Life and Work
Rahi belonged to an Urdu speaking family who migrated from Muzaffar Nagar, District Bijnore, Utter Pradesh, India after partition and settled in Rawalpindi. Before joining films he acted in the stage drama named Nadir Shah Durrani in 1955.
Rahi was an extra in the 1959 film Baghi. Although he struggled for a few years in the early 1960s, playing only a few supporting roles. The turning point came in 1972, when three of his films celebrated diamond jubilees. In 1975 he became an action icon for the lovers of Punjabi films. In 1979 Maula Jatt became his most successful Pakistani film to date. Rahi worked most often with directors Masood Rana and Younas Malik.
On 9 January 1996 he was shot dead on the main highway in Pakistan known as GT Road, near Gujranwala, Punjab. There was no real progress to his murder investigation.
Rahi has a son, Haider Sultan, who is actor.
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