Santosh Kumar (actor)

Santosh Kumar
SI
Santosh Kumar SI
سنتوش کُمار
	In 1962 film Mousiqaar
Born	Syed Musa Raza; 25 December 1925; Lahore, Punjab, British India
Died	11 June 1982 (aged 56); Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Other names	The First Romantic Hero of Pakistan
Education	Osmania University
Years active	1947–1982
Spouses	; Jamila Begum (m. 1953; died 1982) ; Sabiha Khanum (m. 1958)
Children	Syed Ahsan Raza (son); Fareeha Shaharyar (daughter); Afia Chaudhry (daughter);
Relatives	Darpan (brother); Nayyar Sultana (sister-in-law); Mansoor (brother); S. Suleman (brother); Zareen Panna (sister-in-law); Sarish Khan (grand-daughter);
Awards	Sitara-i-Imtiaz (2010)

Syed Musa Abbas Raza, (Urdu: سیّد مُوسٰی عبّاس رضا; 25 December 1925 – 11 June 1982) better known as Santosh Kumar (Urdu: سنتوش کُمار), was a Pakistani film actor who was popular in the 1950s and 1960s. He is also known as The First Romantic Hero of Pakistan and is often recognized for his role in Pakistani cinema.^[1] He was from an Urdu-speaking family from Lahore, Pakistan. His brother Darpan was also a film actor during the same period, while his other brother S. Suleman was a film director.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Remembering Santosh Kumar: the first romantic hero of Pakistan — Part I". Daily Times. 2 September 2023.
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[DailyTimes-1] "Remembering Santosh Kumar: the first romantic hero of Pakistan — Part I". Daily Times. 2 September 2023.

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