Munawar Zarif (Urdu: منور ظریف) (25 December 1940 – 29 April 1976) was a Pakistani comedian and film actor. He was a versatile[2] actor and comedian best known for his work in the Pakistani cinema of the 1970s. He was one of the most popular and highest paid actor of his time.[3] His fans named him ‘Shehenshah-i-Zarafat’ or the ‘King of Humor’
He was born on 25 December 1940 in Gujranwala, Punjab.[1] He started his film career from a Punjabi film Dandian in 1961 and got a breakthrough in the film Hath Jori in 1964. After a film career as a comedian, he became a film actor, first as a side-hero in film Pardey mein rehney doe (1968) and then in the title roles and hero in the same year in film Banarsi Thugg (1973) and Jeera Blade (1973). He was awarded the Nigar Award on his outstanding performance in Baharo Phool Barsao (1972), Zeenat (1975) and Ishaq Deewana (1971). He appeared in more than 300 films in just 16 years from 1961–76.[5] He was also famous for his Ad-Lib dialogue delivery. Often he would improvise so much that his fellow actors would have trouble keeping up with him
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