Rafi Khawar, popularly known as Nanha, was a Pakistani actor and comedian.
10 Facts About Nanha
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Nanha started his film career in 1966 and earned several awards including 3 Nigar awards.
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Nanha played the lead role in film Tehka Pehlwan in 1979, and in the same year his film Dubai Chalo was a super hit at the box office.
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Nanha's pairing with fellow comedian Ali Ejaz was popular since film Insaniyat.
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Nanha was regarded as an exceptional comedy talent and for many years was the star of the widely popular Pakistan Television Corporation's TV show Alif Noon that ran for three television seasons during the early 1980s.
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Nanha was a familiar face, well-known and loved by all.
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Nanha acted in Alif Noon with his fellow comedian Kamal Ahmed Rizvi better known as Allan in the TV show.
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Nanha even pressured his film producers to cast Nazli with him in many films and the pair became inseparable in the early 1980s.
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Certain mysterious circumstances reportedly and allegedly drove Nanha to commit suicide by shooting himself with a shotgun on 2 June 1986.
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Nanha's final resting place is in a cemetery located in Karim Block, Allama Iqbal Town, Lahore, Pakistan.