Arshad Mehmood
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Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistan
i actor, music composer and singer. He is best known for his acting roles in popular Pakistan
i TV drama serials such as Aangan Terha
and Dhoop Kinare
and the music composition of many popular Ghazal
s from the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz
.
, a popular TV drama serial. He also played a secondary but important role of "Baba" (Dr Ahmer's foster father) in the drama serial Dhoop Kinare
. Other acting performance includes Ankahi
.He also participated an important role and music composition in Program SUCH GUP (70s).
s sung by Nayyara Noor
and Tina Sani
. He composed music for many Pakistan
i drama serials and long plays including Dhoop Kinare
. Some of the ghazal
s included in the music of the drama Dhoop Kinare
were performed by Nayyara Noor
including "Main tum se na puchun", "Raat yun dil mein teri" and "Hansi khanakti hui" (the theme song).
He is also supported Ali Haider
from the very beginning of his careeron his first musical album Jane-Jan-Sun which was released by EMI Pakistan .
In this album the song DOSTI KI MEHK was included which was also included in Dhoop Kinare
. If the recording is seen carefully his music is all over serial .
He has also composed music for many Milli naghmas (National songs) including "Watan ki mitti gwah rehna".
(2003), a movie set in Pakistan of 1970s. He is a faculty member at National Academy of Performing Arts
, Karachi
, Pakistan
. He also took part in a very famous comedy skit play called 50 50
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i actor, music composer and singer. He is best known for his acting roles in popular Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i TV drama serials such as Aangan Terha
Aangan Terha
Aangan Terha was a satirical Pakistani television serial presented by the PTV network in the late 1980s. The show starred Salim Nasir, Shakeel, Arshad Mehmood, Durdana Butt and Bushra Ansari in lead roles, was directed by Qaiser Farooq and written by Anwar Maqsood.- Ideology:The Drama is based on...
and Dhoop Kinare
Dhoop Kinare
Dhoop Kinare meaning at the edge of the sunshine in Urdu was a Pakistani television serial presented by the PTV network. The show centers around a team of doctors in a hospital in Karachi and revolves around their routines at the hospital and private lives at home...
and the music composition of many popular Ghazal
Ghazal
The ghazal is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century...
s from the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Faiz Ahmad Faiz was a Pakistani intellectual, poet, and one of the most famous poets of the Urdu language. He was a member of the Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind and an avowed Marxist. In 1962, he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union...
.
Acting career
Arshad Mehmood is perhaps best known for his acting role in Aangan TerhaAangan Terha
Aangan Terha was a satirical Pakistani television serial presented by the PTV network in the late 1980s. The show starred Salim Nasir, Shakeel, Arshad Mehmood, Durdana Butt and Bushra Ansari in lead roles, was directed by Qaiser Farooq and written by Anwar Maqsood.- Ideology:The Drama is based on...
, a popular TV drama serial. He also played a secondary but important role of "Baba" (Dr Ahmer's foster father) in the drama serial Dhoop Kinare
Dhoop Kinare
Dhoop Kinare meaning at the edge of the sunshine in Urdu was a Pakistani television serial presented by the PTV network. The show centers around a team of doctors in a hospital in Karachi and revolves around their routines at the hospital and private lives at home...
. Other acting performance includes Ankahi
Ankahi
Ankahi was a popular Urdu drama serial broadcast by Pakistan Television Corporation in 1982. The drama was written by renowned Haseena Moin and superbly directed by Shoaib Mansoor and Mohsin Ali. The play was yet another feather Haseena Moin's as well as PTV's cap...
.He also participated an important role and music composition in Program SUCH GUP (70s).
Music composition
Arshad Mehmood has composed music for many GhazalGhazal
The ghazal is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century...
s sung by Nayyara Noor
Nayyara Noor
Nayyara Noor is a Pakistani playback singer who is also considered one of the South Asia's foremost exponents in the Ghazal genre.-Biography:...
and Tina Sani
Tina Sani
Tina Sani is a Pakistani female singer renowned for her classical and semi-classical Urdu Ghazals.-Early life:Tina Sani was born in Dhaka, at the time East Pakistan. She studied in Kabul before moving to Karachi, where she earned a diploma in design...
. He composed music for many Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i drama serials and long plays including Dhoop Kinare
Dhoop Kinare
Dhoop Kinare meaning at the edge of the sunshine in Urdu was a Pakistani television serial presented by the PTV network. The show centers around a team of doctors in a hospital in Karachi and revolves around their routines at the hospital and private lives at home...
. Some of the ghazal
Ghazal
The ghazal is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century...
s included in the music of the drama Dhoop Kinare
Dhoop Kinare
Dhoop Kinare meaning at the edge of the sunshine in Urdu was a Pakistani television serial presented by the PTV network. The show centers around a team of doctors in a hospital in Karachi and revolves around their routines at the hospital and private lives at home...
were performed by Nayyara Noor
Nayyara Noor
Nayyara Noor is a Pakistani playback singer who is also considered one of the South Asia's foremost exponents in the Ghazal genre.-Biography:...
including "Main tum se na puchun", "Raat yun dil mein teri" and "Hansi khanakti hui" (the theme song).
He is also supported Ali Haider
Ali Haider
Ali Haider is a former Pakistani singer and actor. He has had numerous hits in the early 90s such as Poorani Jeans. He also had a big hit later in the 1990s with Chand Sa Mukhra. Besides singing, he has acted in numerous TV serials on PTV. Among the successful dramas was Chand Sa Mukhra, which...
from the very beginning of his careeron his first musical album Jane-Jan-Sun which was released by EMI Pakistan .
In this album the song DOSTI KI MEHK was included which was also included in Dhoop Kinare
Dhoop Kinare
Dhoop Kinare meaning at the edge of the sunshine in Urdu was a Pakistani television serial presented by the PTV network. The show centers around a team of doctors in a hospital in Karachi and revolves around their routines at the hospital and private lives at home...
. If the recording is seen carefully his music is all over serial .
He has also composed music for many Milli naghmas (National songs) including "Watan ki mitti gwah rehna".
Recent works
He acted in Khamosh PaniKhamosh Pani
Khamosh Pani is a 2003 French/German production about a widowed mother and her young son set in a late 1970s village in Punjab, Pakistan which is coming under radical influence.The film was released in India too...
(2003), a movie set in Pakistan of 1970s. He is a faculty member at National Academy of Performing Arts
National Academy of Performing Arts
The National Academy of Performing Arts is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.NAPA was established as an institution to conserve and teach performing arts and music to students in Pakistan.- NAPA :...
, Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. He also took part in a very famous comedy skit play called 50 50
See also
- Aangan TerhaAangan TerhaAangan Terha was a satirical Pakistani television serial presented by the PTV network in the late 1980s. The show starred Salim Nasir, Shakeel, Arshad Mehmood, Durdana Butt and Bushra Ansari in lead roles, was directed by Qaiser Farooq and written by Anwar Maqsood.- Ideology:The Drama is based on...
- Dhoop KinareDhoop KinareDhoop Kinare meaning at the edge of the sunshine in Urdu was a Pakistani television serial presented by the PTV network. The show centers around a team of doctors in a hospital in Karachi and revolves around their routines at the hospital and private lives at home...
- Nayyara NoorNayyara NoorNayyara Noor is a Pakistani playback singer who is also considered one of the South Asia's foremost exponents in the Ghazal genre.-Biography:...
- Faiz Ahmed FaizFaiz Ahmed FaizFaiz Ahmad Faiz was a Pakistani intellectual, poet, and one of the most famous poets of the Urdu language. He was a member of the Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind and an avowed Marxist. In 1962, he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union...
- AnkahiAnkahiAnkahi was a popular Urdu drama serial broadcast by Pakistan Television Corporation in 1982. The drama was written by renowned Haseena Moin and superbly directed by Shoaib Mansoor and Mohsin Ali. The play was yet another feather Haseena Moin's as well as PTV's cap...
- DASTAK (Family Drama)