He came, he mesmerized and kept the viewers enraptured with his charima, charm and distinctive way of dancing. This was Waheed Murad, the most unique actor of the Pakistan screen, a romantic hero with effortless grace in every movement.

The way Waheed Murad pictured a song was unique and utterly different from his peers and predecessors

Music always played a very vital role in sub-continent cinema and one way of ensuring the success of a movie was the quality of its songs and more important, the way they were filmed. The way Waheed Murad pictured a song was unique and utterly different from his peers and predecessors. He had music and dance in every movement and a light-footedness which made it seem as if he floated through the air. It was an utter joy watching songs which were filmed on him and in contrast the other actors, though being very talented, seemed a bit unwieldy, while filming a song. It was very evident that his grace was inborn and his movements while filming a song were his own and the director did not have much to do with it.

His performance was so intense in romantic scenes that the spouses of some of his co- stars felt insecure and discouraged their wives from pairing with him

Besides his unique filming of songs his dialogue delivery was very poignant, particularly in romantic scenes and that earned him the title of romantic hero at a very initial stage of his career. His performance was so intense in romantic scenes that the spouses of some of his co- stars felt insecure and discouraged their wives from pairing with him

He was filmed in many memorable movies, which did very well at the box office and paired with almost all actresses, however his pairing with Zeba took the cinema goers by storm and they quickly became the most popular couple. Their romantic scenes had a distinctive quality and their on-screen chemistry was very evident even in their first movie together, which was Heera aur pather. Their block buster movie Armaan is till this day watched and its songs particularly ‘Akailay na jaana and “ko ko kori na” occupy an iconic place in the history of Pakistani music.

His early demise was one of the irreparable losses for the Pakistan Film Industry

Unfortunately for his fans, they could not enjoy his talent for very long, as he had a relatively short career and they lost him due to illness and eventual death. His early demise was one of the irreparable losses for the Pakistan Film Industry as alas, till date there has been no substitute for him and his grace and charisma could not be matched