Behroze Sabzwari

Behroze Sabzwari
Behroze Sabzwari
بہروز سبزواری
	Sabzwari in 2023
Born	Behroze Sabzwari; 16 February 1955 (age 71)
Occupations	Actor, Radio personality
Years active	1970s–present
Notable work	Khuda Ki Basti (1974); Ankahi (1982); Tanhaiyaan (1985);
Children	Shahroz Sabzwari
Relatives	Javed Sheikh (brother-in-Law); Saleem Sheikh (brother-in-Law); Shahzad Sheikh (nephew); Momal Sheikh (niece);
Honours	Pride of Performance (2009)

Behroze Sabzwari (Urdu: بہروز سبزواری) is a Pakistani actor who has appeared in films, television dramas and done voice-acting roles.^[2]

Career

Behroze began his career at Radio Pakistan as a radio presenter.^{[citation needed]} In the late 1970s, he started his acting career by starring in a "live" television children's play Dadajan Nanajan. Behroze has appeared in a number of television commercials. He has also done many stage plays, including the famous Khawaja Moinuddin play Mirza Ghalib Bandar Road Par.^{[citation needed]} This was the earliest of Behroze's plays and introduced him to the TV viewers throughout Pakistan in the early seventies. However, he achieved fame through the PTV play Khuda Ki Basti in 1974 where he played the role of Nausha.^{[citation needed]}

Behroze Sabzwari received the Pride of Performance on 23 March 2009, for his services to the Pakistani television industry for more than 40 years.^[3]

Personal life

During the PTV serial era, he became known for his portrayal of the character Qabacha in the drama series Tanhaiyaan, with Bollywood actor Raj Kapoor also having acknowledged him.

When someone like Raj Kapoor messages you from India, saying: 'Qabacha when you are in Bombay, you will stay with me,’ you know you are popular and loved.^[4]

— Behroz Sabzwari

Television plays

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
1969	Khuda Ki Basti	Nosha	PTV Home	PTV Classical Hit
1969	Mera Naam Hai Mangoo		PTV Home	Classical Drama
1982	Ankahi	Moby	PTV Home	Classical Drama, Written by Haseena Moin
1985	Tanhaiyaan	Qutbutdin	PTV Home	Classical Drama, Written by Haseena Moin
1998	Uljhan		PTV Home	Super Hit
2001	Wafa Kay Mausam		PTV Home	Super Hit, Written by Naheed Sultana Akhtar and Directed by Sultana Siddiqui
2002	Pyar Agar Kabhi Phir Hua		PTV Home	(PTV long Play)
2008	Yeh Zindagi Hai	Laddan	Geo TV
2010	Daam	Haji Saab
2011	Anokha Ladla
2011	Humsafar	Baseerat Hussain	Hum TV	Super Hit
2012	Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Miley	Ahmed Ali
	Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay	Qabacha
	Roshan Sitara	Ashfaq
2013	Zindagi Gulzar Hai	Abrar	Hum TV	Memorable
	Aise Jalay Jiya		Hum TV
	Kankar		Hum TV
2014	Susraal Mera
2015	Gul-e-Rana	Abdul Aziz	Hum TV
	Mera Naam Yousuf Hai	Waji Ahmed
	Karb	Fahad	Hum TV
	Diyar-e-Dil	Tajamal	Hum TV
2016	Socha Na Tha		ARY Zindagi
2016	Be Aitbaar	Asif	Hum TV
2017	Commander Safeguard's Mission: Clean Sweep	Ghunsunna "Ghunnay"
	Tumhare Hain		ARY Digital
	Zard Zamano Ka Sawera		ARY Digital
	Baby
	Tau Dil Ka Kia Hua		Hum TV
2018	Bay Dardi		ARY Digital
2018	Naulakha
2019	Dil-e-Bereham		A-Plus TV
	Khaas		Hum TV
	Barfi Laddu		ARY Digital
	Thora Sa Haq	Waqar	ARY Digital
	Azaab-e-Zindagi †	Hanzal
2020	Bheegi Palkain
	Bhabi Nazar Laga Dengi	Zulfiqar	ARY Digital
	Meray Dost Meray Yaar Season 2	Zain's father	Geo Entertainment	Mini series
2021	Hona Tha Pyar	Sharaafat Ali	Hum TV
2022	Chauraha	Saleem (Junaid's father)	Geo TV
2022	Mushkil		Geo TV
2023	Ziddi	Usman	Aan TV
2025	Ek Jhooti Kahani		Hum TV

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Refs
1985	Halchal
1985	Palkon ki Chhaon mein
1995	Mushkil
1996	Chief Sahib
1999	Aik Aur Love Story
2008	Khulay Aasman Ke Neechay
2015	3 Bahadur	Voice of Deenu
2016	Lahore Se Aagey	M. Mughal
2016	3 Bahadur: The Revenge of Baba Balaam	Voice of Deenu
2017	Chalay Thay Saath
2018	3 Bahadur: Rise of the Warriors	Voice of Deenu
2022	Lafangey
2025	Neelofar	Fakhru	^[5]

References

↑ "The Sheikhs, Sabzwaris and more: How dynasties sustain showbusiness in Pakistan". The Express Tribune. 17 January 2016.
↑ "Behroz Sabzwari receives sweet birthday wishes from son Shahroz". www.thenews.com.pk. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
↑ "Behroze Sabzwari - Biography, Family, Education, Career, & Dramas". www.pakpedia.pk. 18 July 2017.
↑ Tanhaiyan’ actors make a comeback with sequel, The Express Tribune
↑ "The occasional actor". The News International (newspaper). 13 July 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

External links

[momal2-1] "The Sheikhs, Sabzwaris and more: How dynasties sustain showbusiness in Pakistan". The Express Tribune. 17 January 2016.

[2] "Behroz Sabzwari receives sweet birthday wishes from son Shahroz". www.thenews.com.pk. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

[3] "Behroze Sabzwari - Biography, Family, Education, Career, & Dramas". www.pakpedia.pk. 18 July 2017.

[4] Tanhaiyan’ actors make a comeback with sequel, The Express Tribune

[5] "The occasional actor". The News International (newspaper). 13 July 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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v t e Recipients of the Pride of Performance for Arts
1950s	Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1958) Zainul Abedin (1958) Hafeez Jalandhari (1958) Professor Abdus Salam (1958)
1960s	Roshan Ara Begum (1960) Fateh Ali Khan (Qawwali singer) (1960) Tassaduq Hussain (1960) Sadequain (1962) Mehdi Ali Mirza (1962) Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (1962) Ahmed Mohiuddin (1962) Allah Bakhsh (1963) Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi (1963) Noor Jehan (1965) A.S.M. Qamarul Hasan (1965) Zubaida Agha (1965) Ferdausi Begum (1965) Sharif Khan Poonchwaley (1965) Imtiaz Ali Taj (1965) Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1966) Shakir Ali (1966) Khwaja Moinuddin (1966) Ayet Ali Khan (1966) Ustad Haji Mohammad Sharif (1967) Munshi Raziuddin (1967) Rafi Peer (1967) Ali Imam (1968) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (1968) Amanat Ali Khan (1969) Bade Fateh Ali Khan (1969) Leila Arjumand Banu (1969) Umeed Ali Khan (1969) Mohammad Kibria (1969) Anna Molka Ahmed (1969)
1970s	Ismail Gulgee (1970) Farida Khanum (1970) Naheed Niazi (1970) Muslehuddin (1970) Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan (1971) S. M. Ikram (1971) Iqbal Bano (1974) Salamat Ali Khan (1977) Munir Sarhadi (1978) Hamza Shinwari (1978) Ahmed Parvez (1978) Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (1978) Sabri Brothers (1978) Ibn-e-Insha (1978) Molvi Ahmed Mallah (1978) Faiz Mohammad Baloch (1979) Khamiso Khan (1979) Kishwar Sultan (1979) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Sitar Nawaz) (1979) Ghulam Ali (1979) Alam Lohar (1979) Mureed Buledi (1979) Misri Khan Jamali (1979) Pathanay Khan (1979) Mohammad Azam Chishti (1979) Ashfaq Ahmed (1979) Nabi Bakhsh Baloch (1979)
1980s	Mohammad Qavi Khan (1980) Ustad Khyal Muhammad (1980) Allan Fakir (1980) Sohail Rana (1980) Khalid Iqbal (1980) Aazar Zubi (1980) Malika Pukhraj (1980) Muhammad Juman (1980) Qari Shakir Qasmi (1981) Nasir Jahan (1981) Mansoor Tabish (1981) Qari Syed Ali Sharfuddin Yemni (1981) Nanhe Ali Khan (music performer))(1981) Roohi Bano (1981) Alexander Robert (1981) Mai Bhagi (1981) Mirza Adeeb (1981) Uzma Gillani (1982) Qari Ubaidur Rehman (1982) Talat Hussain (1982) Tufail Niazi (1982) Reshma (1982) Arsh Muneer (1983) Ustad Nazar Hussain (1983) Atta Shad (1983) Begum Khurshid Mirza (1984) Abida Parveen (1984) Muhammad Ali (1984) Zamir Jafri (1984) Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini, Nafees Raqam (1985) Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan (1985) Bundu Khan (1985) Mehdi Hasan (1985) Shaukat Hussain (1985) Qari Ghulam Rasool (1985) Siddiq Ismail (1985) Abid Ali (1985) Syed Mehmood Ali (1985) Sabiha Khanum (1986) Shahzad Khalil (1986) Suraiya Multanikar (1986) Firdous Jamal (1986) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1986) Azhar Lodhi (1986) Riaz Batalvi (1986) Intizar Hussain (1986) Amjad Islam Amjad (1987) Ustad Abdul Majeed Dehlvi (1987) Haseena Moin (1987) Aadil Salahuddin (1987) Sain Akhtar Hussain (1987) Qari Izhar Ahmed Thanvi (1987) Shaista Zaid (1988) Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (1988) Mustafa Qureshi (1988) Muzaffar Warsi (1988) Qazi Wajid (1988) Mushfiq Khwaja (1988) Ustad Kabir Khan (1989) Ghulam Ahmed Chishti (1989) Musarrat Nazir (1989) Shafi Mohammad Shah (1989) Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (1989) Jameel Bismil (1989) Bushra Ansari (1989) Ameer Khan (1989) Amjad Hussain (1989) Aziz Mian (1989) Talish (1989) Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak (1989) Jamil Naqsh (1989) Enver Sajjad (1989)
1990s	Salim Nasir (1990) Daud Kamal (1990) Khalid Hameed Baig (1990) Shaukat Ali (1990) Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando (1990) Ustad Hamid Ali Khan (1990) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Gwalior gharana) (1990) Ahmed Saeed Nagi (1990) Qari Mohammad Fida (1990) Parveen Shakir (1990) Iftikhar Arif (1990) Ibrahim Jalees (1990) Dhol Faqeer (1990) Jamiluddin Aali (1991) Khursheed Alam known as Gohar Qalam (1991) Khayyam Sarhadi (1991) Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi (1991) Ata ul Haq Qasmi (1991) Nayyar Ali Dada (1992) Shakeel (Yousuf Kamal) (1992) Noor Mohammad Lashari (1992) Tariq Aziz (1992) Mustansar Hussain Tarar (1992) Pervez Malik (1992) Jawed Iqbal (1992) Mian Ijazul Hasan (1992) Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman (1992) Munir Niazi (1992) Naseem Hijazi (1992) Mian Sheheryar (1992) Mushtaq Gazdar (1992) Waheed Qureshi (1993) Ismail Shahid (1993) Saeed Akhtar (1993) Ali Ejaz (1993) S. H. Hashmi (1993) Syed Manzoorul Kaunain (1993) Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari (1993) Agha Nasir (1993) Farooq Qaiser (1993) Bashir Mirza (1994) Ahmad Bashir (1994) Shahid Jalal (1994) Qari Mohammad Younus (1994) Qari Syed Ali Abid Naqvi (1994) Mehr Abdul Haq (1994) Nisar Bazmi (1994) Hamid Ali Bela (1994) Zareena Baloch (1994) Anwar Maqsood (1994) Shujaat Hashmi (1994) Qateel Shifai (1994) Zamir Niazi (1994)) Tufail Hoshiarpuri (1994) Nahid Siddiqui (1994)) Laeeq Ahmed (1994) Abdus Salam (newscaster) (1994) Allah Rakha (sarangi) (1995) Ustad Talib Hussain Khan (1995) Colin David (1995) Shoaib Hashmi (1995) Rauf Khalid (1995) Laila Shahzada (1995) Hajra Masroor (1995) Khursheed Ahmad (1996) Mashooq Sultan (1996) Safeerullah Lehri (1996) Afzal Ahsan Randhawa (1996) Qari Noor Mohammad (1996) Rubina Khalid (1996) Fatima Surayya Bajia (1996) Sehba Akhtar (1996) Mohammad Ali Shah (surgeon) (1996) Ahmad Rahi (1997) Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla (1997) Nadeem Baig (1997) Abdul Hameed (1997) Masroor Anwar (1997) Ahmad Ali Khan (1997) Akhtar Chanal Zahri (1998) Mumtaz Mirza (1998) Suhrab Faqir (1999) Dilawar Figar (1999) Salima Hashmi (1999) Anwar Masood (1999) Anita Ghulam Ali (1999) Zafar Iqbal (poet) (1999) Khalid Abbas Dar (1999) Khatir Ghaznavi (1999) Mujahid Kamran (1999) Raza Mir (1999)
2000s	Amjad Parvez (2000) Sharif Kunjahi (2000) Shamsher-ul-Hyderi (2000) Jaun Elia (2000) Kajjan Begum (2001) Kamaluddin Ahmed (2001) Athar Shah Khan Jaidi (2001) Jameel Fakhri (2002) Nazia Hassan (2002) Deena M. Mistri (2002) Askari Mian Irani (2002) Himayat Ali Shair (2002) Shoaib Mansoor (2002) Jilani Kamran (2002) Ajmal Khan (botanist) (2002) Kanwal Naseer (2002) Iftikhar Ahmad (2003) Ada Jafri (2003) Syed Afzal Hussain (2003) Syed Munawwar Saeed (2003) Abdul Aziz Baloch (2003) Ghulam Mustafa (2003) Majeed Khan (sarangi player) (2003) Muneeza Hashmi (2003) Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (2003) Imdad Hussaini (2003) Muhammad Usman Diplai (2004) Yousuf Khan (actor) (2004) Mahtab Rashdi (2004) Chishty Mujahid (2004) Navid Shahzad (2004) Salahuddin Toofani (2004) S. M. Naqi (2004) Haji Atta Muhammad (2004) Moin Niazi (2004) Shahida Parveen (2004) Tina Sani (2004) Niaz Ahmed (2004) Samiur Rahman (2004) Tariq Rahman (2004) Rais Khan (2005) Arif Lohar (2005) Rangeela (2005) Muhammad Mansha Yaad (2005) Shabnam Shakeel (2005) Abdul Rauf Rufi (2005) Khawaja Najmul Hassan (2005) Fahmida Hussain (2005) Amir Adnan (2006) Asghar Nadeem Syed (2006) Arshad Mehmood (2006) Arfa Karim (2006) Fareed Ayaz (2006) Nayyar Kamal (2006) Tassawar Khanum (2006) Ustad Badar uz Zaman (2006) Ustad Qamar uz Zaman (2006) Shafqat Tanvir Mirza (2006) Zehra Nigah (2006) Khalida Hussain (2006) Ghazi Sial (2006) Nayyara Noor (2006) Masood Akhtar (2006) Aftab Iqbal Shamim (2006) Riaz Mahmood (2007) Naheed Akhtar (2007) Shaan (2007) Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan (Kirana gharana) (2007) Asad Amanat Ali Khan (2007) Hamid Ali Khan (2007) Faakhir Mehmood (2007) Munnu Bhai (2007) Munni Begum (2008) Akhtar Munir (2008) Gopal Das (2008) Haji Mehr Ali (2008) Haji Sher Ali (2008) Nahid Raza (2008) Gul Bahar Bano (2008) Mujahid Hussain (2008) Rasheed Malik (2008) Sultana Siddiqui (2008) Abdul Karim Balouch (2008) Abdul Qadir Junejo (2008) M. Hanif Raza (2008) Nasreen Askari (2008) Shafqat Amanat Ali (2008) Mansoor Rahi (2008) Tari Khan (2008) Noorul Huda Shah (2008) Rasheed Naz (2009) Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan (2009) Muhammad Younus Khan (2009) Emanuel Philip (2009) Rehana Siddiqui (2009) Shabbir Hussain (2009) Manzoor Hussain (2009) Parveen Nazar (2009) Javaid Tufail Niazi (2009) Babar Ali Niazi (2009) Hajra Mansoor (2009) Behroze Sabzwari (2009) Obaidullah Baig (2009) Khalifa Muhammad Irshad Beg (2009) Naseem Sultan (2009) Ghous Bux Brohi (2009) Sahib Dino Mallah (2009) Satish Chandra Anand (2009) Rubeena Malik (2009) Badar Munir (2009) Muhammad Gul (2009) Mehnaz Hyat (2009) Abdul Qadir (2009) Ghayyur Akhtar (2009) Aslam Farrukhi (2009) Ali Moeen Nawazish (2009)
2010s	Afzal Tauseef (2010) Musarrat Misbah (2010) Rabia Zuberi (2010) Zulfiqar Ali (2010) Mahmood Shaam (2010) Hameed Akhtar (2010) Fahmida Riaz (2010) Shahid Nadeem (2010) Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo (2010) Masood Mufti (2010) Masood Ashar (2010) Habib-ur-Rehman (2011) Khalida Inayat Noor (2011) Khan Tehsil (2011) Abdul Rahim Nagori (2011) S. Amjad Bukhari (2011) S. B. John (2011) Qasim Jalali (2011) Samina Ahmad (2011) Sohail Ahmed (2011) Ustad Hussain Baksh Gullo (2011) Khalid Ahmad (2011) Ustad Muhammad Alam (2011) Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (2011) Wazir Afzal (2011) Zafar Kazmi (2011) Moin Akhter (2011) Ahmad Salim (2011) Sahira Kazmi (2012) Mohsin Gillani (2012) Nauman Ijaz (2012) Saba Hameed (2012) Jawed Sheikh (2012) Meera (2012) Rahat Naveed Masud (2012) Lutfullah Khan (2012) Kazim Pasha (2012) Tahira Syed (2013) Muhammad Ajmal Khan (2013) Alamgir (2013) Shahida Mini (2013) Naghma (2013) Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (2013) Cecil Chaudhry (2013) Naseeruddin Saami (2013) Shahid Abdullah (2014) Ustad Shafiquz Zaman Khan (2014) Aurangzeb Leghari (2014) Nazir Leghari (2014) Ayub Khawar (2014) Mir Mohammad Ali (TV comedian) (2015) Ayesha Haroon (2015) Saleem Kausar (2015) Asim Bukhari (2015) Saba Qamar (2016) Waseem Abbas (2016) Wajahat Masood (journalist) (2016) Gulab Chandio (2016) Nathoo Khan (2016) Khalid Butt (2016) Ejaz Qaiser (2016) Sarmad Khoosat (2017) Humaira Channa (2017) Ghazi Salahuddin (2017) Rashid Mehmood (2017) Shakir Shuja Abadi (2017) Zulfiqar Bhutta (2017) Aslam Pervaiz (2018) Ghulam Haider (musician) (2018) Amin Hafeez (2018) A. Nayyar (singer) (2018) Abdul Samad (archaeologist) (2018) Bilqees Khanum (2018) Rauf Parekh (journalist) (2018) Amanullah (comedian) (2018) Nighat Chaudhry (classical dancer) (2018) Nighat Butt (2018) Zareen Panna (2018) Ishrat Fatima (newsreader) (2019) Reema Khan (2019) Arshad Sharif (journalist) (2019) Nasir Adeeb (2019) Shabbir Jan (2019) Iftikhar Thakur (2019)
2020s - present	Deeba (2020) Ghulam Mohiuddin (2020) Saba Hameed (2020) Sahir Ali Bagga (2020) Waris Baig (2020) Ghulam Abbas 2020 Saieen Zahoor (2020) Fareed Ayaz (for qawwali group member Abu Muhammad) (2020) Sarmad Sehbai (2021) Resham (2021) Sakina Samo (2021) Khalid Masud Gondal (2021) Humayun Saeed (2021) Ayaz Gul (2022) Sarah Khan (2022) Shehryar Zaidi (2022) Hafeez Tahir (2023) Sangeeta (2023) Sher Miandad Khan (2023) Ustad Tafu (2023) Anjuman (2023) Naghma (2023) Agha Hasan Askari (2024) Zulfiqar Ali Atre (2024) Sheeba Hassan (2025) Hamid Rana (2025)

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