Zahur Raja was an actor, producer, director and singer in Indian and Pakistan Cinema.
Zahur stayed at Abbottabad until his teens after he passed his matric and then he went to study at Government Gordon College at Rawalpindi.
[1] At college he was a member of Dramatic Society and acted well that his principle noticed his talent and later he wrote in his final report that he recommended Zahur to film business.
[1] During his college days he used to send letters and pictures of himself to different directors hoping to get in to acting but he would get a reply but none would then contact him.
[2] Due to some reasons he had trouble with the film story to understand and so he wasn't able to act in the picture and he didn't got work for ten months then director Kardar took Zahur to National Studios and he immediately cast Zahur in lead role in his film Pooja.