Ilyas Kashmiri (actor)

Ilyas Kashmiri (25 December 1925 – 12 December 2007) was a Pakistani film actor.

Early life and career
Born in Muhalla Dara Shikoh, near Rivoli Cinema, in Lahore, Punjab, British India, Kashmiri became an actor in Bombay before the Partition of India. Throughout his career, Kashmiri appeared in more than 600 movies.

Due to his long acting career, he remained an inspiration for the beginners in the Pakistani film industry and was known as Taya Jee in the film world.

Filmography

 * Mundri (Punjabi-language film, 1949)
 * Mahi Munda (1956)
 * Kismet (1956)
 * Yakke Wali (1957)
 * Waada (1957)
 * Mukhra (1958)
 * Imam Din Gohavia (1967)
 * Mera Ghar Meri Jannat (1968)
 * Rangeela (1970)
 * Khushia (1973)
 * Banarsi Thug (1973 film) (1973)
 * Ziddi (1973)
 * Sharif Badmash (1975)
 * Bin Badal Barsaat (1975)
 * Wehshi Jatt (1975)
 * Aik Gunnah Aur Sahi (1975)
 * Chitra Tay Shera (1976)
 * Seeta Maryam Margaret (1978)
 * Ranga Daku (1979)
 * General Bakht Khan (1979)
 * Behram Daku (1980)
 * Sher Khan (1981)
 * Chan Varyam (1981)
 * Chan Suraj (1981)
 * Anokha Daaj (1981)
 * Maidan (1982)
 * Ik Doli (1982)
 * Charda Suraj (1982)
 * Rustam Te Khan (1983)
 * Sher Mama (1983)
 * Dara Baloch (1983)
 * Jagga Tay Shera (1984)
 * Kalia (1984)
 * Malanga (1986)
 * Mela (1986)
 * Joora (1986)
 * Qaidi (1986)
 * Moti Sher (1987)
 * Saranga (1994)
 * Madam Rani (1995)

Death
Ilyas Kashmiri died on 12 December 2007 in Lahore, aged 81. He had been bed-ridden for the previous six years. He had been suffering from diabetes for some years and his left leg was amputated a few years ago due to gangrene. His wife, Parveen, had died ten years before him.