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Wajid Qazi (Urdu: قاضی واجد) (26 May 1930– 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani actor.[2][3][4] His works include Shama, Tanhaiyaan, Dhoop Kinare, Chand Grehan, Zair, Zabar, Pesh, Hawain, Mehndi, Afshan, Khuda Ki Basti and Ankahi.[5] He died in Karachi on 11 February 2018.[3]

Qazi Wajid
Born	26 May 1930[1] Gwalior state, British India
Died	February 11, 2018(2018-02-11) (aged 87) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistan
Occupation	Actor

After 25 years on radio, he resigned and performed as an actor,[6] joining television in 1966, and for his contributions in the field, he was eventually awarded the Pride of Performance Award in 1988 by the Government of Pakistan.[7]

In a career spanning more than 50 years, he did "more than 1,200 dramas as a staff artist for Radio Pakistan since 1977, and more than 500 dramas for TV."[8]

Personal life

Born Qazi Abdul Wajid Ansari, his birthplace is the Gwalior state and the year is 1930, as he himself stated in one of his last interviews.[2] His family, including five siblings (three brothers and two sisters), moved to Pakistan after the partition of 1947.[9][10][11]

Career

He began his career by joining Radio Pakistan as a child artiste in 1956.[12]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	Taleem-e-Balighan		[13]
1969	Khuda Ki Basti	Raja	[13][5]
1974	Zair, Zabar, Pesh	Houseboy
1976	Shama
1981	Afshan	Ahmed	[13]
1982	Ankahi	Siddiqui Sahib	[5]
1984	Aangan Terha		Cameo
1985	Tanhaiyaan	Faraan	[5]
1987	Dhoop Kinare	Baba	[5]
1991–92	Aahat	Anwar
1995	Chand Grehan	Kamal
1997	Hawain	Doctor Aarfi
2003	Mehndi	Iqbal	[5]
2008–09	Doraha	Umer's father
2012–13	Raju Rocket	Tania's grandfather
	Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay	Faraan
2014	Pehchaan	Laila's father
2015	Khuda Dekh Raha Hai	Akhtar
2016	Mann Pyasa
	Dil-e-Beqarar	Abbas
2018	Khaani	Judge	Cameo

Death

Qazi Wajid died of a heart attack on February 11, 2018, in Karachi.[14][15] He was 87 years old.[12][16][17]

See also:

• List of Lollywood actors

Awards

• Pride of Performance Awards[18] – (1988) from the Government of Pakistan.

References

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