Web Desk: 43rd death anniversary of famous Pakistani film actor Syed Musa Abbas Raza better known as Santosh Kumar is being observed on Wednesday.
He was born in 1925 in Lahore.
He was from an Urdu-speaking family from Lahore, Pakistan. His brother Darpan was also a film actor during the same period, while his other brother S. Suleman was a film director.
He graduated from Osmania University, Hyderabad, British India. He then passed the ICS examination and was waiting to work as a civil servant in the government, before a friend dissuaded him to look towards cinema instead.
After the Partition of India in 1947, Santosh Kumar migrated to Lahore, Pakistan with his family.
Santosh Kumar was active in Pakistani cinema during the 1950s and 60s and is considered to be the first romantic hero of Pakistan.
The very first Nigar Award for best actor was awarded to Kumar for his film Waada.
Then he won the Best Actor Nigar Awards for 1962 and 1963.
Santosh Kumar was Pakistan’s superstar film hero, along with Sudhir, but he was the first-ever top romantic hero. His first film was Ahinsa in 1947 in India.
In Pakistan, his first film was Beli in 1950, and in the same year he became film hero of the first-ever Pakistani silver jubilee Urdu film Do Ansoo (1950).
He married actress Sabiha Khanum on 1 October 1958 and had three children together including a son named Syed Ahsan Raza and two daughters named Fareeha & Afia .
Santosh’s grandson Syed Mobin Abbas is a fashion model & actor starring in many videos and fashion shows. Granddaughter Sarish Khan is a model and actress.
Finally he was awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award by the President of Pakistan in 2010 long after his death.
Shaam Dhalay (1960) is the only movie he produced, directed and played the lead role in.
Santosh Kumar died on this day in 1982 in Lahore in the age of 56.
