Master Haja Sheriff (born 3 January 1969 as Khaja Sheriff) is an Indian program organiser and former actor who has primarily worked in

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is nicknamed Kollywood, a portmanteau of the names Kodambakkam, a Ch ...

. He has made appearances in popular films such as ''

Uthiripookkal ''Uthiripookkal'' () is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language drama film, written and directed by Mahendran. Based on the short story "Chitrannai" () by Pudhumaipithan, it stars Vijayan, Ashwini and Madhu Malini. The film focuses on a sadistic man w ...

'', '' Suvarilladha Chiththirangal'', and '' Andha 7 Naatkal''. He debuted in the 1979 film ''

Puthiya Vaarpugal ''Puthiya Vaarpugal'' () is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film co-written, produced and directed by Bharathiraja. The film stars K. Bhagyaraj and Rati Agnihotri, with G. Srinivasan, Goundamani, K. K. Soundar and Usharani in s ...

''.

Film career

His debut film was ''

''. Although he has starred in films such as ''

'' and '' Suvarilladha Chiththirangal'', his most famous film of all time is '' Andha 7 Naatkal'' by K. Bhagyaraj. In this film, Haja Sheriff played the role of a

dholak The ''dholak'' is a two-headed hand drum, a folk percussion instrument. The dholak is most commonly recognised in countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, but can also be found amongst the Indo-Diaspora in countries s ...

boy and disciple to Palakkattu Madhavan, while Bhagyaraj played Palakkattu Madhavan, an aspiring music director.

Present

Now at present Haja Sheriff is not acting in any film. He is currently working as star night program organizer in countries such as Malaysia, Dubai, Canada and the USA.

Filmography

''This is a partial filmography. You can expand it.'' , '' Kalakkura Chandru'' , 2007,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haja Sheriff, Master Indian male film actors Male actors in Tamil cinema Tamil comedians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Tamil Muslims