Jamshed Ansari ( ur, ) (31 December 1942 in
Saharanpur
Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district.
Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti.
Saharanpur is declared as on ...
– 24 August 2005 in
Karachi)
was a Pakistani
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
,
television and radio
actor.
He is remembered for his numerous performances on both radio and television including Safdar in ''
Hamid Mian Kay Haan'' and Hasnat Bhai on ''
Uncle Urfi.''
Background
Born in
Saharanpur
Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district.
Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti.
Saharanpur is declared as on ...
,
United Provinces,
British India (now in UP, India) on 31 December 1942, to the family of a business tycoon, Zamir Hasan Ansari. Dubai Islamic Bank is the brainchild of Jamshed's older brother Tamiz. Ansari migrated with his family to Pakistan in 1948.
In his early adulthood he moved to London, where he completed television production courses, worked in stage shows and with the
BBC as well, returning to Pakistan in 1968, launching his acting career the same year''.''
Career
Radio
Ansari is remembered for his role as Safdar in
Pakistan Radio's longest running programme, ''Hamid Mian Kay Haan'' (In Hamid Mian's house).
Television
Ansari made his debut in 1968 with Lahore Centre's drama, ''Jharokay''.
His first drama from Karachi Centre was
Agha Nasir's ' ("The horse eats grass").
He worked in more than 200 TV plays including some popular dramas such as ''
Uncle Urfi,'' ''
Ankahi
''Ankahi'' ( ur, , lit=Unsaid) is an Urdu television drama serial broadcast by PTV in 1982 as is now considered as a cult-classic. It was written by Haseena Moin and directed by Shoaib Mansoor and Mohsin Ali.
The drama serial featured an en ...
'', ''
Tanhaiyaan'', etc.
Death
Ansari died of a brain tumour on 24 August 2005.
Funeral prayers were held at Baitul Mukarram Mosque, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi followed by burial at Khurshidpura Graveyard in
Hub,
Balochistan.
Awards
He was awarded 55 national and 2 international awards.
Selected filmography
Film
Television
See also
*
List of Pakistani male actors
References
External links
*
2005 deaths
People from Saharanpur
Muhajir people
Pakistani male film actors
Pakistani male television actors
Pakistani male comedians
1942 births
Pakistani radio personalities
Radio personalities from Karachi
Male actors from Karachi
Deaths from brain cancer in Pakistan
20th-century comedians
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