Veteran actor Syed Asad Bukhari dies

LAHORE:Veteran actor, producer and director Syed Ejazul Hasan Bukhari, known as Syed Asad Bukhari in film industry of Pakistan, died here on Tuesday.

According to family sources, the versatile actor passed away and his funeral prayer took place on Tuesday evening at his Gulberg residence. The senior actor was born in the town of Gakkhar near Gujranwala in 1924. He got his first break as an actor in director Shabab Keranwi’s film “Surayya”.

He started his journey on the big screen in Urdu films and later transitioned to Punjabi cinema as a villain to much fanfare. He was the most well-known negative role actor after Mazhar Shah with both of them having trademark dialogues still remembered today. Other than that, Bukhari also starred in some Punjabi movies as the lead actor.

Syed Asad Bukhari starred in some 121 movies during his shinning career spanning over four & a half decades. Besides acting, he also produced and directed a number of films. His most famous films include “Aasu Bala”, “Khan Zaada” and “Akela”. His self-produced film “Dilan day Soday” proved to be a big hit with the fans although his Urdu venture “Mein Akela” could not achieve same success.