Sultan Rahi (Urdu: ﺳﻠﻄﺎﻥ ﺭﺍﮨﯽ; June 24, 1938 – January 9, 1996) was a Pakistani actor, producer and screenwriter.
He established himself as one of the leading and most successful actors of Pakistani and Punjabi cinema,[1] and received a reputation as Pakistan's "Clint Eastwood".
His father, Subedar Major Abdul Majeed, was a retired officer from the British Indian Army who belonged to a Punjabi Arain family.
[9] On 9 January 1996, Rahi and his friend Ahsan, a film director, were travelling from Islamabad to Lahore on the main highway in Pakistan, Grand Trunk Road.
His dialogues are etched in our hearts and memories, It’s the country’s love for Sultan that continues to reflect in his pictures and posters being plastered in shops and on buses.
"[18] Won Zāhid ʻAkāsī, Sult̤ān Rāhī : Pākistānī Filmon̲ Kā Sult̤ān, Lahore : Jumhuri Publications, 2019 (reprint of the 2010 edition), 169 p. Biography.