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'{{Short description|Pakistani TV and film actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Munawar Saeed | image = | alt = | caption = | native_name = {{Nq|منورسعید}} | birth_name = Syed Munawar Saeed | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|7|1}} | birth_place = [[Amroha]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British India]] | nationality = Pakistani | alma_mater = [[Aligarh Muslim University]] | occupation = Actor | children = [[Zafar Masud (banker)|Zafar Masud]] | years_active = 1967 – present | awards = {{Plainlist| * [[Pride of Performance Award]] by the [[President of Pakistan]] (2003) * [[Nigar Award]] (1973) }} }} '''Syed Munawar Saeed''' is a Pakistani TV and film actor. He has performed in around 200 films and more than 1000 television dramas. He is known for his villain roles in TV serials like ''[[Waris (serial)|Waris]]'' (1979 - 1980) and ''[[Moorat]]'' (2004) and films like ''[[Anmol (1973 film)|Anmol]]'' (1973), ''[[Sharafat (1974 film)|Sharafat]]'' (1974), and ''[[Pehchan (1975 film)|Pehchan]]'' (1975). He was honored with the [[Pride of Performance Award]] in 2003. ==Life and career== Saeed was born on July 1, 1941, in [[Amroha]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British India]]. He migrated to Pakistan in 1960 after doing his B.Sc from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref name="daily jang" /> He is a relative of the poets [[Rais Amrohvi]] and [[Jaun Elia]].<ref name="youlin mag">{{cite news |last1=Suhayb |first1=Muhammad |title=Good to be Bad: The Villains of Pakistani Cinema |url=https://www.youlinmagazine.com/article/good-to-be-bad-the-villains-of-pakistani-cinema/MjAyNg== |work=YOULIN Magazine |date=June 22, 2021}}</ref> After settling in [[Karachi]], Pakistan, he started working on stage and [[Radio Pakistan]]. In 1967, when a television station was established in Karachi, he started working in TV dramas. In 1969, he was offered an Urdu film ''Ghar Damaad'' from [[Lollywood]]. He accepted the project and left Karachi for Lahore. While staying in Lahore, he used all four mediums of art; film, TV, radio, and stage, to express his artistic abilities. Mostly, he acted out negative characters in TV plays and films. The films like ''Anmol'' (1973) and ''Pehchan'' (1975) helped him in building his reputation for sophisticated villain roles.<ref name="daily jang">{{cite news |last1=Butt |first1=Sitara Jabeen |title=حقیقی زندگی خوبصورت نہ ہوتواداکاری میں بھی خوبصورتی نہیں آتی |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/522197 |work=Daily Jang |date=17 July 2018 |language=ur}}</ref><ref name="youlin mag" /><ref name="hilal">{{cite news |title=منور سعید |url=https://www.hilal.gov.pk/urdu-article/detail/MjYyNQ==.html |access-date=29 March 2023 |work=Hilal Urdu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Munawar Saeed |url=https://pakmag.net/film/artist.php?pid=2499 |website=Pakistan Film Magazine |access-date=29 March 2023}}</ref> He lived in Lahore for nearly fifty years. Then, he returned to Karachi and started working in private TV productions.<ref name="daily jang" /> ==Personal life== Saeed's son, [[Zafar Masud (banker)|Zafar Masud]], is a senior banker and was one of the two sole survivors of the [[Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303|PIA Flight 8303]] crash.<ref name="TS">{{cite news|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/pakistan-plane-crash-survivor-has-relation-with-bollywood-blockbuster-pakeezah-1502891652.html|title=Pakistan plane crash survivor has relation with Bollywood blockbuster Pakeezah|work=The Statesman|date=23 May 2020|access-date=9 July 2023|first=Swati|last=Sharma}}</ref> ==Selected filmography== ===TV=== * ''[[Waris (serial)|Waris]]'' (1979 - 1980) * ''[[Hazaron Raaste]]'' (1986) * ''[[Alao (TV series)|Alao]]'' (1994) * ''[[Bunty I Love You]]'' * ''[[Mere Hamrahi]]'' * ''[[Sasural Ke Rang Anokhay]]'' * ''[[Mol (TV series)|Mol]]'' * ''Main Hari Piya'' * ''Roshan Sitara'' * ''Bebaak'' (Hum TV) * ''Kaisi Hain Dooriyan'' (ARY Digital) * ''[[Moorat]]'' (ARY) * ''[[Rehaai]]'' * ''[[Sanam (TV series)| Sanam]]'' * ''Khandan'' (ARY Digital) * ''[[Baby Baji]]'' (ARY Digital) ===Film=== * ''Ghar Damaad'' (1969) * ''[[Anmol (1973 film)|Anmol]]'' (1973) * ''[[Sharafat (1974 film)|Sharafat]]'' (1974) * ''[[Mitti Ke Putlay]]'' (1974) * ''[[Aj Diyan Kurrian]]'' (1977) * ''[[Pehchan (1975 film)| Pehchan]]'' (1975) *''[[Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (film)]]'' (1984) * ''[[Hero (1985 film)|Hero]]'' (1985) * ''[[Insaniyat Kay Dushman]]'' (1990) ==Awards and recognition== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Award!! Category !! Result!! Work !! Ref. |- | 1973 || [[Nigar Award]] ||Best Supporting Actor || {{Won}} ||''Anmol'' (film)||<ref name="pakistani oscar">{{cite web|title=Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards.|url=https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards|website=The Hot Spot Film Reviews website|access-date=15 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613171619/https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards/|archive-date=13 June 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |- | 2003 || [[Pride of Performance Award]] ||Arts || {{Won}} ||Acting||<ref name="daily jang" /><ref>{{cite news |title=President to confer civil awards today |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/89069/president-to-confer-civil-awards-today |newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|date=March 23, 2003|access-date=10 July 2023}}</ref> |- | 2013 || [[Pakistan Media Award]] ||Best Supporting Actor|| {{nom}}||''Tamanna'' (TV play) ||<ref>{{cite web |title=4th Pakistan Media Awards Nominations |url=http://www.hamaralink.com/2013/12/4th-pakistan-media-awards-nominations.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227134822/http://www.hamaralink.com/2013/12/4th-pakistan-media-awards-nominations.html |website=HamaraLink.com website|archive-date=27 December 2013|access-date=10 July 2023}}</ref> |- |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Pride of Performance for Arts}} {{NigarAwardBestSupportingActor}} {{Portal bar|Biography|Film|Television|Pakistan}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Saeed, Munawar}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Pakistani male television actors]] [[Category:Pakistani male film actors]] [[Category:Muhajir people]] [[Category:Indian emigrants to Pakistan]] [[Category:Recipients of the Pride of Performance]]'