Sultan Rahi

Muhammad Sultan Khan, known as Sultan Rahi, was a Pakistani actor, producer and screenwriter.

Sultan Rahi
Born
Mohammad Sultan Khan

1938
Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India
Died9 January 1996(1996-01-09) (aged 57–58)
Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Cause of deathAssassination
Occupation
  • Actor
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1956–1996
Spouse(s)Shaheen (divorce)
Naseem Sultan
Children5
AwardsNigar Awards in 1971 and 1972

During a career spanning 40 years, he acted in some 703 Punjabi films and 100 Urdu films, winning around 160 awards.[1]

Some of his films include Maula Jatt, Sher Khan, Chan Veryam, Kaley Chore, and The Godfather, Basheeraa and Wehshi Gujjar. He established himself as one of the leading and most successful actors of Pakistani and Punjabi cinema,[2] and received a reputation as Pakistan's "Clint Eastwood".[3]

Life and career

Rahi was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, in 1938[4] to an Arain tribe during the British Raj. His father, Subedar Major Abdul Majeed, was a retired officer from the British Indian Army.[5]

He began his film career in 1959 as a guest actor in the film Baghi. 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,[6] and was the highest paid Pakistani actor of his time.[3]

On January 9, 1996 he was shot and killed on the main highway in Pakistan known as Grand Trunk Road, near Samanabad Chungi close to Gujranwala.[7] Rahi was on the way from Islamabad to his hometown Lahore with a friend Ahsan — a film director, when late at night his car’s tyre deflated near Samanabad Chungi. They were compelled to stop to change the wheel of the car. Taking advantage of the darkness and deserted surroundings, some bandits approached the vehicle and tried to rob them. When Rahi began resisting, they opened fire, killing him on the spot and injuring his friend.[3]

Family

He had five children, of which one, Haider Sultan, is also an actor.[8]

Awards
  • Nigar Award (Special Award) for Punjabi film Babul (1971).[9]
  • Nigar Award as Best Actor in Punjabi film Basheera (1972).[10]

Filmography
Year Film Language Director Source
1956BaghiUrduAshfaq Malik
1956WehshiUrduMunawar H. Qasim
1956HatimUrduDaud Chand
1957Yakkay WaliPunjabiM.J. Rana
1957PalkanPunjabiAmin Malik
1957MuradUrduDaud Chand
1957SardarUrduM.S. Daar
1957ZulfanUrduAgha Hussaini
1958Zehr-e-IshqUrduMasood Parvez
1958RukhsanaUrduFazal Deen
1958DarbarUrduRiaz Ahmad
1958MumtazUrduMohammad Ali
1958Pehla Qadam UrduA. G. Thawni
1958Akhri DaoUrduA.K. Chodhary
1958AadmiUrduLuqman
1958JaggaPunjabiSaqlain Rizvi
1959Yaar BeliPunjabiKhalil Qaisar
195916 AanayUrduAgha Hussaini
1959SaharaUrduA. Rauf
1959Bodi ShahPunjabiS.M. Ahmad, Qalandar
1959RaazUrduHumayun Mirza
1959NaginUrduKhalil Qaisar
1959LalkarUrduT.H. Riaz
1959SheraPunjabiM.J. Rana
1959HimmatUrduAmin Malik
1960Yeh DunyaUrduNazir Sufi
1960WatanUrduAnwar Kamal Pasha
1960BhabhiUrduSyed Atta Ullah Shah Hashmi
1960AyazUrduLuqman
1960Khaibar MailUrduAgha Hussaini
1960Dil-e-NadanUrduNajam Naqvi
1960Daku ki LarkiUrduSaleem Ahmad
1960SaheliUrduS.M. Yousuf
1961FarishtaUrduLuqman
1961HabuUrduRahim Gul
1962AuladUrduS.M. Yousuf
1965Heer SialPunjabiJafar Bukhari
1967Imam Din GohaviaPunjabiM. Aslam
1967InsaniyatUrduAslam Dar
1969Diya Aur ToofanUrduRangeela
1973Ik MadariPunjabiSagheer Ahmad
1975Sharif BadmashPunjabiIqbal Kashmiri
1976Chitra Tay SheraPunjabiIqbal Kashmiri
1976LicencePunjabiAslam Irani
1977Sadqay Teri Mout TunPunjabiInayat Hussain Bhatti
1978Ranga DakuPunjabiArshad Mirza
1979Maula JattPunjabiYounis Malik
1979HathiarPunjabiM. Akram
1979PermitPunjabiImtiaz Qureshi
1979Wehshi GujjarPunjabiAnwar Kamal Pasha
1979General Bakht KhanUrduSarshar Akhtar Malik
1980Behram DakuPunjabiRauf Abbasi
1981Khan-e-AzamPunjabiYounis Malik
1981Anokha DaajPunjabiAslam Dar
1981Athra PuttarPunjabiAltaf Hussain
1981Chan VeryamPunjabiJahangir Qaisar
1981Sher KhanPunjabiYounis Malik
1981Chan SurajPunjabiRauf Abbasi
1981MuftbarPunjabiHassan Askari
1981JeedarPunjabiKaifee
1982Wehshi DakuPunjabiAli Tahir
1982Ik DoliPunjabiM. Akram
1982MaidanPunjabiMasood Butt
1982Charda SurajPunjabiBasir Rana
1982Lalay Di JanPunjabiNaveed Anwar
1983Jatt Tay DogarPunjabiImtiaz Qureshi
1983Des PardesPunjabiIftikhar Khan
1983Moti DogarPunjabiJahangir Qisar
1983Wadda KhanPunjabiDiljeet Mirza
1983Rustam Tey KhanPunjabiAltaf Hussain
1983Dara BalochPunjabiMasood Butt
1983Sher MamaPunjabiImtiaz Quresh
1983Jagga Tay SheraPunjabiImtiaz Quresh
1984KaliaPunjabiWaheed Dar
1984SholayPunjabiYounis Malik
1984Sajawal DakuPunjabiAgha Hussaini
1984PukarPunjabiAizaz Saeed
1985AngaraPunjabiM. Akram
1985KhuddarPunjabiM. Akram
1985GhulamiPunjabiHasnain
1985Shah Behram PunjabiKaifee
1986Baghi SipahiPunjabiFiaz Sheikh
1986QaidiPunjabiMasood Butt
1986Yeh AdamPunjabiIrshad Sajid
1986MalangaPunjabiRaseed Dogar
1986MelaPunjabiHassan Aksri
1987Moti SherPunjabiImtiaz Qureshi
1987Gernail SinghPunjabiYounis Malik
1987SilsilaPunjabiAslam Dar
1988RotiPunjabiIdress Khan
1989SarfaroshPunjabiIqbal Kashmiri
1989KalkaPunjabiShahid Rana
1990Insaniyat Kay DushmanPunjabi/UrduHassnain
1990SarmayaPunjabiIdress Khan
1990Sher DilPunjabiHasan Askri
1991Kalay ChorPunjabi/UrduNazrul Islam
1991GandasaPunjabiHasan Askri
1991Watan Kay RakhwalayPunjabi/UrduHassnain
1991CobraPunjabi/UrduShahid Rana
1991Riaz GujjarPunjabiHassan Askari
1992Daku RaajPunjabiIdrees Khan
1992MajhuPunjabiMasood Butt
1993ZamanaPunjabi/UrduJaved Fazil
1993ZabataPunjabi/UrduJahangir Qaisar
1993Akri ShehzadaPunjabiMohammad Aslam Malik
1994Gujjar BadshahPunjabiMasood Butt
1994Sher Punjab DaPunjabiShahid Rana
1994Zameen AasmanPunjabi/UrduHasnain
1994SarangaPunjabiMasood Asghar
1994International LuterayUrdu/PunjabiIqbal Kashmiri
1994Pajero GroupPunjabi/UrduIdrees Khan
1994Ghunda RajPunjabi/UrduSaeed Rana
1994Danda PeerPunjabi-
1995Madam RaniPunjabi/UrduMasood Butt
1995Jungle Ka QanoonPunjabi/UrduMasood Butt
1996Sakhi BadshahPunjabi 

Bibliography

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

References
  1. M. Saeed Awan (26 October 2014), "The dark side of Lollywood", Dawn News. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  2. Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E. (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. Oxford University Press. pp. 488–. ISBN 9780199699308.
  3. Abdul Kareem (8 January 2016). "January 9, 1996: Pakistani actor Sultan Rahi shot dead". Gulf News. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  4. Mushtaq Gazdar, Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997, Oxford University Press (1997), p. 132
  5. Sultan Rahi's profile on Motion Pictures Archive of Pakistan (mpaop) Retrieved 6 June 2019
  6. Malik, Iftikhar Haider (2006). Culture and Customs of Pakistan. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 182–. ISBN 9780313331268.
  7. "When 'Maula Jutt' was killed; Death anniversary of Sultan Rahi – Dunya News". dunyanews.tv.
  8. "PTV to Commence Long Plays Again, First Play Main Woh Aur Main Underway!" (2 November 2018), HipInPakistan. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  9. Sultan Rahi's Nigar Award (1971) on cineplot.com website Retrieved 6 June 2019
  10. Sultan Rahi's Nigar Award (1972) on cineplot.com Retrieved 6 June 2019
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