Ilyas Kashmiri
Actor, Film actor
1925 – 2007
Who was Ilyas Kashmiri?
Ilyas Kashmiri 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, Banarsi Thag, Ustad Shagird, Ishq Per Zor Nahi, Pinjra, Hatim, Mahi Munda, Sabira, Yakay Wali, Laila Majnoon, Wada, Anjaam, Shuhrat, Sardar and Murad.
He died on 12 December 2007 in Lahore, aged 82.
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