Mustafa Qureshi is a Pakistani film and television actor. He has acted
in more than 600 movies, in Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi languages. He is
best remembered for playing the antagonist Noori Natt in the iconic
movie Maula Jatt (1979), which became his trademark and he went on to
adapt similar roles for many years to come.Born into a Sindhi family,
despite his later prominence mainly in Punjabi cinema. Qureshi won
Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Lal
Aandhi (1979). He then won his first Nigar Award for Best Actor for
1981 film Sher Khan. He won his third Nigar Award and second in best
actor category for his role in Rustam Tey Khan. He was awarded Pride
of Performance in 1988. He has voiced Germander in the Commander
Safeguard animated series.Qureshi was born in Hyderabad, Sindh, on 11
May 1938, into an educated family, and got his primary education in
Hyderabad, combining both modern and religious studies, later on doing
master’s in Islamic history from the Sindh University, being
particularly influenced by the scholars Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi and
Pir Ali Muhammad Rashdi, while after his graduation he began his
professional career as a host on Radio Pakistan's programme Ahsan Jo
Pakistan ("Our Pakistan" in Sindhi), in 1957.
in more than 600 movies, in Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi languages. He is
best remembered for playing the antagonist Noori Natt in the iconic
movie Maula Jatt (1979), which became his trademark and he went on to
adapt similar roles for many years to come.Born into a Sindhi family,
despite his later prominence mainly in Punjabi cinema. Qureshi won
Nigar Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Lal
Aandhi (1979). He then won his first Nigar Award for Best Actor for
1981 film Sher Khan. He won his third Nigar Award and second in best
actor category for his role in Rustam Tey Khan. He was awarded Pride
of Performance in 1988. He has voiced Germander in the Commander
Safeguard animated series.Qureshi was born in Hyderabad, Sindh, on 11
May 1938, into an educated family, and got his primary education in
Hyderabad, combining both modern and religious studies, later on doing
master’s in Islamic history from the Sindh University, being
particularly influenced by the scholars Imdad Ali Imam Ali Kazi and
Pir Ali Muhammad Rashdi, while after his graduation he began his
professional career as a host on Radio Pakistan's programme Ahsan Jo
Pakistan ("Our Pakistan" in Sindhi), in 1957.
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