Mohammad Sarwar Mir is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Hindi films including Kesari, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and Jolly LLB 2.

Mir Sarwar
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, director and producer
Known forBajrangi Bhaijaan,
Hai Tujhe Salaam India

Career edit

Sarwar started his career with renowned directors M K Raina and Bapi Bose in Delhi. He was part of three National School of Drama workshops. He moved to Mumbai permanently in late 2014, before being cast in two high-profile films, Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) and Phantom (2015). In the former, he played the father of the lost Pakistani girl Shahida, who is guided by Salman Khan's character back to Pakistan.[1]

Sarwar also worked on the production of Kashmir Daily, a self-financed Kashmiri film venture. He is involved in making Kashmiri films and contributes to the industry's projects without charging a fee in order to encourage film making among local residents.[2][3] Mir has recently Directed a Film BED NO.17 in Srinagar and the film will be screened in several film festivals.[4] In 2017, Sarwar worked on the production of Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Kaatru Veliyidai (2017) and shot for the film in Hyderabad and Ladakh.[5][6] He successfully auditioned for the film, with date clashes meaning he opted out of his role in Naam Shabana (2017) for the opportunity.[7]

Kedarnath was released on 7 December 2018. In 2019 he appeared in the films Kesari, Notebook and Hamid.[8] After Kesari, Panipat, Chanakya, Jai Hind, Pawan Putra and some web series like The Family Man, Bard of Blood, Bhram and Special Ops released.[9]

Sarwar played the protagonist in Half Widow,[10] Kashmir Daily,[3] and Lihaaf.[11] He played the negative lead in Dharma Productions' Kesari (2019).[12] Recently Sarwar wrote and directed the prayer song "Ya Khuda" in the COVID-19 lockdown, which had most of the veteran actors on J&K.[13]

Filmography edit

Films edit

Year Title Role Language Notes
2015 Bajrangi Bhaijaan Rauf Hindi
Phantom Sajid Mir
2016 Dishoom Hadeed
Dil Patang
2017 Jolly LLB 2 Inspector Baig
Jagga Jasoos Shooter
Kaatru Veliyidai Muzaffar Khan Tamil
Daddy Samaad Khan Hindi
Poster Boys
Ittefaq
2016 The End Michael / Kashmiri
Bose: Dead/Alive Rehmat Khan/Talwar English, Hindi
2018 Kashmir Daily Hussain Durrani Hindi,
Kashmiri
Half Widow Khalid Urdu,
Kashmiri
Aiyaary Lt.Col Hari Nath Hindi
Bioscopewala Zadran
Gaalib Nazir Ahmed
Vishwaroop II
Vishwaroopam II Tamil
Lateef to Laden Crush India Hindi
Kedarnath Bashir
2019 Kesari Khan Masud
Hamid Abbass
Notebook Imran's father
Panipat Imad-ul-Mulk
Jai Hind Bhojpuri [14]
Chanakya Abdul Salim Telugu
2020 Pawan Putra Bhojpuri
Laxmii Abdul Chacha Hindi
Vanguard Kalasu English, Mandarin
2021 State of Siege: Temple Attack Bilal Naikoo Hindi
Shershaah Hyder Hindi [15]
2022 Hai Tujhe Salaam India Pradhan Hindi
2023 Mission Majnu A.Q.Khan Hindi
Lafzon Mein Pyaar Narendra Hindi
Samara Ramanujam Malayalam
Hukus Bukus Coach Khalid Hindi

Web series edit

Year Title Role
2018 Bose: Dead/Alive Rehmat Khan/Bhagat Singh
2019 The Family Man Faizan
Bhram Elder Yakub
2020 Special OPS Hamid

References edit

  1. ^ "Bollywood offers a more serene destination for talents from Kashmir". mid-day.com. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  2. ^ Naqash, Rayan (2 April 2017). "Against the odds, a movie about Kashmir by Kashmiris with the message 'If I can, so can't others'". scroll.in. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Kashmiri film chronicling a journalist's fight against drug abuse screened in Srinagar". Hindustan Times. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  4. ^ "'Bed No.17' to head for int'l film festivals". 18 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Mani Ratnam's energy level very inspiring: Mir Sarwar". indiatvnews.com. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Mir Sarwar in Kaatru Veliyidai". Deccan Chronicle. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Left Naam Shabana for Kaatru Veliyidai: Mir Sarwar". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Three releases this month, Kashmiri actor comes of age in Bollywood". 7 March 2019.
  9. ^ "'Kesari' is an upcoming Indian period war drama film based on the Battle of Saragarhi". 12 September 2018.
  10. ^ "In Kashmiri film 'Half Widow', a missing husband and a dilemma: should she hold on or let go?". 6 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Shot in old Srinagar, 'Lihaaf' set for premier in Germany". 26 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Mir Sarwar:Akshay Kumar is undoubtedly the fittest actor today". 18 March 2019.
  13. ^ Khan, M. Amir (11 June 2020). "In Covid times, Valley artistes release song of hope 'Ya Khuda'". Tribune. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  14. ^ TNN (24 June 2019). "'Jai Hind': Pawan Singh shares the new poster of his upcoming film". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  15. ^ "'Shershaah': The Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani starrer to hit the theatres on July 2, 2021". The Times of India. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

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