Mohammad Sarwar Mir is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is known for his roles in films such as Kesari, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and Jolly LLB 2.
Career Born in a Kashmiri family, Sarwar started his career with 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.
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. Mir has recently directed the film BED NO.17 in Srinagar and the film will be screened in several film festivals. In 2017, Sarwar worked on the production of Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Kaatru Veliyidai and shot for the film in Hyderabad and Ladakh. He successfully auditioned for the film, with date clashes meaning he opted out of his role in Naam Shabana for the opportunity.
Kedarnath was released on 7 December 2018. In 2019 he appeared in the films Kesari, Notebook and Hamid. After Kesari, Panipat, Chanakya, Jai Hind and some web series like The Family Man, Bard of Blood, Bhram and Special Ops released.
Sarwar played the protagonist in Half Widow, Kashmir Daily, and Lihaaf. He played the negative lead in Dharma Productions' Kesari (2019). 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.
Filmography Films Year Title Role Language Notes2015 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 Half Widow Khalid Urdu 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 Chanakya Abdul Salim Telugu 2020 Pawan Putra Bhojpuri LaxmiiAbdul Chacha Hindi VanguardKalasuEnglish, Mandarin, Arabic2021 State of Siege: Temple Attack Bilal Naikoo Hindi Shershaah Hyder 2022Hai Tujhe Salaam IndiaPradhan2023 Mission Majnu A.Q.Khan Lafzon Mein Pyaar NarendraSamara Ramanujam MalayalamHukus BukusCoach KhalidHindi2024PhullwantiBadshahMarathi2025Hari Hara Veera MalluJatt KingTelugu Songs of ParadiseBashirHindi BaramullaAnsari2026Ustaad Bhagat SinghAfzal BaghdadiTeluguRaja ShivajiRandaula Khan
Television Year Title Role2018Bose: Dead/AliveRehmat Khan/Bhagat Singh2019The Family ManFaizan BhramElder Yakub 2020Special OPSHamid 2024Ranneeti: Balakot & BeyondHammad Wadhera2025 Black Warrant Maqbool BhattTanaav Idris Lone
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