From Gul Hameed to Shahrukh Khan there is a long list of superb film stars who are related one way or the other to KPK. Gul Hameed was the first film actor who had worked both in silent movies and talkies in 1920s. He was born in village Pirpiai Nowshera. A fatal disease cut short his life when he was barely thirty. Bollywood hasn’t seen any other film hero more handsome than him. Vinod Khanna, another debonair closely related to Mehr Chand Khanna, a minister in the Congress government in former NWFP before partition was born in Peshawar cantt. Premnath who worked both as hero and villain in many Bollywood films was born in Peshawar city. The famous Bollywood film producer Surinder Kapoor, father of Bollywood films ‘ hero Anil Kapoor was also born in Peshawar. Madhu Bala was daughter of Attaullah Khan who belonged to Swabi KPK. Rajkapoor was born and bred in Peshawar. He was son of Pritviraaj who was once a broadcaster of Radio station Peshawar. Dilip Kumar and his brother Nasir Khan were also born in Peshawar city. Firdaus Jamal famous film star of Lollywood was born in Peshawar. Manoj Kumar had worked in many super hit movies of Bollywood. He was born in Abbotabad.
The famous character actor Jayant whose original name was Zikria Khan was born in Peshawar city.
The Doyens of Cricket Running Commentary
TV had not yet been introduced in the country and Radio Pakistan was the only electronic media in those days....
