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Sultan Rahi

1938 - 1996

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Sultan Rahi (Urdu: ﺳﻠﻄﺎﻥ ﺭﺍﮨﯽ; June 24, 1938 – January 9, 1996) was a Pakistani actor, producer and screenwriter. He established himself as one of the leading and most successful actors of Pakistani and Punjabi cinema, and received a reputation as Pakistan's "Clint Eastwood".During a career spanning 40 years, he acted in some 703 Punjabi films and 100 Urdu films, winning around 160 awards.Rahi earned two Nigar Awards for his work in Babul (1971) and Basheera (1972).In 1975 he portrayed the character of Maula Jatt in Wehshi Jatt, winning his third Nigar Award. He reprised the role in its sequel Maula Jatt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sultan Rahi has received more than 958,854 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Sultan Rahi is the 7,996th most popular actor (down from 7,386th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 110th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Pakistani Actor.

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  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sultan Rahi ranks 7,996 out of 9,996Before him are Damian Chapa, Vanessa Angel, Derek Richardson, Ana María Orozco, Lee Garlington, and Guinevere Turner. After him are John Kricfalusi, Philip Carey, Julia Jentsch, Alison Pill, Lew Cody, and David Kross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Sultan Rahi ranks 511Before him are Arthur Scargill, Terry Wogan, Eduard Ivanov, Wilson Kiprugut, Ryszard Parulski, and Darrall Imhoff. After him are Sam Nunn, Les Murray, Kathy Kirby, Gus Johnson, Gary Collins, and Ian St John. Among people deceased in 1996, Sultan Rahi ranks 292Before him are Jack Ragland, Jean Muir, Ron Brown, Audrey Meadows, Vince Edwards, and Vyacheslav Lemeshev. After him are Allenby Chilton, Benny Brown, Joseph Bernardin, Dana Hill, Lyle Talbot, and Lucille Bremer.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Sultan Rahi ranks 111 out of 180Before him are Ram Jethmalani (1923), Suraiya (1929), Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950), Kulbhushan Kharbanda (1944), Yash Pal (1926), and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1958). After him are Hafiz Saeed (1950), Keshav Dutt (1925), Salima Ikram (1965), Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1951), A. K. Hangal (1915), and Shamshad Begum (1919).

Among ACTORS In Pakistan

Among actors born in Pakistan, Sultan Rahi ranks 19Before him are Noor Jehan (1926), Balraj Sahni (1913), Sadhana Shivdasani (1941), Prem Chopra (1935), Suraiya (1929), and Kulbhushan Kharbanda (1944). After him are A. K. Hangal (1915), Iqbal Theba (1963), Suresh Oberoi (1946), Bina Rai (1931), Shyama (1935), and Googie Withers (1917).

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