Veteran Pakistani Actor, Rasheed Naz has passed away at the age of 73 on Monday morning. His daughter-in-law, Madiha Rizvi who is also a TV actress shared the news of his demise news on her Instagram.
Many Pakistani celebrities have expressed their condolences over the loss of a legendary actor.
Rashid was born on September 9, 1948, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and appeared in various dramas and films in Pakistan and across the border in India as well.
He started his career as an actor in 1971 in Pashto dramas. He also acted in several Pashto, Hindko and Urdu language plays. His first Urdu play was Aik Tha Gaoon in 1973. He also worked in the Pakistani private channel, NTM in Dasht which is one of his memorable projects. His astonishing projects included Namos, Zama Jang, and Dakit.
His character, Moulana Tahiri in Shoaib Mansoor’s film, Khuda Kay Liye (2007) got recognition and praise from the audience. His last project with Shoaib Mansoor was Verna released in 2017.
He also acted in the comedy genre Pakistani film Karachi to Lahore.
He worked in a few Bollywood movies along with Akshay Kumar in Baby in 2015 and ISIS: Enemies of Humanity with Rahul Dev released in 2017.
Rasheed Naz’s upcoming movie, Zarrar is the most anticipated movie of Pakistani cinema directed by Shaan Shahid and expected to be released this year.
