Mehboob Alam (actor)

Mehboob Alam
Born	Mehboob Alam (1948-03-14)14 March 1948 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Died	18 March 1994(1994-03-18) (aged 46) Karachi, Pakistan
Other names	Mahboob Alam
Occupations	Actor film actor radio artist
Years active	1970–1994

Mehboob Alam (14 March 1948 – 18 March 1994) was a Pakistani actor. He is best known for playing the feudal Chaudhry Hashmat Ali in PTV drama Waris (1979) as .^[1]

Career

He also appeared in the PTV drama Andhera Ujala (1984), Apnay Log (1985) and Neelay Hath in 1989.^[2]

Mehboob Alam acted in 38 movies (12 Urdu, 15 Punjabi, and 11 Sindhi), including Sooarth (Sindhi, 1973), Rut Ja Ristha, Dharti La Kunwar (1975), Dharti Dilwaran Jee (Sindhi, 1975), Shehzor (Sindhi, 1976), Khaak Aur Khoon (Urdu, 1979), Chotay Nawab (Urdu, 1980), Chan Varyam (Punjabi, 1981), Fatafat (Punjabi, 1981), Khan Balouch (Punjabi, 1985), and Darya Khan (Sindhi, 1991).^[3][4]

Death

He died on 18 March 1994 in Karachi at age 46.^[5]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
1979	Waris	Chaudhry Hashmat Ali	PTV
1981	Dehleez	Rafiq	PTV
1982	Alif Noon	Customer	PTV
1983	Ragon Mein Andhera	Officer	PTV
	Nangay Paon	Mirza Aziz Koka	PTV
	Samundar	Shabaz Khan	PTV
1984	Andhera Ujala	Police officer	PTV
	Khul Ja Sim Sim	Ayesha's father	PTV
1985	Waqt	Muzafar's Father	PTV
	Apnay Log	Sarwar Ejaz	PTV
1986	Deadline	Sohail	PTV
1987	Wadi	Karam Khan	PTV
	Raat	Mehmood	PTV
1988	Mama Seemi	Nanva	PTV
1989	Pyas	Sanwal	PTV
	Neelay Hath	Jeevan	PTV
1990	Fishaar	Toheed	PTV
1994	Manchalay Ka Sauda	Sufi Karni	PTV

Film

Year	Film	Language
1973	Soorath	Sindhi
1974	Ghairat Jo Sawal	Sindhi / Punjabi
1975	Rutt Ja Rishta	Sindhi
	Dharti Lal Kanwar
	Nawabzada	Punjabi
	Dharti Dil Waran Ji	Sindhi
	Masoom	Urdu
1976	Shehzor	Sindhi
1977	Aamna Samna	Urdu
	Dard
	Apnay Huay Paraey
1978	Sharmili
	Prince
	Haider Ali
	Achhay Mian
	Haidar Daler	Siraiki
1979	Khaak Aur Khoon	Urdu
	Har Fun Maula	Punjabi
1980	Rishta	Urdu
	Chotay Nawab
1981	Fatafat	Sindhi
	Chan Varyam	Punjabi
1982	Wehshi Daku
1983	Border Built	Urdu
	Shagird Maulay Jatt Da	Punjabi
1984	Lal Toofan
1985	Khan Baloch	Siraiki
1986	Joora	Punjabi
	Poti Ain Pag	Pashto
1987	Mera Insaf	Urdu
	Khuli Kachehri	Punjabi
1991	Darya Khan	Sindhi

Awards and recognition

Year	Award	Category	Result	Title	Ref.
2005	The 1st Indus Drama Awards	Special Award	Won	Contribution to Cinema	[6]

References

1. "Top Ten TV Drama Serials of Pakistan". Dawn Newspaper. 13 March 2015.
2. "Profile of Mehboob Alam". Pakistan. 20 November 2016.
3. "Actor Mehboob Alam in film Dharti La Kunwar". C.I.T.W.F. 20 November 2016.
4. "Famous TV actor Mehboob Alam remembered". 14 March 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
5. "30th death anniversary of actor Mehboob Alam observed". Radio Pakistan. 18 March 2024.
6. "Mehboob Alam's 2005 Award". IMDb. 20 November 2016.^{[user-generated source]}

External links

• Mehboob Alam at IMDb