Yousuf Khan (actor)

Yousuf Khan (Urdu: یوسف خان‎; died September 20, 2009, Lahore) was one of Pakistan's most respected actors. He appeared in more than four hundred films in Urdu, Punjabi and Pashto languages in his 46 years long career.

Yousuf Khan made his debut in Pakistani film Parwaaz in 1954. He started his film career as a supporting actor in films but later matured into a lead actor. He started his film career when the Pakistani film industry was ruled by big name actors like Sudhir, Santosh Kumar, Darpan and Aslam Pervaiz. He made a name for himself first as a romantic hero of Urdu language films. Then later on, in the late 1970s and 1980s, as an action hero in Punjabi and Pushto language films.

• Hasrat (1958)
• Khamosh Raho (1964)
• Malangi (1965)
• Maa Baap (1966)
• Imam Din Gohavia (1967)
• Ziddi (1973)
• Jawab Do (1974)
• Sharif Badmash (1975)
• Chitra Te Shera (1976)
• Warrant (1976)
• General Bakht Khan (1979)
• Wadda Khan (1983)
• Rustam Tey Khan (1983)
• Ghulami (1985)
• Umar Mukhtar (1997 film)
• Buddha Gujjar (2002)
• Dushman Mera Yaar
• Qissa Khawani
• Dushman Dar - (1981)
• Khan -E- Azam
• Sher Maidaan Da
• Chann Puttar
• Chhanga Tay Manga
• Shera
• Khuda Gawah ((1993)

• http://www.janubaba.com/c/forum/topic/20869/Lollywood/Nigar_Awards__Complete_History, Yousuf Khan's Nigar Award for Best Actor in a Punjabi language film Ziddi (1973 film), info listed on janubaba.com website, Retrieved 17 Nov 2016
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Yousuf Khan died 0n 20 Sep 2009 at age 78 at Lahore, Pakistan of cardiac arrest.

• Nigar Award for Best Actor in Punjabi language film Ziddi (1973 film)
• Pride of Performance Award in 2004 by the President of Pakistan