Nazar (comedian)

Nazar (1920- 20 January 1992)[1] was a Pakistani comedian and film actor.

He debuted in films with a Punjabi language film Gul-Baloch which was released in 1944, in this film famous Indian singer Mohammed Rafi was also introduced for the first time as a playback singer.

Nazar later played comedic role in Pakistan's first feature film Teri Yaad[2] and Pakistan's first silver jubilee film Pheray (1949).

As an actor, he appeared in many films and played lead role in film Judai (1950)‚ directed by Amin Malik.

[1] During the early era of Pakistani films, he worked in Lollywood extensively alongside film actress Zeenat.