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Shakeel, born Yusuff Kamal (b: 1938), is a Pakistani television actor best known for his roles in Uncle Urfi and Mehboob Ahmed in Aangan Terha. He has also acted in a number of local films as well as an English film, Butterflies are Free. He is also known for his philanthropic activities.
Shakeel and his family migrated to Karachi, Pakistan in 1952.
He received his primary education from an English medium school in prepartition India and a French missionary school in India.
He made his debut in the film, Honehar in 1966.
Television roles:
In recognition of his contribution to show business, he was awarded the Pride of Performance in 1992.
Sikandar Sanam | |
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Born | Mohammad Sikandar (1960-09-21)21 September 1960 Karachi, Pakistan |
Died | 5 November 2012(2012-11-05) (aged 52) Karachi, Pakistan |
Occupation | Actor, Comedian, Stage Artist |
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Sikandar Sanam (21 September 1960 - 5 November 2012) was a Pakistani stage artist, singer, actor and stand up comedian. In Pakistan, he was known as the artist who redefined the art of on-stage mimicry. Sikandar's father, the late Syed Abdul Sattar Shoqeen Jetpuri (a Gujrati poet), was a well known poet from Jetpur, India. Sanam credited his father as, versatile, talented and proficient who patronized him with his talent.[1][2]
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Sanam started performing on-stage as a child artist and singer. He preferred acting over singing and decided to enter showbiz. He changed his name from Mohammad Sikandar to Sikandar Sanam (Sanam meaning beloved in Urdu).[1][3]
He was one of the rare comedians to have come out from the Karachi theatre scene. Despite his colloquial jokes and street smart improvisational skills like many other theatre comedians, what distinguished him from others was his Pakistani remakes of Indian films amongst which Khal Nayak 2, Sholay 2, Munna Bhai MBBS 2 and Tere Naam Part 2 were the most famous. The craze for these remakes increased so much over time that the cable operators played them on public demand, and later on, a number of mainstream entertainment channels also aired them.[4]
Sanam gained much popularity by acting in Tere Naam 2 which was a parody of record breaking Indian movie Tere Naam.The Great Indian Laughter Challenge earned him the coveted title Comedy King. From stage, he gained fame in the art of mimicry.[1] He directed, produced and acted in several parodies of Bollywood movies.[2]
In September 2012, Sanam was diagnosed with liver cancer. The actor was admitted to Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, although was later discharged.[5] He was taken to Mirpurkhas to visit a faith healer on 4th November 2012 and brought back to the city next morning. At around 3pm, his condition deteriorated and he was rushed to the Civil Hospital, where he was officially pronounced dead.[6] The comedian lost his battle to cancer on 5th Nov 2012. He is left behind his wife, four sons and two daughters.[7]
Sanam’s funeral was offered at the Siddiqui Masjid in Bohra Pir. Several stage artists including Umer Sharif, Rauf Lala, Muhammad Ifraheem, Saleem Afridi, Shakeel Siddiqui and Aftab Alam attended the prayer. He was buried at the Korangi graveyard.[8]
Actors: Jochen Kunstler (editor), Hany Abu-Assad (producer), Andrew T. Mackay (composer), Kelly Thomas (producer), Iram Parveen Bilal (director), Iram Parveen Bilal (writer), Iram Parveen Bilal (producer), Oscar Hernandez (producer), Mohib Mirza (actor), Adnan Shah (actor), Aamina Sheikh (actress), Khalid Malik (actor), Saad Bin Mujeeb (producer), Khalid Ahmed (actor), Salim Mairaj (actor),
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller,Actors: Paresh Rawal (actor), Om Puri (actor), Javed Sheikh (actor), Pavan Malhotra (actor), G.P. Singh (actor), Yusuf Hussain (actor), Masood Akhtar (actor), Sandesh Shandilya (composer), Raaj Rahhi (producer), Swati Chitnis (actress), Abid Khan (actor), Nitin Gupta (composer), Poonam Sharma (actress), Rakesh Srivastava (actor), Vijay Mishra (actor),
Plot: A simple story of a God fearing, devout Muslim mechanic named Hasmat Ullah who has been entrusted the job of repairing an old V8 ford engine, not knowing the historic significance that it once carried the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi which were immersed in the holy river Sangam. He is caught in a complex situation after a powerful bomb explosion rocks his town leading to the arrest of innocent Muslim youths of his locality. A strike to work is called by the prominent Leaders of his community to protest against the unjust treatment meted out to those arrested youths by the police. Will he support the protest and abandon the repair of the engine or go against the wishes of his community. Thus begins his journey.
Genres: Drama, Thriller,Actors: Remo (miscellaneous crew), Satyajeet (actor), K.K. Raina (actor), Esha Deol (actress), Kumaar (writer), Shiney Ahuja (actor), Bikramjeet Kanwarpal (actor), Mukesh Chhabra (actor), Payal Saluja (costume designer), Mona Ambegaonkar (actress), Rasika (actress), Ajeet Singh (miscellaneous crew), Kaveri Jha (actress), Bomie E. Dotiwala (actor), Dinesh Vijan (producer),
Plot: After the passing away of his wife, Pooja, Delhi-based Vikram Madan, enrolls his daughter, Priya, in a boarding school in Amritsar, and re-locates to work as a Mechanic at Chandigarh Airport. His daughter informs him that she is on her way to Amritsar on a hostel-trip on Indian Airlines Flight IC147. Shortly thereafter, Vikram will be informed that the flight has been hijacked to Dubai by Islamic terrorists, who want the Indian government to release one of their comrades, Rashid Omar, or else they will start killing the passengers and crew one by one at half-hour intervals.
Keywords: airplane-hijack, die-hard-scenario, rescueActors: Sachin Khedekar (actor), Veerendra Saxena (actor), Vinay Pathak (actor), Manoj Pahwa (actor), Guneet Monga (producer), Sanjay Suri (actor), Milind Soman (actor), Sandhya Mridul (actress), Shraddha Nigam (actress), Subhash Kapoor (producer), Subhash Kapoor (writer), Subhash Kapoor (writer), Subhash Kapoor (director), Sanjay Chauhan (writer), Harish Amin (producer),
Plot: Principal Goswami of prestigious Royal Heritage High School recruits his chum, Hari Sadu, to coach his school's five-time winning cricket team, only to let him go following complaints of abuse. Hari approaches various other schools in Tejpur, and manages to convince Principal Saxena of Adarsh Vidya Mandir to coach an impoverished team to face the champions. He will soon realize that apart from being the underdogs, he will also face opposition from the school's coach, Surinder Huda, who detests cricket and would prefer to coach students on traditional Indian sports such as Kho Kho, Khusti, Kabbadi, and hockey; and that his 11-member team will be facing, not only abuse, but more than 11 players from the opposition.
Keywords: coach, cricket-the-gameActors: Veena Sood (actress), David Lewis (actor), Sugith Varughese (actor), Denise Szabo (miscellaneous crew), Denise Szabo (miscellaneous crew), Craig March (actor), Ian R. Smith (miscellaneous crew), Les Ford (miscellaneous crew), Terry Frewer (composer), Balinder Johal (miscellaneous crew), Brad Turner (director), Zahf Paroo (actor), Mel Weisbaum (miscellaneous crew), Lisa Binkley (editor), Emily Holmes (actress),
Genres: Drama, Mystery,Actors: Ashok Saraf (actor), Yunus Parvez (actor), Himani Shivpuri (actress), Vikas Anand (actor), Ranjeet (actor), J. Om Prakash (director), J. Om Prakash (producer), Nand Kumar (editor), Habiba Rehman (miscellaneous crew), Laxman (miscellaneous crew), Rahul Roy (actor), Yasmin (actress), Achala Nagar (writer), Achala Nagar (writer), Achala Nagar (writer),
Plot: A devout but a very naive Muslim youth Banne (Ashish Kaul) leaves his home-land to go to the City to live with Shakeel (vikas Anand), and his beautiful daughter Sabha (Juni). He expects to be pampered as he has been at his home, and Shakeel and Sabha do their best to make him feel at home. He and Sabha slowly get attracted to each other. He is a talented singer, and soon his talents are discovered by Titlibai (Himani Shivpuri), who invites him to live with her and her daughter, Sahida (Rubaina Khan), and he does so. He is easily impressed by the attentions bestowed on him by Titlibai and the beauty of Sahida, who he is told he will marry soon, leaving poor Sabha heart-broken. He can only marry Sahida after he seeks approval from Titlibai, who, though very agreeable and friendly, has an agenda of her own, which will change Banne's life and outlook forever.
Genres: Drama, Romance,