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Ilyas Kashmiri (25 December 1925 – 12 December 2007) was a Pakistani film actor.[2]

Ilyas Kashmiri الیاس کشمیری
Born	Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri (1925-12-25)25 December 1925[1] Muhalla Dara Shikoh, Lahore, British India
Died	12 December 2007(2007-12-12) (aged 81)[1] Lahore, Pakistan
Occupation	Actor, Producer
Years active	1945 – 2000
Spouse	Parveen[2]
Children	Mozzam Ilyas (son), Asim Ilyas (son)
Parent	Noor Din (father)

Early life and career

Born in Muhalla Dara Shikoh, near Rivoli Cinema, in Lahore, Punjab, British India, Kashmiri became an actor in Bombay before the Partition of India. Throughout his career, Kashmiri appeared in more than 600 movies.[2]

Ilyas Kashmiri was strongly built, tall and handsome. Due to his long acting career, he remained an inspiration for the beginners in the Pakistani film industry and was known as Taya Jee in the film world.[3]

Filmography

• Mundri (1949) (a Punjabi-language film)
• Mahi Munda (1956)[3][1][2]
• Yakke Wali (1957)[1][3][2]
• Waada (1957)
• Mukhra (1958)
• Imam Din Gohavia (1967)
• Rangeela (1970)
• Khushia (1973)
• Banarsi Thug (1973 film) (1973)[1][2]
• Ziddi (1973)
• Sharif Badmash (1975)
• Bin Badal Barsaat (1975)
• Wehshi Jatt (1975)
• Chitra Tay Shera (1976)
• Ranga Daku (1979)
• General Bakht Khan (1979)
• Behram Daku (1980)
• Sher Khan (1981)
• Chan Varyam (1981)
• Chan Suraj (1981)
• Maidan (1982)
• Ik Doli (1982)
• Rustam Tey Khan (1983)
• Sher Mama (1983)
• Dara Baloch (1983)
• Jagga Tay Shera (1984)
• Kalia (1984)
• Malanga (1986)
• Mela (1986)
• Saranga (1994)
• Madam Rani (1995)

Death

Ilyas Kashmiri died on 12 December 2007 in Lahore, aged 81. He had been bed-ridden for the past 6 years. He had been suffering from diabetes for some years and his left leg was amputated a few years ago due to gangrene.[2][1] His wife, Parveen, had died 10 years before him.[2]

See also

• List of Lollywood actors

References

External links

• Ilyas Kashmiri at IMDb Filmography of Ilyas Kashmiri on IMDb website
• Works by or about Ilyas Kashmiri in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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