Zahur Raja was an actor, producer, director and singer in Indian and Pakistan Cinema.
10 Facts About Zahur Raja
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Zahur Raja was known for his roles in films Mirza Sahiban, Pooja, Sikandar, Badil, Sewa, Mazaaq, O Panchhi, Panchhi, Bhai, Ghazal, Anmol Ghadi.
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Zahur Raja was born in Abbottabad in Pathan family on July 7,1918 during British India.
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Zahur Raja was good at sports in college and he was the champion discus-thrower at his college but he was interested in acting.
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Later his father send him to Dehradun to become a lieutenant in the Indian Army but Zahur Raja went to Bombay.
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Zahur Raja went to Abdur Rashid Kardar with a letter which he sent during his college days.
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Director Kardar then hired him in Kardar Productions later he cast Zahur Raja in lead role in Punjabi film Mirza Sahiban with popular actress Zubeida and Sahiba it was a hit movie at the box office.
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Zahur Raja first married his co-star actress Meena Shorey in 1941.
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Later Zahur Raja then married a Children's radio host at BBC in England in 1956 and had four children.
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Zahur Raja died at Lahore in August 1993 at aged 75.