Badar Munir

Badar Munir
Born	1940 Madyan, Swat State, British India (now in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)^[1]
Died	11 October 2008(2008-10-11) (aged 67–68) Lahore, Pakistan^[2]
Nationality	Pakistani
Occupation	Actor
Children	Dilber Munir Saeed Munir Aqal Munir Imran Munir

Badar Munir (1940 – 11 October 2008) was a Pakistani film actor. Originally from Madyan^[1] in the state of Swat, he starred in over 732 Pashto, Urdu and Punjabi language films from 1969 to 2008.^[1]

Early life and career

Badar Munir was raised with a religious background in Swat. He completed his basic elementary school education there and then came to Karachi.^[1]

Before joining films, Badar Munir used to drive Rikshaw on Karachi streets. Then he got a job as a lighting technician on actor Waheed Murad's recommendation in a Karachi film studio.^[2] He was introduced by Waheed Murad to the film industry in 1970. His first movie was Yousuf Khan Sher Bano (1970), with Yasmin Khan as the heroine.^[2] This Pashto language film was the first film of Pakistan film industry in this language in 1970.^[1] In 2016, city of Karachi has the largest urban population of Pashto-speaking people in the world, larger than even in Peshawar, Kabul, Quetta and Kandahar.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Film	Language
1968	Jahan Tum Wahan Hum	Urdu^[3]
1969	Nai Laila Naya Majnu	Urdu
1970	Yousuf Khan Sher Bano	Pashto
1971	Adam Khan Dukhaniye	Pashto
1972	Jahan Baraf Girti Hai	Urdu
1973	Orbal	Pashto
1974	Dedan^[2]	Pashto
1974	Khana Badosh	Pashto^[4]
1975	Roshni	Urdu
1975	Dulhan Aik Raat Ki	Urdu
1976	Nawye de ywe shpe	Pashto
1977	Aj Diyan Kurrian	Punjabi
1978	Jan Ki Baazi	Urdu
1978	Shola	Punjabi
1979	General Bakht Khan	Urdu
1979	Aurat Raj	Urdu
1981	Daagh	Pashto
1982	Da gaz da maydan	Pashto
1983	Nimgarai aarrman	Pashto
1984	Shponkai	Pashto
1984	Khan Dekan	Panjabi
1984	Topak zama kanon	Pashto
1984	Haibat khan	Punjabi
1985	Yarana	Pashto
1985	Aulad^[5]	Pashto
1986	Shak	Urdu
1988	Daka	Pashto
1990	Haseena Atom Bomb^[6]	Urdu
1991	Dushman Kaka	Pashto
1992	Zama zid	Pashto
1991	Adam Khor	Pashto
1994	Saranga	Pashto
1995	Goorkun	Pashto
1997	Deewane Tere Pyar Ke	Urdu
2000	Tere Pyar Mein	Urdu
2001	Musalman	Urdu
2001	Pathan	Urdu
2003	Body Guard	Pashto
2003	Amanat	Pashto
2006	Musafar	Pashto

Death and legacy

Before his death, Badar Munir had been suffering from kidney and diabetes problems for the past 5 years. He had a paralysis attack a few years ago. Two days before his death, he had a heart attack and was hospitalized but later died on 11 October 2008.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Actor Badar Munir passes away Dawn (newspaper), Published 12 October 2008, Retrieved 15 December 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Gone are the days of Badar Munir, but Pashto films still draw crowds in Karachi". The News International (newspaper). 1 February 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
^ Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 262. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
^ Film Khana Badosh (1974) on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website Retrieved 16 December 2017
^ Film Aulad (1990) on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website Retrieved 16 December 2017
^ Film Haseena Atom Bomb (1990) on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website Retrieved 16 December 2017

External links

Badar Munir at IMDb
Filmography of Badar Munir on Complete Index To World Film website
Badar munir favorite website Archived 19 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine

Special Awards from Nigar Awards

Special Awards

1965–1967	Noor Jehan (1965) (for 1965 war-time national songs) Sohail Hashmi (1966) (for film Jaan Pehchaan) Master Rufi (1966) (for film Lori) Allauddin (1966) (for film Badnaam) Sabiha Khanum (1967) (for film Devar Bhabi) Anwar Hussain (1967) (for film Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah)
1968–1970	Kamal (1968) (for film Behan Bhai) Rani (1968) (for film Mera ghar meri jannat) Babu Jugnu (1968) (for film Mera Ghar Meri Jannat) Shabnam (1969) (for film Andaleeb) Firdous (1969) (for film Chan Veer) Ejaz (1969) (for film Dilan De Sauday) A. J. Kardar (1969) (for film Qasam us waqt ki) Habib Wali Mohammad (1970) (for singing "Aashian jal gaya") M. Ajmal (1970) (for film Heer Ranjha) Deeba (1970) (for film Sajna Door Daya)
1971–1975	Firdous (1971) (for film Aansu) Aliya Begum (1971) (for film Mastana Mahi) Sultan Rahi (1971) (for film Babul) Munawar Zarif (1971) (for film Ishq Deewana) Rangeela (1972) (for film Meri Zindagi hai naghma) Akhlaq Ahmed (1974) (for singing Sawan Aayae Sawan jaayae) Sabiha Khanum (1975) (for film Ek gunah aur sahi) Babra Sharif (1975) (for film Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat) Ghulam Mohiuddin (1975) (for film Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat)
1976–1978	Roohi Bano (1976) (for film Insaan aur Farishta) Sangeeta (1976) (for film Society Girl) Alamgir (1977) (for singing in Aaina) Shahzeb (1977) (for film Aaina) Mumtaz (1978) (for film Haider Ali) Ghulam Mohiuddin (1978) (for film Mutthi bhar chaawal)
1979–1983	Ashar (1979) (for film Aag) Nazir Chan (1979) (for film Miss Hong Kong) Diana Kristina (1980) (for film Bandish) Faisal Rehman (1980) (for film Nahin Abhi Nahin) Master Khurram (1981) (for film Qurbani) Rangeela (1982) (for film Naukar tay malik) Master Shahbaz (1983) (for film Kabhi alvida na kehna) Sangeeta (1983) (for film Sona Chandi)
1984–2000	Aslam Pervaiz (1984) (for film Miss Colombo) Muhammad Ali (1984) (for films Doorian and Bobby) Kaveeta (1985) (for film Jeenay nahin doon gi) Faisal Rehman (1985) (for film Naraz) Meera (1999) (for film Mujhe Jeene Do) Anjuman (1999) (for film Chohdrani) Shehzad Roy (1999) (for singing) Reema (2000) (for film Mujhe Chand Chahiye) Babar Ali (2000) (for film Mehndi Waley Hath)

For 30 Years of Excellence

Noor Jehan (1981)
Sabiha Khanum (1981)
Shabab Kiranvi (1981)
Anwar Kamal Pasha (1981)
Sudhir (1981)
Aslam Pervaiz (1981)
Asha Posley (1982)
Meena Shorey (1982)
Nazir (1982)
Azad (1982)
Saqi (1985)

Millennium Award

Muhammad Ali (1999)
Zeba (1999)
Yousuf Khan (1999)
Nadeem (1999)
Qateel Shifai (1999)
Badar Munir (1999)
Umer Shareef (1999)
Rangeela (1999)
Sabiha Khanum (1999)
Bahar Begum
Neelo (1999)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1999)
Mehdi Hassan (1999)
Noor Jehan (1999)
Aslam Azhar (1999)
Agha Nasir (1999)
Ashfaq Malik (1999)
Ali Sufiyan Afaqi (1999)
Sharif Nayyar (1999)
Umer Shareef (1999)

Ilyas Rashidi Gold Medal

Shamim Ara (1999)
Zeba (2002)
Nadeem (2002)

Honorary gold medal awarded

Sabiha Khanum (2000)

Legend awards

Waheed Murad (2002)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Kamal (2000)
Naghma (2000)
Habib (2002)
Bahar Begum (2002)
Ghulam Mohiuddin (2002)

v t e Recipients of the Pride of Performance for Arts
1950s	Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1958) Zainul Abedin (1958) Hafeez Jalandhri (1958) Professor Abdus Salam (1958)
1960s	Roshan Ara Begum (1960) Fateh Ali Khan (Qawwali singer) (1960) Tassaduq Hussain (1960) Sadequain (1962) Mehdi Ali Mirza (1962) Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (1962) Ahmed Mohiuddin (1962) Allah Bakhsh (1963) Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi (1963) Noor Jehan (1965) A.S.M. Qamarul Hasan (1965) Zubaida Agha (1965) Ferdausi Begum (1965) Sharif Khan Poonchwaley (1965) Imtiaz Ali Taj (1965) Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1966) Shakir Ali (1966) Khwaja Moinuddin (1966) Ayat Ali Khan (1966) Ustad Haji Mohammad Sharif (1967) Munshi Raziuddin (1967) Rafi Peer (1967) Ali Imam (1968) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (1968) Amanat Ali Khan(1969) Bade Fateh Ali Khan (1969) Leila Arjumand Banu (1969) Umeed Ali Khan (1969) Mohammad Kibria (1969) Anna Molka Ahmed (1969)
1970s	Ismail Gulgee (1970) Farida Khanum (1970) Naheed Niazi (1970) Muslehuddin (1970) Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan (1971) S. M. Ikram (1971) Iqbal Bano (1974) Salamat Ali Khan (1977) Munir Sarhadi (1978) Ahmed Parvez (1978) Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (1978) Sabri Brothers (1978) Ibn-e-Insha (1978) Faiz Mohammad Baloch (1979) Khamiso Khan (1979) Kishwar Sultan (1979) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Sitar Nawaz) (1979) Ghulam Ali (1979) Alam Lohar (1979) Mureed Buledi (1979) Misri Khan Jamali (1979) Pathanay Khan (1979) Mohammad Azam Chishti (1979) Ashfaq Ahmed (1979) Nabi Bakhsh Baloch (1979)
1980s	Mohammad Qavi Khan (1980) Ustad Khyal Muhammad (1980) Allan Fakir (1980) Sohail Rana (1980) Khalid Iqbal (1980) Aazar Zubi (1980) Malika Pukhraj (1980) Muhammad Juman (1980) Qari Shakir Qasmi (1981) Nasir Jahan (1981) Mansoor Tabish (1981) Qari Syed Ali Sharfuddin Yemni (1981) Nanhe Ali Khan (music performer))(1981) Roohi Bano (1981) Alexander Robert (1981) Mai Bhagi (1981) Mirza Adeeb (1981) Uzma Gillani (1982) Qari Ubaidur Rehman (1982) Talat Hussain (1982) Tufail Niazi (1982) Reshma (1982) Arsh Muneer (1983) Ustad Nazar Hussain (1983) Atta Shad (1983) Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi (1984) Begum Khurshid Mirza (1984) Abida Parveen (1984) Muhammad Ali (1984) Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini, Nafees Raqam (1985) Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan (1985) Bundu Khan (1985) Mehdi Hasan (1985) Shaukat Hussain (1985) Qari Ghulam Rasool (1985) Siddiq Ismail (1985) Abid Ali (1985) Syed Mehmood Ali (1985) Sabiha Khanum (1986) Shahzad Khalil (1986) Suraiya Multanikar (1986) Firdous Jamal (1986) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan(1986) Azhar Lodhi (1986) Riaz Batalvi (1986) Intizar Hussain (1986) Amjad Islam Amjad (1987) Ustad Abdul Majeed Dehlvi (1987) Haseena Moin (1987) Aadil Salahuddin (1987) Sain Akhtar Hussain (1987) Qari Izhar Ahmed Thanvi (1987) Shaista Zaid (1988) Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (1988) Mustafa Qureshi (1988) Muzaffar Warsi (1988) Qazi Wajid (1988) Ustad Kabir Khan (1989) Ghulam Ahmed Chishti (1989) Musarrat Nazir (1989) Shafi Mohammad Shah (1989) Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (1989) Jameel Bismil (1989) Bushra Ansari (1989) Ameer Khan (1989) Amjad Hussain (1989) Ustad Salamat Ali Khan (1989) Aziz Mian (1989) Talish (1989) Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak (1989) Jamil Naqsh (1989) Enver Sajjad (1989)
1990s	Salim Nasir (1990) Daud Kamal (1990) Khalid Hameed Baig (1990) Shaukat Ali (1990) Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando (1990)* Ustad Hamid Ali Khan (1990) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Gwalior gharana) (1990) Mushtaq Gazdar (1990) * Ahmed Saeed Nagi (1990) Qari Mohammad Fida (1990) Parveen Shakir (1990) Iftikhar Arif (1990) Ibrahim Jalees (1990) Jamiluddin Aali (1991) Khursheed Alam known as Gohar Qalam (1991) Khayyam Sarhadi (1991) Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi (1991) Ata ul Haq Qasmi (1991) Nayyar Ali Dada (1992) Shakeel (Yousuf Kamal) (1992) Noor Mohammad Lashari (1992) Tariq Aziz (1992) Mustansar Hussain Tarar (1992) Pervez Malik (1992) Jawed Iqbal (1992) Mian Ijazul Hasan (1992) Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman (1992) Munir Niazi (1992) Naseem Hijazi (1992) Mian Sheheryar (1992) Waheed Qureshi (1993) Ismail Shahid (1993) Saeed Akhtar (1993) Ali Ejaz (1993) S.H. Hashmi (1993) Syed Manzoorul Kaunain (1993) Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari (1993) Agha Nasir (1993) Farooq Qaiser (1993) Bashir Mirza (1994) Ahmad Bashir (1994) Shahid Jalal (1994) Qari Mohammad Younus (1994) Qari Syed Ali Abid Naqvi (1994) Mehr Abdul Haq (1994) Nisar Bazmi (1994) Hamid Ali Bela (1994) Zareena Baloch (1994) Anwar Maqsood (1994) Shujaat Hashmi (1994) Qateel Shifai (1994) Zamir Niazi (1994)) Tufail Hoshiarpuri (1994) Nahid Siddiqui (1994)) Laeeq Ahmed (1994) Abdus Salam (newscaster) (1994) Allah Rakha (sarangi) (1995) Ustad Talib Hussain Khan (1995) Colin David (1995) Shoaib Hashmi (1995) Rauf Khalid (1995) Laila Shahzada (1995) Hajra Masroor (1995) Khursheed Ahmad (1996) Mashooq Sultan (1996) Safeerullah Lehri (1996) Afzal Ahsan Randhawa (1996) Qari Noor Mohammad (1996) Rubina Khalid (1996) Fatima Surayya Bajia (1996) Sehba Akhtar (1996) Mohammad Ali Shah (surgeon) (1996) Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla (1997) Nadeem Baig (1997) Abdul Hameed (1997) Masroor Anwar (1997) Ahmad Ali Khan (1997) Akhtar Chanal Zahri (1998) Mumtaz Mirza (1998) Suhrab Faqir (1999) Dilawar Figar (1999) Salima Hashmi (1999) Anwar Masood (1999) Anita Ghulam Ali (1999) Zafar Iqbal (poet) (1999) Khalid Abbas Dar (1999) Khatir Ghaznavi (1999) Mujahid Kamran (1999) Raza Mir (1999)
2000s	Amjad Parvez (2000) Sharif Kunjahi (2000) Kamaluddin Ahmed (2001) Athar Shah Khan Jaidi (2001) Jameel Fakhri (2002) Nazia Hassan (2002) Deena M. Mistri (2002) Askari Mian Irani (2002) Himayat Ali Shair (2002) Shoaib Mansoor (2002) Jilani Kamran (2002) Iftikhar Ahmad (2003) Ada Jafri (2003) Syed Afzal Hussain (2003) Syed Munawwar Saeed (2003) Abdul Aziz Baloch (2003) Ghulam Mustafa (2003) Majeed Khan (sarangi player) (2003) Muneeza Hashmi (2003) Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (2003) Imdad Hussaini (2003) Muhammad Usman Diplai (2004) Yousuf Khan (actor) (2004) Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (2004) Chishty Bin Subh-o-Mujahid (2004) Navid Shahzad (2004) Salahuddin Toofani (2004) S. M. Naqi (2004) Haji Atta Muhammad (2004) Moin Niazi (2004) Shahida Parveen (2004) Tina Sani (2004) Niaz Ahmed (2004) Samiur Rahman (2004) Tariq Rahman (2004) Rais Khan (2005) Arif Lohar (2005) Rangeela (2005) Muhammad Mansha Yaad (2005) Shabnam Shakeel (2005) Abdul Rauf Rufi (2005) Khawaja Najmul Hassan (2005) Amir Adnan (2006) Asghar Nadeem Syed (2006) Arshad Mehmood (2006) Arfa Karim (2006) Nayyar Kamal (2006) Tassawar Khanum (2006) Ustad Badar uz Zaman (2006) Ustad Qamar uz Zaman (2006) Shafqat Tanvir Mirza (2006) Zehra Nigah (2006) Khalida Hussain (2006) Ghazi Sial (2006) Nayyara Noor (2006) Masood Akhtar (2006) Aftab Iqbal Shamim (2006) Naheed Akhtar (2007) Shaan (2007) Asad Amanat Ali Khan (2007) Hamid Ali Khan (2007) Faakhir Mehmood (2007) Munnu Bhai (2007) Munni Begum (2008) Akhtar Munir (2008) Gopal Das (2008) Haji Mehr Ali (2008) Haji Sher Ali (2008) Nahid Raza (2008) Gul Bahar Bano (2008) Mujahid Hussain (2008) Rasheed Malik (2008) Sultana Siddiqui (2008) Abdul Karim Balouch (2008) Abdul Qadir Junejo (2008) M. Hanif Raza (2008) Nasreen Askari (2008) Shafqat Amanat Ali (2008) Mansoor Rahi (2008) Tari Khan (2008) Noorul Huda Shah (2008) Rasheed Naz (2009) Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan (2009) Muhammad Younus Khan (2009) Emanuel Philip (2009) Rehana Siddiqui (2009) Shabbir Hussain (2009) Manzoor Hussain (2009) Parveen Nazzar (2009) Javaid Tufail Niazi (2009) Babar Ali Niazi (2009) Hajra Mansoor (2009) Behroze Sabzwari (2009) Obaidullah Baig (2009) Khalifa Muhammad Irshad Beg (2009) Naseem Sultan (2009) Ghous Bux Brohi (2009) Sahib Dino Mallah (2009) Satish Chandra Anand (2009) Rubeena Malik (2009) Badar Munir (2009) Muhammad Gul (2009) Mehnaz Hyat (2009) Abdul Qadir (2009) Ghayyur Akhtar (2009) Aslam Farrukhi (2009) Ali Moeen Nawazish (2009)
2010s	Afzal Tauseef (2010) Musarrat Misbah (2010) Rabia Zuberi (2010) Zulfiqar Ali (2010) Mahmood Shaam (2010) Hameed Akhtar (2010) Fahmida Riaz (2010) Shahid Nadeem (2010) Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo (2010) Masood Mufti (2010) Masood Ashar (2010) Habib-ur-Rehman (2011) Khalida Inayat Noor (2011) Khan Tehsil (2011) Abdul Rahim Nagori (2011) S. Amjad Bukhari (2011) S. B. John (2011) S.H. Qasim Jalali (2011) Samina Ahmad (2011) Sohail Ahmed (2011) Ustad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu (2011) Khalid Ahmad (2011) Ustad Muhammad Alam (2011) Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (2011) Wazir Afzal (2011) Zafar Kazmi (2011) Moin Akhter (2011) Sahira Kazmi (2012) Mohsin Gillani (2012) Nauman Ijaz (2012) Saba Hameed (2012) Jawed Sheikh (2012) Meera (2012) Rahat Naveed Masud (2012) Lutfullah Khan (2012) Kazim Pasha (2012) Tahira Syed (2013) Muhammad Ajmal Khan (2013) Alamgir (2013) Shahida Mini (2013) Naghma (2013) Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (2013) Cecil Chaudhry (2013) Shahid Abdullah (2014) Ustad Shafiquz Zaman Khan (2014) Aurangzeb Leghari (2014) Nazir Leghari (2014) Ayub Khawar (2014) Mir Mohammad Ali (TV comedian) (2015) Ayesha Haroon (2015) Saleem Kausar (2015) Saba Qamar (2016) Waseem Abbas (2016) Wajahat Masood (journalist) (2016) Gulab Chandio (2016) Nathoo Khan (2016) Khalid Butt (2016) Sarmad Khoosat (2017) Humaira Channa (2017) Ghazi Salahuddin (2017) Rashid Mehmood (2017) Shakir Shuja Abadi (2017) Zulfiqar Bhutta (2017) Aslam Pervaiz (2018) Ghulam Haider (musician) (2018) Amin Hafeez (2018) A. Nayyar (singer) (2018) Bilqees Khanum (2018) Rauf Parekh (journalist) (2018) Amanullah (comedian) (2018) Nighat Chaudhry (classical dancer) (2018) Nighat Butt (2018) Zareen Panna (2018) Ishrat Fatima (newsreader) (2019) Reema Khan (2019) Arshad Sharif (journalist) (2019) Nasir Adeeb (2019) Shabbir Jan (2019) Iftikhar Thakur (2019)
2020s	Deeba (2020) Ghulam Mohiuddin (2020) Sahir Ali Bagga (2020) Waris Baig (2020) Ghulam Abbas 2020 Saieen Zahoor (2020) Fareed Ayaz (2020) Sarmad Sehbai (2021) Resham (2021) Khalid Masud Gondal (2021) Muhammad Javed (2022) Hafeez Tahir (2023) Sangeeta (2023) Sher Miandad Khan (2023) Ustad Tafu (2023) Anjuman (2023)