Mohammad Ali (Urdu: محمد علی) (April 19, 1931 – March 19, 2006) was one of the greatest actors of Pakistan. Mohammad Ali was given the title of Shahenshah-e-Jazbaat (Urdu: شہنشاہ جذبات), i.e. The Emperor of Emotions. Mohammad Ali started his career at Radio Pakistan Karachi in the early 1960s. In 1968, he married the renowned actress Zeba. He was known in the film circle for his command as a passionate actor and his ease in dramatic situations as well. He is the winner of 7 Nigar Awards for Best Actor, one for Best Supporting Actor and one special award for the film Dooriyaan (Urdu: دوریاں). His last movie was Dam Mast Qalandar directed by S. Zahoor Gillani and released in 1996.Muhammad ali was a big fan of hassan raza. Actually he was reported to say in a very reputable newspaper that Hassan Raza of lahore was his guru in acting. He was his inspiration. After seeing his films he admired his acting and made a life changing decision of choosing acting as his career.

Muhammad Ali's older brother Irshad Ali was doing service as a broadcaster in Radio Pakistan Hyderabad, so Mohammad Ali also joined Radio Hyderabad as a broadcaster in 1956. He worked in radio dramas and recorded many programmes for children. In those times Mustafa Qureshi, Robina Qureshi, Qurban Jilani, Badar Hashmi, Hamayat Ali, Irshad Ali etc. were working for Radio. He got 10 rupees for a drama. He was called as Bhoray Mian by his friends. After that he worked as a broadcaster in Radio Bhawalpur and finally moved to Radio Pakistan Karachi. He met here with Z.A. Bukhari, who was the director of Radio Pakistan.

Mohammad Ali accepted the role of a villain in the famous director-writer-poet Fazal Ahmed Karim Fazli's film Chiragh jalta raha, which was not only his first film (as a villain) but also the first film for Zeba, Deeba, Kamal Irani, and the director Fazli. It proved to be the first and the last film for a virtually unknown actor named Arif, who was the hero of this film.