Qavi Khan

Khan was born in an Urdu-speaking family of ancestral Pashtun (Yousufzai) roots to a father who served in the British Indian Army. Following the 1947 Partition of India, the family moved to Pakistan, settling down in Khokropar, Sindh, before moving to Peshawar, where they would live opposite the Mahabat Khan Mosque. Khan would get his early education there and later work as a front desk officer at a Grindlays Bank branch before going to Lahore to pursue his passion of acting more seriously. ==Career==

Radio In 1952, he began his career as a child artist by joining Radio Pakistan Peshawar. Theatre In 1961, he was cast in Dagha Baz, a play written by Envar Sajjad and directed by Kamal Ahmed Rizvi. In 2021, he played Muhammad Boota, a Punjabi authoritative older man who has a legacy in the catering business, in Ishq Jalebi, a role written especially for him. Films In 1964, he worked in his first movie, Diljeet Mirza's Riwaj. In 1971, he started producing films, Mr Buddhu being the first of some 13 film productions, while he would eventually act in over 200 films. Literature He was also a playwright, having written the autobiographical one-man stage play Action and Reaction in 2011. ==Death==

Khan died of cancer on 5 March 2023, at the age of 80 in Canada and was laid to rest at Meadowvale Cemetery, Section 32, Grave No 114, Brampton, Ontario, Canada. ==Selected filmography==

Films Television series ==Awards and recognition==

• 2012 Sitara-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan • PTV Award for Best Actor • Lux Style Award for Best TV Actor (Critics' & Viewers') at the 18th Lux Style Awards for Aangan ==References==