12. 1 2 Mushtaq, Rabia (2 December 2017). "Qazi Wajid - tales of a blue-eyed boy". Mag the Weekly. Karachi.
  13. 1 2 3 Raju Jamil (18 February 2018). "A tribute to friend, actor Qazi Wajid". Dawn Images.
  14. ↑ "Veteran actor Qazi Wajid passes away". The Express Tribune. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  15. ↑ "Pakistan's veteran TV actor, Qazi Wajid, dead at 87". Washington Post. Associated Press. 11 February 2018. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  16. ↑ Entertainment. "Veteran actor Qazi Wajid passes away | Entertainment". thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  17. ↑ "Renowned actor Qazi Wajid passes away - Pakistan". Dawn.Com. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  18. ↑ "Nation mourns Qazi Wajid's death" (11 February 2018), The Express Tribune.


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