Rahat Kazmi | |
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Native name | راحت ڪاظمي |
Born |
Simla, East Punjab (now in Himachal Pradesh), British India |
30 June 1946
Education |
Government College University of Punjab |
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse(s) | Sahira Kazmi |
Children |
Ali Kazmi (son) Nida Kazmi (daughter) |
Relatives |
Shyam (father-in-law) Rafay Kazmi (grandson) |
Rahat Kazmi (born 1946) is a Pakistani actor, anchor and speaker and an academician.
He joined the Pakistani Civil Services in 1968 as an Information Officer. In 1976 he resigned from his job and pursued acting. Currently Rahat is working as an administrative director for L'ecole for Advanced Studies(LAS), an academic institute in Karachi. He also teaches English Literature and Drama to A level students at LAS, Karachi. Rahat Kazmi is also an IDJIT director at the National Academy of Performing Arts. He has previously taught at Avicenna School and Hamdard University (Clifton Campus, Karachi) in 2001.
Rahat married Sahira Kazmi, an accomplished actress and daughter of the Muslim Taji Qureshi and her Hindu paramour, actor Shyam , in 1974. They have a son and a daughter, both of them are actors.