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Sultan Rahi
ﺳﻠﻄﺎﻥ ﺭﺍﮨﯽ
Born
Muhammad Sultan Khan

(1938-06-24)24 June 1938
Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India
Died9 January 1996(1996-01-09) (aged 57)
Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Cause of death
Murder
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1956–1996
Spouse(s)Shaheen (divorce)
Naseem Sultan
Children5
AwardsNigar Awards

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 country's Punjabi cinema,[1] and received a reputation as Pakistan's "Clint Eastwood".[2]

During a career spanning 40 years, he acted in some 703 Punjabi films and 100 Urdu films, winning around 160 awards.[3] His first film was the Urdu-language Baghi in 1956. He was 18 years old at the time. This was the first Pakistani film to be screened in China. Rahi acted with many heroines but he was known for his duo with Anjuman; Khoon da Hisab (1995) was his last film with Anjuman.

Rahi earned two Nigar Awards, for his work in Babul (1971) and Basheera (1972).[4][5] In 1975 he portrayed the character of Maula Jatt in Wehshi Jatt, winning his third Nigar Award. He reprised the role in its sequel Maula Jatt (1979), his best-known film. Some of his other films include Sher Khan, Sharif Badmash, Chan Veryam, Kaley Chore, The Godfather, Sharif Badmash and Wehshi Gujjar.[1][2]

Early life and family

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His father, Subedar Major Abdul Majeed, was a retired officer from the British Indian Army who belonged to a Punjabi Arain family.[6]

According to Mushtaq Gazdar, Rahi was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India, in 1938.[7] Other sources state that he was born in an Urdu-speaking family in Muzaffarnagar in the Saharanpur division of Uttar Pradesh who migrated to Pakistan after the partition of India, first to Karachi and then to Rawalpindi. [8][9][10][11]

He had five children, of which one, Haider Sultan, is also an actor.[12]

Career

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He began his film career in 1956 as a guest actor in the film Baghi. His first breakthrough came with the film Wehshi Jatt (1975). This was the unofficial prequel to Maula Jatt (1979). Maula Jatt was released on 11 February 1979, which became his most successful Pakistani film. His other works include Behram Daku (1980), Sher Khan (1981), Sala Sahib and Ghulami (1985).

Sultan Rahi appeared in key roles in over 535 films.[13]

Murder

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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. Their vehicle got a flat tyre near Aimanabad Chungi, not far from Gujranwala.[14]

While they were changing the tyre, thieves approached the vehicle and tried to rob them. Rahi and his friend were both shot; Rahi succumbed to his wounds.[2][15][16][17][18]

Legacy

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Rahi worked in the Punjabi film industry for over four decades.[19]

He was the highest paid Pakistani actor of his time.[2]

He was named in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most prolific actor.[20]

Bahar Begum reacted by saying: "I remember Sultan always saying that this industry will miss him when he’s gone but at the time, I don’t think we fully understood what he meant, but he truly proved his worth, There was only one Sultan Rahi in Lollywood and there will always be one Sultan Rahi – no one can replace him".[21]

Mustafa Qureshi commented that "Our onscreen chemistry was unique in a number of ways. Our pairing was the most popular film partnership throughout Lollywood's history, It’s true, there will never be another Sultan Rahi, ever. Everything he earned was a result of sheer hard work and talent".[22]

Film director Pervaiz Rana added: "Even though we are still making Punjabi films and many new heroes have entered and left the industry, I don’t think the golden era of Sultan Rahi will ever come back. 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."[22]

Awards and honours

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Nigar Awards

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Filmography

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Discography

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Bibliography

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Zāhid ʻAkāsī, Sult̤ān Rāhī : Pākistānī Filmon̲ Kā Sult̤ān, Lahore : Jumhuri Publications, 2019 (reprint of the 2010 edition), 169 p. Biography.

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E. (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. Oxford University Press. pp. 488–. ISBN 9780199699308.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Abdul Kareem (8 January 2016). "January 9, 1996: Pakistani actor Sultan Rahi shot dead". Gulf News. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ↑ M. Saeed Awan (26 October 2014), "The dark side of Lollywood", Dawn News. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. 1 2 Sultan Rahi's Nigar Award (1971) on cineplot.com website Retrieved 6 June 2019
  5. 1 2 Sultan Rahi's Nigar Award (1972) on cineplot.com Retrieved 6 June 2019
  6. ↑ Lodhi, Adnan (9 January 2021). "Honouring Sultan Rahi, the 'Clint Eastwood' of Lollywood". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  7. ↑ Mushtaq Gazdar, Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997, Oxford University Press (1997), p. 132
  8. ↑ "پاکستان فلم انڈسٹری پر اڑھائی عشروں تک راج کرنیوالے ورسٹائل اداکار سلطان راہی کی 25ویں برسی کل منائی جائیگی 804فلموں میں اداکاری کی ، 430 فلموں میں ٹائٹل رول ادا کیا، 1996ء میں نامعلوم افراد نے فائرنگ کر کے قتل کر دیا تھا - اُردو پوائنٹ شوبز" [The 25th death anniversary of versatile actor Sultan Rahi, who ruled the Pakistani film industry for two and a half decades, will be celebrated tomorrow. He acted in 804 films, played the title role in 430 films, was shot dead by unknown persons in 1996]. UrduPoint. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  9. ↑ Iqbal, Mazhar. "Sultan Rahi - Film hero". Pakmag.
  10. ↑ Jabri, Parvez (9 January 2013). "Famous Punjabi film hero Sultan Rahi remembered". Business Recorder. Associated Press of Pakistan. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Sultan Rahi's 84th birthday being observed". The Nation. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "PTV to Commence Long Plays Again, First Play Main Woh Aur Main Underway!" (2 November 2018), HipInPakistan. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  13. ↑ Malik, Iftikhar Haider (2006). Culture and Customs of Pakistan. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 182–. ISBN 9780313331268.
  14. ↑ "When 'Maula Jutt' was killed; Death anniversary of Sultan Rahi – Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. 14 February 2008.
  15. ↑ "Remembering Sultan Rahi on his 24th death anniversary". 9 January 2020.
  16. ↑ "Death Anniversary of Sultan Rahi Observed".
  17. ↑ "The mysterious murder of Sultan Rahi and other Lollywood tragedies". 9 January 2017.
  18. ↑ "Sultan Rahi's son calls for reopening father's murder case". www.samaa.tv. 11 January 2025.
  19. ↑ "The heroes who shaped Pakistan's film industry".
  20. ↑ "22nd death anniversary of Sultan Rahi observed". 9 January 2018.
  21. ↑ "Sultan Rahi being remembered on his 22nd death anniversary". 9 January 2018.
  22. 1 2 "Lollywood still trying to recover from Sultan Rahi's loss". tribune.com. 10 January 2017.
  23. ↑ "Nigar Awards (1972 - 1986)". The Hot Spot Online website. 5 January 2003. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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