Daily Times

Late iconic actor, Sultan Rahi was remembered for his immense role in Pakistani cinema on Wednesday, his 22nd death anniversary. Rahi started his film career in 1959 as an extra in the ‘Baghi’ and in 1975 he became an action icon for lovers of Punjabi films. Some of his mega hits include ‘Maula Jatt’, ‘Sher Khan,’ ‘Chan Veryam’, ‘Kaley Chore’, ‘Godfather’, ‘Basheeraa’ and ‘Wehsi Gujjar’. He remained the most popular Punjabi film hero during the 1970s and 1980s. During his professional career, he appeared in more than 850 Punjabi and Urdu-language flicks and was named in the Guinness Book of Records as the most prolific actor. His films were marked with diamond, platinum and silver jubilee awards. The actor was murdered in 1996 while travelling from Lahore to Islamabad by robbers who tried to rob him and his friends. He was 58 years old at the time of his death.

Published in Daily Times, January 10^th 2019.