#zia mohyeddin

[myfavoritepeterotoole]

Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) directed by David Lean

Peter O'Toole as T. E. Lawrence

Omar Sharif as Sherif Ali

#peter o'toole #omar sharif #lawrence of arabia #compass #cup #water #zia mohyeddin #jordan #al jafr #el jafr #peter o'toole and omar sharif

[mariocki]

RIP Zia Mohyeddin (20.6.1931 - 13.2.2023)

"It would be foolish of me to say that my acting career began on the stage in a play, written by my father, at the age of 11. A lot of people who act as schoolboys become lawyers or accountants or insurance agents. But something happened to me during that first experience. I lost all sense of time and space. It was as though I had lost my sense of recognition. The people I had been rehearsing with were strangers whom I had never seen before. As for the actual setting, it appeared to be a space in another world, a dream. And although I spoke my lines, it was quite some time before I realized that it was I who was speaking."

#zia mohyeddin #death ment tw #rip #character actors #belated‚ but I only read of his passing this evening #lawrence of arabia #the hidden truth #the avengers #adam adamant lives! #the champions #man in a suitcase #hadleigh #danger man #gangsters #the jewel in the crown #khartoum #deadlier than the male #work is a four letter word #ashanti #family pride #an incredibly talented performer and a renaissance man in the arts; Zia came to the uk in the early 50s to study at RADA and quickly #established himself as a stage presence (including originating the role of Dr Aziz in A Passage to India). there followed an enviable list #of genre credits on tv‚ the roles he's probably best remembered for now in the uk‚ as well as a regular part on The Hidden Truth and scene #stealing appearances in The Avengers and Man in a Suitcase. returning to his native Pakistan‚ Zia had a very successful talk show #there were also films‚ directorships of Performing Arts institutes; clashing with the military regime in late 70s Pakistan he returned to #the uk where he produced Here and Now‚ an influential multicultural programme; he produced and starred in the first uk soap with a british #asian cast; he travelled the world giving readings of prose and poetry in Urdu‚ and he championed the arts in his home country when he #returned there again. finally he was asked to form Karachi's National Academy of Performing Arts in 2005‚ something he approached like his #life's work and of which he was immensely proud in interviews (and on which he worked tirelessly and passionately). a genuinely incredible #individual who's much more than some old tv guest spots; but i love him for those too. rip Zia.

[mehreenkhan]

Another loss.

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilailhi Raaji'oon

The voice that made us fall in love with the Urdu language is no more. Zia Mohiuddin Sahib was an era in himself. A legendary performer he left his mark on theatre, TV, and especially on reciting Urdu classics - poetry and prose - in his inimitable style. No one can come close to Zia Sahab when it comes to reciting Urdu.

20, June 1931 - 13, February 2023

Zia Mohyeddin reciting “Ab yahan koi nahi koi nahi ayega” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz

May his soul rest in the heavens.

#zia mohyeddin #rip #urdu literature #Youtube

[undinecissy]

#james wilby #immaculate conception #melissa leo #shabana azmi #Ronny Jhutti #zia mohyeddin #James Cossins #Jamil Dehlavi #1992 #new 2K restoration #2019

[thisbluespirit]

Zia Mohyeddin as Hamavid da Silva in the rediscovered episodes of The Hidden Truth (Rediffusion, 1964).

#zia mohyeddin #gif #the hidden truth #hamavid da silva #james maxwell #henry fox #1960s #detectives #drama #burninated tv #rip #(nothing new here #but here's a collective edition of zia being great in this very interesting lost little 1960s forensics show) #/salutes

[bakaity-poetry]

आइए हाथ उठाएँ हम भी

हम जिन्हें रस्म-ए-दुआ याद नहीं

हम जिन्हें सोज़-ए-मोहब्बत के सिवा

कोई बुत कोई ख़ुदा याद नहीं

आइए अर्ज़ गुज़ारें कि निगार-ए-हस्ती

ज़हर-ए-इमरोज़ में शीरीनी-ए-फ़र्दा भर दे

वो जिन्हें ताब-ए-गिराँ-बारी-ए-अय्याम नहीं

उन की पलकों पे शब ओ रोज़ को हल्का कर दे

जिन की आँखों को रुख़-ए-सुब्ह का यारा भी नहीं

उन की रातों में कोई शम्अ मुनव्वर कर दे

जिन के क़दमों को किसी रह का सहारा भी नहीं

उन की नज़रों पे कोई राह उजागर कर दे

जिन का दीं पैरवी-ए-किज़्ब-ओ-रिया है उन को

हिम्मत-ए-कुफ़्र मिले जुरअत-ए-तहक़ीक़ मिले

जिन के सर मुंतज़िर-ए-तेग़-ए-जफ़ा हैं उन को

दस्त-ए-क़ातिल को झटक देने की तौफ़ीक़ मिले

इश्क़ का सिर्र-ए-निहाँ जान-ए-तपाँ है जिस से

आज इ���़रार करें और तपिश मिट जाए

हर्फ़-ए-हक़ दिल में खटकता है जो काँटे की तरह

आज इज़हार करें और ख़लिश मिट जाए

Come, let us raise our hands, as well –

We, the ones who do not remember the ritual of prayer

We, the ones who [do not remember] anything other than the

warmth of love,

do not know of any idol, nor any God.

Come, let us beseech that the Creator of existence may

fill sweetness in the morrow from the poison of today

Those who cannot bear the burden of passing day,

May their eyelids be unburdened of the day and night

They, whose eyes don’t have the strength to see the face of dawn,

May someone light a lamp in their night

They, whose feet have nowhere to go, no path

May someone illuminate a way to their sight

They, whose religion is lies and deceit

May they get the courage to be heretics, and the audacity to question

They, whose heads await the swords of cruelty… to them

The power to ward of the hands that slay

The hidden secret of love is a burning soul… with which

Let’s affirm today so the burning is eased

The words of truth.. which rankle the heart like a thorn

Let’s proclaim them today to relieve the affliction

#dua #prayer #faiz ahmed faiz #zia mohyeddin #urdu #poetry #Youtube

[urduclassic]

شعر و ادب کی منفرد آواز ضیا محی الدین

معروف ہدایت کار ضیا محی الدین نے 1949ء میں گورنمنٹ کالج لاہور سے گریجویشن کیا، انہوں نے آسٹریلیا اور انگلینڈ سے اعلیٰ تعلیم حاصل کی تھی۔ 1956ء میں وہ وطن واپس لوٹے تو انہیں فلم ’لارنس آف عربیہ‘ میں کام کرنے کا موقع ملا تھا۔ بعد ازاں انہوں نے تھیٹر کے کئی ڈراموں اور ہالی وڈ کی کئی فلموں میں کردار ادا کیے تھے، انہوں نے 1962 میں مشہور فلم ’لارنس آف عربیہ‘ میں لازوال کردار ادا کیا۔ 1970ء میں انہوں نے پاکستان ٹیلی وژن کے لیے ’ضیا محی الدین شو‘ کے نام سے ایک اسٹیج پروگرام کی میزبانی کی تھی۔ ضیا محی الدین نے پاکستان ٹیلی وژن سے جو پروگرام پیش کیے ان میں پائل، چچا چھکن اور جو جانے وہ جیتے کے نام سر فہرست ہیں۔ وہ اردو ادب کے فن پارے اپنی خوب صورت آواز میں پیش کرنے میں بھی ماہر تھے، انہیں 2004ء میں کراچی میں نیشنل اکیڈمی آف پرفارمنگ آرٹس کا ڈائریکٹر مقرر کیا گیا۔

ضیا محی الدین کو 2012 میں ہلال امتیاز ایوارڈ سمیت متعدد ایوارڈز سے بھی نوازا گیا۔ اردو ادب کے ممتاز و معروف مزاح نگار مشتاق یوسفی نے ضیا محی الدین کے بارے میں کہا تھا کہ رتن ناتھ سرشار، چوہدری محمد علی ردولوی، فیض احمد فیض اور پطرس کی تصانیف کے شہ پارے ضیا محی الدین نے پڑھے ہیں وہ جہاں لکھنے والے کے کمال فن کا نمونہ ہیں وہاں پڑھنے اور پیش کرنے والے کے حسن انتخاب، سخن فہمی، نکتہ سمجھنے اور سمجھانے کی اہلیت، لفظ کا مزاج اور لہجہ اور لہجے کا ٹھاٹ پہچان کی صلاحیت کا صحیح معنوں میں منہ بولتا ثبوت ہے۔ ان کا کہنا تھا کہ ضیا محی الدین واحد ادبی شخصیت ہیں جن کے پڑھنے اور بولنے کے ڈھنگ کو عالمی شہرت نصیب ہوئی۔

بشکریہ ڈان نیوز

#Lawrence of Arabia #Urdu #Urdu Adab #Urdu Drama #Urdu writers #World #Zia Mohyeddin

[iishtar]

Our societies still have a lingering suspicion that actors, and musicians too for that matter, do not have a proper job and therefore do not do any real work. We still regard an actor to be a vagabond and a wastrel. I am aware that our efforts can only bear fruit in a less intolerant society. I see no way out of the mediocrity which currently rules our perceptions and imaginations unless we give up making compromises. We are now living in a devastatingly tortuous period. I can offer you no words of wisdom that can mitigate the anguish we’re surrounded with. I can only hold on to my belief that work is life and there is no point in life other than work.

Zia Mohyeddin [x] 

#zia mohyeddin #pakistan #art #theater

[cultfaction]

They Came from Beyond Space (1967)

“They Came from Beyond Space” is a science-fiction movie released in 1967, directed by Freddie Francis and produced by Amicus Productions. The movie is based on the novel “The Gods Hate Kansas” by Joseph Millard. It is a story of alien invasion and mind control that takes place in England. hey Came from Beyond Space used many of the sets and props left over from Amicus’s Daleks’ Invasion Earth…

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#Bernard Kay #Jennifer Jayne #Robert Hutton #They Came from Beyond Space #Zia Mohyeddin

[beenasarwar]

A personal tribute: Zia Mohyeddin, truly one of a kind

Another obituary I wish I didn’t have to write. Farewell Zia sahib. What a life – and what a contribution to the arts and progressive thinking, with your immaculate performances and recitations. Thanks to The Wire editors for pushing me to write this piece, sent out as a Sapan News Network syndicated feature to several publications. Zia Mohyeddin: An unparalleled orator. Photo: Courtesy Dr.…

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#azra mohyeddin #Faiz Ahmed Faiz #military dicatorship #Nahid Siddiqui #Urdu #Zia Mohyeddin #Ziaul Haq

[myfavoritepeterotoole]

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) directed by David Lean

Peter O'Toole as T. E. Lawrence

Omar Sharif as Sherif Ali

Zia Mohyeddin as Tafas

#peter o'toole #omar sharif #zia mohyeddin #lawrence of arabia #stumble

[mariocki]

Man in a Suitcase: Night Flight to Andorra (1.30, ITC, 1968)

"You know we're not in this for kicks by now, don't you?"

"I heard a story about Buck, whoever Buck might be, something about taking me behind the sheds and murdering me."

"Ha. Well, old Buck watches a lot of TV, ma'am."

#man in a suitcase #night flight to andorra #classic tv #1968 #reed de rouen #jan read #freddie francis #richard bradford #peter woodthorpe #zia mohyeddin #luanshya greer #ewan hooper #edward underdown #carlos pierre #robert crewdson #peter swanwick #fred beauman #ricardo montez #charles laurence #nita lorraine #and so McGill bows out. this was probably never intended as a series finale (it was 28th in production‚ with 1.26 The Revolutionaries the #final episode shot) but it inadvertently acts as a kind of unofficial coda on the series; McGill is finally back doing the work he was #trained for‚ albeit in an unofficial capacity‚ putting together a team for a heist on behalf of the uk government. much of the exposition #is handwaved through (we never really know how McGill came to be doing this job‚ nor why he's explicitly working for the uk when the US are #also a concerned party) but there's much to enjoy in the classic heist setup of a band of uneasy allies working to their own agendas. of #these‚ the late Mohyeddin is the standout as the sole likeable member of the gang; so charming in fact that even when he pulls a knife on #an innocent girl‚ he manages to do it in such a way that he still seems perfectly reasonable and friendly. de Rouen had cowritten the only #real dud in the series‚ 1.22‚ but this is a much better script (and he bagged himself a supporting role into the bargain). Woodthorpe was a #theatre legend‚ having originated parts in both Waiting for Godot and The Caretaker‚ but he was also an infrequent supporting actor in #brit horror films and had already worked with director Francis on three pictures (inc the excellent The Skull for Amicus)

[suchananewsblog]

Veteran Pakistani actor Zia Mohyeddin passes away at 91

Zia Mohyeddin, the first Pakistani ever to work in Hollywood, passed away on February 13, 2023 after a brief illness. He was 91. The veteran actor, director and TV host was admitted to a hospital in Karachi, where he was based, after complaining of abdominal pain and fever. He was later shifted on life support after some surgical procedure. He breathed his last at 6.30 a.m., according to his…

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#pakistani actor Zia Mohyeddin #shehbaz sharif on Zia Mohyeddin #who is zia mohyeddin #Zia Mohyeddin #Zia Mohyeddin dies #Zia Mohyeddin movies #zia mohyeddin passes away

[goalhofer]

2023 In Memoriam Part 8

2nd Lt. Oscar Wilkerson, 96

Dimitrious Stanley, 48

Larry Coyer, 79

Iriki Satoshi, 55

Marguerite Jauzelon, 105

Arne Espeel, 25

Kevin Bell, 67

Robert Hébras, 97

David Jolicoeur, 54

Ted Lerner, 97

Doug Fisher, 75

Ramón Palacios, 102

J. Paul Taylor, 102

Maj. Gen. W. Russell Todd, 94

Brian DuBois, 55

Zia Mohyeddin, 91

Roger Bonk, 78

Conrad Dobler, 72

Archbishop William Joseph Kurtz, 87

Toyoda Shōichirō, 97

Charley Ferguson, 83

Allen Green, 84

Maj. Gen. Gary L. Harrell, 71

#Religion #Tributes #Celebrities #Planes #Illinois #Sports #Football #Ohio #West Virginia #Baseball #Japan #France #Soccer #Belgium #Texas #Books #Music #Rap #New York City #New York #Money #Washington D.C. #Maryland #Wisconsin #Politics #Spain #New Mexico #Washington #Virginia #Movies

[thisbluespirit]

The cast of The Hidden Truth (Rediffusion, 1964).

#the hidden truth #gif #alexander knox #james maxwell #zia mohyeddin #elizabeth weaver #george moon #ruth meyers #jacqui chan #robert lazard #henry fox #ruth coliton #hamavid da silva #stan garnet #bridget webster #tua-ling #1960s #drama #miraculously non burninated tv #burninated tv #my gifs

[kwebtv]

The Jewel in the Crown - ITV - January 9, 1984 - April 3, 1984

Period Drama (14 episodes)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Peggy Ashcroft as Barbara Batchelor

Janet Henfrey as Edwina Crane

Derrick Branche as Ahmed Kasim

Charles Dance as Sgt Guy Perron

Geraldine James as Sarah Layton

Rachel Kempson as Lady Manners

Art Malik as Hari Kumar

Wendy Morgan as Susan Layton

Judy Parfitt as Mildred Layton

Tim Pigott-Smith as Supt./Capt/Maj/Lt Col Ronald Merrick

Eric Porter as Count Dmitri Bronowsky

Susan Wooldridge as Daphne Manners

Ralph Arliss as Capt. Samuels

Geoffrey Beevers as Capt Kevin Coley

James Bree as Maj/Lt Col Arthur Grace

Jeremy Child as Robin White

Warren Clarke as Cpl "Sophie" Dixon

Rowena Cooper as Connie White

Anna Cropper as Nicky Paynton

Fabia Drake as Mabel Layton

Nicholas Farrell as Edward "Teddie" Bingham

Matyelok Gibbs as Sister Ludmila Smith

Carol Gillies as Clarissa Peplow

Rennee Goddard as Dr Anna Klaus

Jonathan Haley and Nicholas Haley as Edward Bingham Jr

Saeed Jaffrey as Ahmed Ali Gaffur Kasim Bahadur, the Nawab of Mirat

Karan Kapoor as Colin Lindsey

Rashid Karapiet as Judge Menen

Kamini Kaushal as Shalini Sengupta

Rosemary Leach as Fenella "Fenny" Grace

David Leland as Capt Leonard Purvis

Nicholas Le Prevost as Capt Nigel Rowan

Marne Maitland as Pandit Baba

Jamila Massey as Maharanee Aimee

Zia Mohyeddin as Mohammad Ali Kasim

Salmaan Peerzada as Sayed Kasim

Om Puri as Mr de Souza

Stephen Riddle as Capt Dicky Beauvais

Norman Rutherford as Edgar Maybrick

Dev Sagoo as S.V. Vidyasagar

Zohra Sehgal as Lady Lili Chatterjee

Frederick Treves as Lt Col John Layton

Stuart Wilson as Capt James Clark

Leslie Grantham as Signals Sergeant

#The Jewel in the Crown #TV #Period Drama #ITV #1984 #1980's #Tim Pigott-Smith #Susan Wooldridge #Art Malik #Charles Dance #Geraldine James