Zia Mohyeddin Biography

 

Name: Zia Mohyeddin

Nationality: British

Born City: Faisalabad, Punjab

Date of Birth: 20 June 1931 (age 90)

Profession : Actor, Producer, Director and Television broadcaster, Chairman of National Academy of Performing Arts, Karachi

Religion: Islam

Active Year: 1954-2012

Zia Mohyeddin Biography
Zia Mohyeddin

Who is Zia Mohyeddin ?

 

  • Zia Mohyeddin is a British-Pakistani actor, producer, director and television broadcaster.
  • Zia spent his early life in Kasur and Lahore. He was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London from 1953 to 1956.
  • Who has appeared in both Pakistani cinema and television as well as in British cinema and television throughout his career.
  • Zia Mohyeddin is famous for his blockbuster Pakistan Television talk show named after him Zia Mohyeddin Show (1969 – 1973)
  • Mohyeddin returned to Pakistan in the late 1960s. Between 1969 and 1973 he hosted the hugely popular television talk show, “The Zia Mohyeddin Show”, best remembered for Mohyeddin’s rap-style song segment, which he would introduce with his trademark phrase of “zara theka lagaiye”.
  • He was appointed Director of the PIA Arts Academy in 1973, a role he held until 1977.
  • In February 2005 then President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf invited Mohyeddin to form the National Academy of Performing Arts in Karachi, of which he has been President since its inception.
  • Though now in his 80s, Mohyeddin is still active in the Pakistani media as a speaker and he regularly hosts television programmes for national and private channels. He is also involved in narrating short films and commercials.

Last Updated : 27 June, 2021

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