Syed Musa Abbas Raza , (December 25, 1925 – June 11, 1982) better known as Santosh Kumar (Punjabi, Urdu: سنتوش کمار Lahore , British India. He was married to Sabiha Khanum. His brother Darpan was also a renowned film actor during that period. His other brother S. Suleiman was a renowned film director.
Santosh Kumar was Pakistan's superstar film hero, along with Sudhir , but he was the first-ever top romantic hero. His first film was Ahensa in 1947 in India. In Pakistan, his first film was Beli in 1950, and in the same year he became film hero of the first-ever Pakistani silver jubilee Urdu film Do aansoo .
Santosh Kumar’s real name was Syed Musa Raza. He was born in 1925 in Lahore, British India. However, he hailed from a noble Shia Muslim family of Uttar Pradesh, India. He graduated from Osmania University , Hyderabad, where he passed the I.Sc. (pre-graduate course) examination with high marks. Santosh Kumar was often offered roles in government, but he declined in favour of people he felt were better suited for such positions.
Owing to his education and awareness, Santosh Kumar was always designated to lead the entourage to represent Pakistan in meetings held abroad, and because of this became known as the foreign minister of the Pakistani film industry . This was revealed by him in one of his interviews broadcast by the Radio Pakistan in the mid sixties.
Initially, he was married to Jameela Begum, but subsequently married actress Sabiha Khanum . The first Nigar Award for best actor in the history of Nigar Awards was presented to him in film Waada (1957) . Then he won the best actor Nigar Awards for 1962 and 1963. Finally he was awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award by the President of Pakistan in 2010 long after his death. Shaam Dhalay (1960) is the only movie he produced, directed and played the lead role in. He died on June 11, 1982, just months short of his first son Syed Ahsan Raza's wedding.
1 1950 Beli (Punjabi) Shahina, Santosh Kumar, Sabiha Khanum, M. Ismael 2 1950 Do aansoo (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh, Shamim, Ajmal, Allauddin 3 1950 Shammi (Punjabi) Shammi, Santosh Kumar, Ajmal, Shola, Ghulam Mohammad 4 1950 Gabhroo (Punjabi) Shamim, Santosh Kumar, Ajmal, Allauddin 5 1951 Akeli (Urdu) Ragni, Santosh Kumar, Neena, Nazar, Charlie 6 1951 Chann way (Punjabi) Noor Jehan , Santosh Kumar, Jahangir, Yasmin, Salim Raza 7 1953 Ghulam (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Shammi, Ragni 8 1953 Awaaz (Urdu) Gulshan, Santosh Kumar, Majeed, Shahnawaz 9 1953 Sheri babu (Punjabi) Swaran Lata , Santosh Kumar, Nazar, Inayat Hussain Bhatti , Allauddin 10 1953 Mehbooba (Urdu) Shammi, Santosh Kumar, Asha Posley , M. Ismael 11 1953 Gulnaar (Urdu) Noor Jehan , Santosh Kumar, Babbo, Zarif, Shahnawaz 12 1953 Aaghosh (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, M. Ismael 13 1954 Raat ki baat (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Gulshan Ara, Allauddin 14 1955 Qatil (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh, Musarrat Nazir , Aslam Pervaiz 15 1955 Pattan (Punjabi) Musarrat Nazir , Santosh Kumar, Asha Posley , Nazar, Allauddin 16 1955 Nazrana (Urdu) Ragni, Santosh Kumar, Zeenat, Nazar, Azad 17 1955 Inteqam (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Shaheena, M. Ismael 18 1956 Hameeda (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Ejaz Durrani , Shola, Zeenat, Nazir 19 1956 Lakht-e-jiggar (Urdu) Noor Jehan, Santosh, Yasmin, Habib 20 1956 Qismat (Urdu) Musarrat Nazir, Santosh Kumar, Yasmin, Majeed 21 1956 Intezaar (Urdu) Noor Jehan, Santosh Kumar, Asha Posley, Rani Kiran, Majeed 22 1956 Sarfarosh (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Naeem Hashmi , Meena Shorey , Asif Jah, Ghulam Mohammad 23 1956 Miss 56 (Urdu) Meena Shorey , Santosh Kumar, Aslam Pervaiz , Shamim Ara 24 1957 Ishq-e-Laila (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Asha Posley, Ajmal, Allauddin 25 1957 Waada (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Laila, Anjum, Ilyas Kashmiri 26 1957 Sardaar (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Asif Jah, Ilyas Kashmiri , Talish 27 1957 Saat Laakh (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Nayyar Sultana , Asif Jah, Talish 28 1957 Bedari (Urdu) Ratan Kumar, Ragni, Santosh Kumar, Meena Shorey, 29 1958 Hasrat (Urdu) Sabiha, Santosh, Yousuf Khan , Ajmal, Zarif, Allauddin 30 1958 Mukhra (Punjabi) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Asha Posley, Anjum, Nazar 31 1959 Muskarahat (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Aslam Pervaiz 32 1959 Naaji (Punjabi) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Zarif, Ajmal, M. Ismael 33 1959 Tere Baghair (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, M. Ismael, Allauddin 34 1959 Naghma.e-Dil (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Asha Posley, Ilyas Kashmiri 35 1960 Saltanat (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh, Nazar, Ilyas Kashmiri 36 1960 Shaam Dhalay (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh, Rukhsana, Nazar 37 1962 Mousiqaar Urdu Sabiha Khanum, Santosh, Meena Shorey, Abbas Nosha, Rehan 38 1962 Ghunghat Nayyar Sultana , Santosh, Neelo , Laila, Talish 39 1963 Rishta Punjabi Sabiha Khanum, Santosh, Rangeela, Aliya, Albela 40 1963 Daaman (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh, Neelo , Waheed Murad 41 1963 Seema (Urdu) Shamim Ara , Santosh, Sultan Rahi , Panna 42 1964 Safaid Khoon (Urdu) Rani, Santosh, Mohammad Ali, Naeem Hashmi , Meena Shorey, Allauddin 43 1964 Ishrat (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Ilyas Kashmiri, Allauddin 44 1964 Bees Din (Urdu) Rani, Mohammad Ali, Santosh, Nirala , Adeeb 45 1964 Azad (Urdu) Bahar Begum , Santosh Kumar, Asad Bukhari, Ajmal 46 1964 Chingari (Urdu) Shamim Ara, Santosh Kumar, Ejaz Durrani , Saloni, Komal, Talish 47 1964 Haveli (Urdu) Shamim Ara, Santosh Kumar, Ejaz Durrani, Nazir Ahmed Khan , Talish 48 1965 Faishon (Urdu) Shamim Ara, Santosh Kumar, Habib 49 1965 Naela (Urdu) Shamim Ara, Santosh Kumar, Darpan, Gul Rukh, Ragni, A. Shah 50 1965 Kaneez Zeba , Mohammad Ali, Sabiha Khanum, Santosh, Aslam Pervaiz, Talish 51 1966 Hamrahi (Urdu) Khalid, Haidar, Hina, Santosh Kumar, Mohammad Ali, Ejaz Durrani, Habib 52 1966 Insaan (Urdu) Rani, Santosh Kumar, Sabira Sultana, Allauddin 53 1966 Majboor (Urdu) Shamim Ara, Santosh Kumar, Husna , Jugnu, Rekha 54 1966 Mera Salaam (Urdu) Sabira, Santosh Kumar, Azad 55 1966 Maa, Bahu Aur Beta (Urdu) Husna , Santosh Kumar, Yasmin, Luddan 56 1966 Sawaal (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Saloni, Ejaz Durrani, Rangeela, Sawarn Lata, Nazir Ahmed Khan 57 1966 Taqdeer (Urdu) Husna, Santosh Kumar, Lehri , Aslam Pervaiz 58 1966 Tasveer (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Zeba , Aslam Pervaiz, Mohammad Ali (guest appearance) 59 1966 Lori (Urdu) Zeba, Santosh Kumar, Mohammad Ali, Saloni, Talat Siddiqi 60 1967 Be Reham (Urdu) Rani, Santosh Kumar, Seema, Zulfi, Talish 61 1967 Lahu Pukare Ga (Urdu) Firdous, Santosh Kumar 62 1967 Sitamgar (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Rani, Darpan 63 1967 Dewar Bhabi (Urdu) Rani, Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Lehri , Jafri, Najmi 64 1967 Aag (Urdu) Zeba, Mohammad Ali, Lehri, Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Aslam Pervaiz 65 1968 Commander (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Rani, Saiqa, Adeeb 66 1968 Naheed (Urdu) Sabiha, Santosh, Deeba , Javed Sheikh 67 1968 Shehnshah-e-Jahangir (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Khanum, Ejaz Durrani, Saloni 68 1968 Jan-e-arzoo (Urdu) Shamim Ara, Santosh Kumar, Deeba , Lehri, Aslam Pervaiz 69 1968 Wohti (Punjabi) Neelo, Santosh Kumar, Lehri, Mohammad Ali (Guest appearance) 70 1969 Pakdaaman (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Ejaz Durrani, Rukhsana, Allauddin, Salma Mumtaz 71 1969 Ladla (Urdu) Shabnam , Santosh Kumar, Sabiha Kumar, Lehri, Talish 72 1969 Maan Beta (Urdu) Rani, Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Lehri, Masood Akhtar 73 1970 Anjuman Waheed Murad , Lehri, Tamanna, Santosh, Sabiha Khanum 74 1971 Garhasti (Urdu) Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Sangeeta , Janaal, Nasira, Lehri 76 1971 Salaam-e-Mohabbat (Urdu) Zeba, Mohammad Ali, Santosh Kumar, Sangeeta , Qavi Khan 77 1971 Jaltey Suraj Ke Neechay (Urdu) Rozina, Nadeem , Babeeta, Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar 78 1972 Ek Raat (Urdu) Deeba, Shahid , Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Aslam Pervaiz 79 1972 Mohabbat (Urdu) Zeba, Mohammad Ali, Andleeb, Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar 80 1973 Sharabi (Punjabi) Naghma, Habib, Santosh Kumar, Sabiha Khanum, Mazhar Shah 81 1974 Miss Hippy (Urdu) Shabnam , Nadeem , Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Munawar Zarif 82 1976 Tallaq (Urdu) Shabnam, Shahid , Santosh Kumar, Lehri 83 1982 Angan (Urdu) Babra Sharif , Nadeem, Santosh Kumar, Nanha, Bindia, Talish 84 1985 Deewane Do (Urdu) Babra Sharif , Nadeem, Talish, Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar 85 1974 .. Sharabi (Punjabi) Naghma, Habib, Santosh Kumar, Naeem Hashmi 
