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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Mahmood Ali<br />
| image = <br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1928}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|07|11|1928|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Karachi]], Pakistan<br />
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| occupation = [[Radio Pakistan]] and [[Pakistani television]] artist<br />
| years_active = 1945 &ndash; 1995<br />
| known_for = <br />
| notable_works = <br />
| awards = [[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[President of Pakistan]] in 1985<br />
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'''Syed Mahmood Ali''' (1928 – 11 July 2008; [[Urdu]]:سید محمود علی) was a [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] radio, film, television and stage artist.<ref name=Dawn>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/311562/artist-mahmood-ali-is-no-more |title=Artist Mahmood Ali is no more|date=13 July 2008|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|access-date=12 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220145324/https://www.dawn.com/news/311562/artist-mahmood-ali-is-no-more|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
Mahmood Ali was born in [[Hyderabad Deccan]] in British India in 1928.<ref name=urduwire/> He began his career with [[All India Radio]] in 1945. He migrated to Pakistan after [[Partition of India|independence]], arriving in [[Lahore]] in 1947. He soon moved to Karachi and joined [[Radio Pakistan]] during its early days, in 1947.<ref name=Dawn/> Mahmood Ali contributed to Radio Pakistan and [[Pakistan Television Corporation|Pakistan Television]] for more than 50 years.<ref name=urduwire>{{cite web|url= <br />
http://urduwire.com/people/Mahmood-Ali_499.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330184503/http://urduwire.com/people/Mahmood-Ali_499.aspx |title=Profile of Mahmood Ali|date=17 July 2012|website= Urduwire.com website|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=dead|access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref><br />
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==Radio==<br />
His notable contributions are:<br />
* Syed Mahmood Ali started his acting career from a radio play, ''Khawaja Moinuddin's Theater''.<ref name=urduwire/><br />
* ''Haamid Mian Kay Haan'' (a Radio Pakistan play in the 1950s)<br />
* ''Mirza Ghalib Bunder Road Pe'' (a Radio Pakistan play in the 1960s)<ref name=urduwire/><br />
* ''Lal Qila Sey Lalu Khait Tak'' (a Radio Pakistan play in the 1960s)<ref name=urduwire/><br />
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==TV==<br />
* In 1965, Ali joined [[Pakistan Television Corporation|Pakistan television]] as an employee.<ref name=urduwire/><br />
* His role as 'Maulvi Sahib' in [[Pakistan Television Corporation]]'s production, PTV TV drama series [[Taleem-e-Balighan]] (1966), became very popular.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=Dawn1/><ref name=urduwire/><br />
* [[Khuda Ki Basti (serial)]] ( first production in 1969, second production in 1974 by PTV)<ref name=urduwire/><ref name=Dawn1>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1169324|title=Old but not forgotten: Top 10 Pakistani dramas to re-watch now|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|author=Bisma Ahmad|date=13 March 2015|access-date=12 May 2025|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101003933/https://www.dawn.com/news/1169324|archive-date=1 January 2025}}</ref><br />
* ''[[Kiran Kahani]]'' (1973)<br />
* ''[[Zair, Zabar, Pesh]]'' (1974)<br />
* ''[[Hawain]]'' (1997)<br />
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==Films==<br />
Mahmood Ali also worked in over 25 films:<ref name=urduwire/><br />
* Chori Chhuppe (1965)<br />
* [[Insan Aur Gadha]] (1973)<br />
* Khush Naseeb (1980s)<ref name=Dawn/><br />
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==Death and legacy==<br />
Syed Mahmood Ali died on 11 July 2008 due to cardiac arrest at age 80. He was buried at [[Wadi-e-Hussain]] graveyard in [[Karachi]], Pakistan.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=urduwire/><br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
* [[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[President of Pakistan]] in 1985<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=urduwire/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Lollywood actors]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb name|3773584}}<br />
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{{Pride of Performance for Arts}}<br />
{{PTV Programs}}<br />
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{{Authority control}}<br />
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