KARACHI: Legendary performer Badar Munir who won the hearts of the audience and dominated the silver screen for more than forty years is being commemorated today on the 17th anniversary of his death.
It was hard to predict that such a person who had once given a ride on a rickshaw in Karachi during 1970s, and who had served coffee to the ‘chocolate hero’ Waheed Murad, would become the king of the Pashto film industry, though uncrowned.
Badar Munir’s stardom was kicked off when Waheed Murad appreciated his talent and got him in the romantic Pashto classic “Yousuf Khan Sher Bano.” The movie became a major hit, and Munir was abruptly made a star.
The acting journey that had begun with Yousuf Khan Sher Bano did not stop ever since. Badar Munir made over 700 appearances in films of different languages including Pashto, Urdu, Punjabi, and Sindhi, thus gaining widespread popularity in Pakistan throughout his remarkable 42-year career.
Besides his good looks, he was also known for his powerful voice, which made him a commendable figure in the cinema of the region and a representative of the whole industry.
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Badar Munir left this world on October 11, 2008, after suffering from a heart attack, but his legacy did not die with him and still continues to attract new generations of actors and film lovers.
