[2] One of the country's most popular film actors during the 70s, 80s and the 90s, he has worked in over 400 movies in Urdu and Punjabi during a career spanning nearly 50 years.
[1][4] He was born in Karachi into a Muhajir family of policemen with roots in Hyderabad Deccan and Bombay, one of five brothers and three sisters, but later shifted to Lahore, Punjab for his film work, where he has been living ever since.
[5] His son Ali Mohiuddin is also an actor, having made his film debut in 2016 with Sawal 700 Crore Dollar Ka.
The following year, he starred in "Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat," which was released in 1975 and became a blockbuster hit in both Pakistan and China.
This film was inspired by a Chinese folk story and marked Babra Sharif's debut as a lead actress.