mer Sharif, TI (Urdu: عمر شریف, also spelled Omar Sharif) (born 1955 in the town of Liaquatabad in Karachi, Sindh) is a Pakistani comedian, stage, film and TV actor, director and producer. His original name is Mohammed Omar, however he changed that to Omar Zarif (in Urdu Omar the laughing) when he joined the theatre and later changed that again to Umer Sharif.
He rose to fame due to his work on stage and his stage shows are considered among the most popular in Pakistan. He started his showbiz career from Karachi as stage performer at the age of 14.
Sharif became one of the most well known stage performers in Pakistan after his extremely popular 1985 comedy stage plays Bakra Qistoon Pay and Buddha Ghar Pe Hai. In both of them he starred along with another comedy legend Moin Akhter. Much of the success comes from the fact that he started to record his stage shows and the videocassettes were rented out in a similar fashion to movies.
Bakra Qistoon Pay is considered to be the show that made stage plays what they are today in Pakistan. Before the advent of Bakra Qistoon Pay majority stage shows in Pakistan used to be classy with rather poetic dialogs. After Bakra Qistoon Pay (Goat on installments) stage shows became a vibrant, majorly comical (and often gritty) part of the Pakistani culture. It has also sparked many sequels. He has also produced films like Mr. 420, Mr. Charlie, Miss Fitna, etc.
The popularity of Bakra Qistoon Pay also crossed the border into India as well and Umer Sharif became a famous name in India as well. Many of his famous dialogues were copied in Bollywood movies. Sharif is in process of completing his first Indian movie, Tum Mere Ho, as a director.
He also was a judge in the famous Indian comedy show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge.
Stage Shows
Budha Ghar Per Hai
Bakra Qiston Pe
Aao Sach Bolein
Tera Bakra Mera Qasai
Nayee Ammi Purana Abba
Dulhan Main Le Jaonga
Eid Tere Naam
Samad Bond 007
Umer Sharif in Jungle
Hum Sey Mil
Flight 420
Eid Aashiqon Ki
Mamu Mazaq Mat Karo
Akbar-e-Azam in Pakistan
Ye To Houseful Ho Gaya
New York Se New Karachi
Angoor Khatte Hain
Meri Bhi To Eid Karade
Nach Meri Bulbul
Chaudhry Plaza
Hum Sab Aik Hain
Umar Sharif Hazar Ho
Hum Sa Ho Tu Samnay Aai
Omer Sharid Behrupia
Beauty Parlour
Meri Jaan Thanedaar
Valima Tayyar Hai
Salam Karachi
Petrol Pump
galisoonsa hai mutlay
yes sir no sir eid ka show
TV Shows
Umer Sharif vs. Umer Sharif
Koi Hay Jo Hamain Hasa-ay
Fifty-Fifty
Films
Hisaab (1986)
Kundan
Aag he Aag
Aawargi
Dushmano Kay Dushman
Barood Ki Chaaon
Jhutay Raees
Chupay Rustam
Laad Sahab
Khotay Sikkay
Rani Beti Raj Karay Ge
Aik Ko Das Numbari
Nehla Dehla
Duniya Meri Jaib Mein
Danda Peer
Behrupia
Sahab Bibi Aur Tawaif
Hathkari
Mehelay Daar
Buth Shikan
Muskurahat
Mastana Mahi
Actor
Phool
Mr. 420
Mr. Charlie (1992)
Miss Fitna (1993)
In early life he worked in a welding shop.
Nadeem (full name Nazeer Baig Mughal) is a famous Pakistani film actor, who has acted in several telefilms and TV drama serials and anchored a prize-winning quiz show on ARY Digital. He has played leading roles in more than 200 films and considered to be a legend in Pakistan film industry. Along with Waheed Murad and Mohammad Ali, he has ruled Pakistani cinema.
Early Life:
Nadeem was born in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh, British India. After partition, at the age of 5, he migrated with his father Mirza Abbas Baig from Hyderabad Deccan to Karachi. As a young adult he graduated from Islamia College, Karachi. At that time the Islamia Club was considered the centre of great film and radio artists. Different musical competitions were organised to unveil the talent of college students. Artists like Talat Hussein, M. Zaheer Khan, TV producer Iqbal Haider, Aftab Azeem and Saleem Jafry were all discovered from that Club, and Nadeem as well. He had a friends circle with Ameer Ahmed Khan and Qasim Siddiqui and together they had won several music competitions. At one of those musical competitions, he was noticed by then famous singer Firdousi Begum. She was impressed by his singing talent and encouraged him to try his luck in playback singing in Dhaka's film industry. Because of brilliant singing talent, he also got a chance to sing a song for an Urdu film Sehra, the music of which was composed by Nisar Bazmi, but unfortunately the film was never released.
He travelled to Dhaka in a cultural trip organised by Islamia Club. There he got a chance to sing a song in Captain Ehtisham's new film Chakori. Captain was making a low budget black and white film as his previous colour film Sagar was flopped. At the time of casting, he chose Shabana as heroine and East Pakistani (Bengali) film actor Azeem as hero. But Azeem refused to work in the film because he was offered a very low fee. So Ehtisham decided to cast Nadeem in his film as hero, which was contrary to his brother Mustafeez's will. The film was released on May 19, 1967, in both East and West Pakistan. The film became such a blockbuster that it made Nadeem a superstar overnight, and it also became the second 'Platinum Jubilee' film of Pakistan. The Presidential Award for Pride of Performance was awarded to Nadeem in 1991.
Nadeem shuttled between Karachi, Lahore and Dhaka to act in movies. In 1971 after the fall of Dhaka and formation of the Independent state of Bangladesh, he settled in Lahore which became his home. Now he shifted again from Lahore to Karachi.
Career
Nadeem�s film career spans over 42 years. In the presence of high class performers like Santosh Kumar, Muhammad Ali, Waheed Murad, Habib and Kamal he not only won Best Actor�s Nigar Award in his first film Chakori, but with consecutive super hit movies, namely Chotey Sahib and Sangdil, he created a record of success.
Even today, in 2008, Nadeem continues to be the No.1 actor of the Pakistani silver screen. In the 61 years long history of Pakistani films, only 25 films have the distinction of celebrating Diamond Jubilee (completing a run of 100 or more weeks). Nadeem alone figures in 10 out of these 25 movies. His Diamond Jubilee films include: Nadan (1973), Anari, Pechan (1975), Talashi (1976), Aina (1977), Hum Donon (1980), Lajawab, Qurbani (1981), Sangdil (1982) and Dehleez (1983).
Nadeem's Aina is the most successful movie ever made in Pakistan. A big hit all over the country, it ran continuously for more than five years in Karachi completing more than 400 weeks. It also won 12 Nigar Awards which remains the highest number of awards won by a single Urdu movie, so it may be termed as a record breaking and trend setting movie in many aspects.
In 1980, an Indian film, Noor Jahan, was granted special permission for exhibition in Pakistan. It acquired a sort of a challenge for Pakistan cinema. Mastermind Director Parvez Malik accepted the challenge and produced Hum Donoo, presenting Nadeem in double roles. Hum Donoo proved a blockbuster which ran for 165 weeks in Karachi, becoming the second most exhibited movie after Aina. Meanwhile Nadeem�s two more films Bandish and Saima also got released and won laurels in a neck to neck fight with Noor Jahan. Bandish was shown for 86 and 82 weeks in Lahore and Karachi respectively. Earlier in 1971, Nadeem became the first actor to play three different characters in his film Jaltey Suraj Key Nichey.
There was a time in 1990s when films in the national language Urdu had almost been abandoned. In these circumstances Nadeem�s film Insaniyat Ke Dushman, entirely in Urdu, was an unprecedented success which once again attracted film producers towards the production of Urdu movies.
Besides acting Nadeem has also sung many hit songs to his credit as a play back singer. In fact Nadeem, basically a singer, is the first actor in Pakistan to have sung for movies. Almost all of his two dozen songs have been popular. If, in 1967 his duet with Firdousi Begum �Kahan ho tum ko dhoond rahi hain yeh baharain yeh saman� was a super hit street song, in 1989, his duet with the melody queen Noor Jahan �Mundia dupatta chad mera� was a phenomenal hit.
In the years 2001 and 2002, Urdu films suffered from lack of purposeful topics. Nadeem found no point in acting in such type of movies and opted to return to Karachi, his native town, saying goodbye to the films. TV producers, however, wasted no time in casting Nadeem in their Drama Serials. Nadeem, therefore, appeared in 8 TV Serials, namely Bisaat, Chaltey Chaltey, Chehrey, Muhabbat Ka Ek Peher, Ambulance, Ek Safar Tanha He, Jaisey Jaante Nahin and Malika (2005). He also acted in 6 long and short plays, namely Haar Jeet, Rakh Mein Chingari, Fursat, Laws in Law, Wujood and Musafir Khaana (2005). He was co-producer in Bisaaat and Teri Yaad Aagai, a musical program in which Nadeem rendered his favourite songs. All these productions got popularity and applause from the viewers. Completing his 41 years on Pakistani Screen, Nadeem seems to have taken a fresh guard the release of movies namely Aatish, Tum Say Pyaar Hai and Khuley Aasman Ke Nichey are his notable coming movies.
Mohammed Nadeem is currently singing as a play back singer with Music Director Rehber Hussain in his up coming movie Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai
First Name: Shah Rukh Last Name: Khan Called: The King Khan, Baadshah of Bollywood
Day of Birth:
2nd of November, 1965 Place of Birth:
Talwar Nursing Home (Rajinder Nagar) New Delhi-India
Shah Rukh was born with the umbilical cord entangled around his neck. A nurse said that it was by the blessings of Hanuman and that he would be a very lucky child.
Mother:
Fatima Begum
(a social worker and a first class magistrate, who died of complications from diabetes in 1991) Father:
Mir Taj Mohammed
(a lawyer and a freedom fighter, who died of cancer in 1981) Siblings:
one sister named Shehnaz fondly called Lala Rukh
Zodiac Sign:
scorpio
Religion:
Moslem
Height:
5'9'' (around 1,75 m) Weight:
around 75 kg
Amjad Khan (12 November 1940 – 27 July 1992) was an acclaimed Indian actor and director He worked in over 130 films in his film career spanning nearly twenty years. He enjoyed iconic popularity for his villain roles in Hindi language films — he is most famous for playing the role of the dacoit Gabbar Singh in Sholay (1975).
Amjad Khan was born in Hyderabad in 1940 to legendary actor Jayant. He was the brother of fellow actor Imtiaz Khan.Around 1972, he married Sheila Khan, and the following year, she gave birth to their first child, Shadaab Khan, who acted in a few films only. He also had a daughter Ahlam Khan and son Seemaab Khan.
Before Amjad came to films he was a theatre actor. His first film was as a child artist at the age of 17 in the film "Ab Dilli Dur Nahin" (1957),a narrative of the socio-political post- Independence India of great substance.A journey that began from here reached its zenith in Sholay in (1976).Though Khan was to be launched as a hero in his home production, 'Patthar Ke Sanam', in 1965, the film did not proceed beyond its inception. He had assisted K. Asif in the film "Love and God" in the late 1960s and had also made a brief appearance in the film which would have been his official adult film debut. But the film was left incomplete after K. Asif's death in 1971 and it ended up releasing in 1986.
His first major break was "Hindustan Ki Kasam" (1973). The film was made on the theme of Indo-Pak war of 1971.
But the role that immmortalised him forever was that of Gabbar Singh of "Sholay".Sholay happened in 1975 and catapulted him to the status of a star.In 1975 he was offered the role of a dacoit Gabbar Singh for the film "Sholay" by Salim who was one of the film's writers. For his preparation for the role Amjad read "Abhishapth Chambal", a book on Chambal dacoits written by Taroon Kumar Bhaduri (actress Jaya Bhaduri's father). Amjad shot to stardom with the movie. His portrayal of Gabbar Singh is considered by many to be the first depiction of pure evil on the screen in Indian Cinema; a totally evil character who doesn't make excuses for its evil.
"Arre O' Samba, Kitne Aadmi The"— thus goes the most popular line of Bollywood ever mouthed. Generations of children that have grown ever since "Sholay" (1976) was made, have imbibed this and other dialogues of the GP Sippy classic as staple learning. A large chunk of credit for popularisation of "Sholay" goes to Amjad Khan Alias Gabbar Singh. So powerful was the screen impact of Amjad that the character of Gabbar Singh has become synonymous with vice—the epitome of a genre of evil characterised by rustic looks, hoarse voice, and cold-blooded demeanour.
The movie "Sholay" is one of the all time blockbuster movies in India and one of the highest earners, and although the movie had a cast of superstars including Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra the most memorable character was considered to be that of Gabbar Singh. Amjad Khan later appeared in advertisements as Gabbar Singh endorsing Brittania biscuits, and it was the first incidence of a villain being used to sell a popular product.
After the success of "Sholay" Amjad Khan continued to play villain roles in many subsequent Hindi films in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s — superseding, in terms of popularity and demand, the earlier Indian actor, Ajit — portraying more sophisticated and urbane criminal bosses, mastermind of bank robberies, murders and conspiracies to seize power.
Due to the Sholay impact; he got the opportunity to act opposite Amitabh Bachchan in many movies in the heydays of the latter."Parvarish", "Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin", "Aakhri Goli", are some of his movies of 1977. Similarly, in 1978 came such big successes as "Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan", "Muqadar Ka Sikander", "Kasme Vaade", "Heeralal Pannalal","Khoon Ki Pukaar", etc.
In 1979, Amjad Khan played, Vikram, a notorious smuggler that drives Amitabh Bachchan (Natwarlal) to unscrupulous ways. "Hum Tere Aashique Hain","Chambal Ki Kasam", "Suhaag","Bombay 405 Miles","Kaatil", "Kalia"," Teesri Aankh", the list is very long. To sum it up there was hardly a block-buster in the late seventies and early eighties that didn't have Amjad Khan as the chief negative protagonist. He often acted as villain opposite Amitabh Bachchan as the hero.
Khan was also acclaimed for playing many other unconventional roles. In the critically acclaimed film "Shatranj Ke Khiladi" (1977), directed by Satyajit Ray, Khan played the helpless and deluded monarch Wajid Ali Shah, whose kingdom, Avadh, is being targeted by British colonialists from the British East India Company.
He played positive role opposite Amitabh Bachchan in "Yaarana" (1981) where he played Bachchan's character's best friend and also in "Laawaris" where he played Bachhan's father. In the art film "Utsav" (1984), he portrayed Vatsayana, the author of the Kama Sutra.
In 1988 he appeared in the Merchant-Ivory English film "The Perfect Murder" as an underworld don. He also played comic characters in films such as "Qurbani"(1980) and "Chameli Ki Shaadi" (1986). In 1991, he again played Gabbar Singh in "Ramgarh Ke Sholay", a parody of the legendary film which also included a look-alike of Amitabh Bachchan and Dev Anand.
He also ventured into directing for a brief period in the 1980s directing and also starring in "Chor Police"(1983) and "Ameer Aadmi Gareeb Aadmi" (1985) but both films failed to do well at the box office.
Khan was also the recipient of the prestigious National Awards on numerous occasions, including for portraying Wajid Ali Shah.Besides other recognitions, Amjad Khan was conferred the Filmfare Award on numerous occasions for the best villain.
In 1976, he had met with a near fatal accident on the Bombay-Goa road, when he drove his car to a tree while trying to avoid a boulder. The drugs administered to him for treatment caused a serious weight problem for the rest of his life. As a result of his increasing weight he died in 1992 after suffering from a heart failure at the age of 51.
Several of the films like "In Custody" (1993) and "Do Fantoosh" (1994) that he had completed when he was alive were released after his death - right until 1996.
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi was born on 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency of the FederallyAdministered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, popularly known as Shahid Afridi, is a Pakistani cricketer and current One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 captain of the Pakistani national team in the international circuit. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia.
Afridi is from the Afridi tribe of the Khyber Agency in the FederallyAdministered Tribal Areas and hails from a Pashtun family. He is married and has two daughters, Aqsa and Ansha.
He is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the fastest ODI century which he made in his first international innings, as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, the second highest scoring over ever in an ODI. He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket. Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 300 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is the leading wicket taker in the Twenty20 format taking 53 wickets from 41 matches.
In June 2009 Afridi took over the Twenty20 captaincy from Younus Khan, and was later appointed ODI captain for the 2010 Asia Cup. In his first match as ODI captain against Sri Lanka he scored a century however Pakistan still lost by 16 runs. He then also took over the Test captaincy but resigned after one match in charge citing lack of form and ability to play Test cricket; at the same time he announced his retirement from Tests. He retained the captaincy in limited-overs form of the game and led the team in the 2011 World Cup.
His general style of batting is very aggressive and attack oriented and has earned him the nickname “Boom Boom Afridi”. Moreover, out of the six fastest ODI centuries of all time, Afridi has produced three of them. As of 27 February 2011, he has an ODI strike rate of 113.83 runs per 100 balls, the third highest in the game’s history. This attitude has been transferred to Test cricket as well, with Afridi scoring at a relatively high strike rate of 86.13. He has an approach to batting that can change the tempo of a game and inspire the mood of an audience, as shown when a mass exodus of spectators occurred in Pakistan in late 2005 following his dismissal from the crease.
Having started as a fast bowler, Afridi decided to start bowling spin after someone told him he was throwing. He modelled himself on Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir. Afridi began his career as primarily a bowler, however after scoring the fastest century in his maiden ODI inningsmore was expected of him with the bat. He considers himself a better bowler than batsman. While he is renowned for his aggressive batting, he is also a handy leg-spinner capable of producing a good mix of wicket taking balls.
He has over 300 International wickets, most of which are from the ODI format. While his stock ball is the leg break, his armoury also includes the conventional off break and a ‘quicker one’ which he can deliver in the style of a medium-pacer. He bowls at a high speed for a spinner, resulting in lesser turn, and relying more on variations in speed. He occasionally sends down a bouncer to a batsman, which is very rare for a spin bowler.
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