Tanveer Jamal

Tanveer Jamal (30 June 1960 – 13 July 2022) was a Pakistani actor, director and producer.

Early life
After doing his matriculation in Karachi, he went to France for higher studies, and later worked in Japan as a fashion model.

Career
He started his career in 1989 with director Kazim Pasha's play Jangloos and got fame from the first play. His other notable PTV dramas included Jinnah to Quaid, Samjhauta, Babar, Antha, Janam Jalli and Jalte Suraj. He became well-known for directing and producing the first action-packed mega drama serial Godfather in a private production, the drama being recorded in both Pakistan and Japan.

He remained active as an actor in Pakistan for nearly four decades, and was awarded the Best Actor Award by PTV and had also launched a private satellite television channel, Shaheen Pay TV (SPTV), one of the first in the country.

Family
He was married to a Japanese woman with whom he had three children, the family living in Japan.

Other interests
Apart from acting, he was also a squash player and a cinematographer.

He was a painter as well, gifting paintings to fellow actor Aijaz Aslam.

Illness and death
Jamal was diagnosed with cancer for the first time in 2016 but recovered after treatment. Later he was diagnosed with cancer again, which affected his health. In May 2022 he decided to move to Japan for complete treatment of cancer. He died on 13 July 2022, in Tokyo.