Ali Ejaz | |
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| Born | (1941-10-21)21 October 1941 |
| Died | 18 December 2018(2018-12-18) (aged 77) |
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| Years active | 1967 – 2018 |
| Awards | 2Nigar Awards Pride of Performance Award by thePresident of Pakistan in 1993 |
Ali Ejaz (21 October 1941 – 18 December 2018) was a Pakistani film and television actor known for his film roles inFBI Operation Pakistan (1971),Sona Chandi (1983), andChor Machaye Shor (1996). He was given thePride of Performance Award in 1993 by thePresident of Pakistan.[1][2][3]
Beginning his career in 1967, he acted in 106 movies, 84 of which were in Punjabi, 22 in Urdu, and 1 Pashto.[2]
Ali Ejaz was born 21 October 1941 inQila Gujar Singh,Lahore.
ComedianMunawwar Zareef was his class-fellow at school.[1] He started his career with theatre in the 1960s. He was introduced to the film world by the film producer/director Shabab Keranvi who had met Ejaz in a bank.[2] He also frequently acted inPakistani television plays. While working at PTV, he trained a generation of artistes. His film roles and his pairing with actressAnjuman and actorNannha were highly popular in Pakistan in the 1980s.[1][4]
In 2015, he launched a social welfare project nearSialkot,Punjab, Pakistan[1] under his non-government organization (NGO), Ali Ejaz Foundation. This project,The Homes for the Welfare of the Old People, planned to build 132 homes within 3 years with donations from the public, industrialists and philanthropists.[1]
Ali Ejaz died of a cardiac arrest on 18 December 2018 inLahore at the age of 77, survived by his widow and two sons, after having suffered from paralysis a decade before. He was buried at a local graveyard on Multan road Lahore in his fathers's shrine.[3][5][6][2]
His other television hits include serials like Lakhon Mein Teen withQavi Khan and Athar Shah Khan and Dubai Chalo(1979).[9]
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