Murad

Hamid Ali Khan Murad (24 September 1911 – 24 April 1997), known simply as Murad, was an Indian character actor who appeared in more than 200 Hindi language films from the early 1940s through to the end of the 1980s, playing character roles of a father, police officer, judge and an emperor.

His son Raza Murad is also an actor in the Hindi film industry who is known for playing mostly villain roles. His niece is actress Zeenat Aman and his granddaughters are actresses Sonam and Sanober Kabir.

Early life Murad was born on 24 September 1911 in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, British India. He studied at Minto Circle (STS High School), Aligarh Muslim University.

His son, Raza Murad, also an actor, shared in an interview in 1996 that his father had had an attack of paralysis in 1981. He partially recovered from it but had a hard time walking after that attack. Murad then fully retired from his acting career in 1987. Some of his films later had delayed releases until 1990. Do Bigha Zamin (1953) (1981) as Judge Andar Baahar (1984) Dilwaala (1986) Adhikar (1986 film) Tamacha (1988) Shahenshah (1988) as Judge Jaiswal Falak (1988 film) Anjaane Rishte (1989) Bhrashtachar (1989) Pyar Ke Naam Qurbaan (1990)