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Umar Sharif: The King of Stage Comedy

Posted on March 6, 2007
Filed Under >Adil Najam, Humor, People, TV, Movies & Theatre
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Although I have always found Umar Sharif’s comedy to be socialy poignant, hard-hitting, and often hilarious, I must confess that I was not a great Umar Sharif fan growing up. This was largely an age and timing thing. But it is quite clear that there has been no stage comedy phenomenon in Pakistan like Umar Sharif either before or after him.

Although he has now taken on a broader - even sub-continental - canvas, his early work was very rooted in the Pakistan mega-city culture; especially Karachi and Lahore. His ‘burger’ kid routine really went home on the social and economic apartheid that still tears at our society. Sometimes the pungency of his jugaat masks the craftsmanship of his theatrical performance, but to me there are very few who command the ’stage’ presence that he does, particularly in the stage play. Indeed, he was to stage comedy in Pakistan was Fifty-Fifty (and here) was to television comedy.


Moeen Akhtar, obviously, has ruled he stage show scenaro like no other; but his stage presence is of compare and senior fankaar. The Umar Sharif phenomenon is primarily about the stage comedy play. Even though he has tried to become a Mueen Akhtar look-alke as stage compare, that is not his forte and in that role Moeen still rule (at least for me).


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And within the genre of the Pakstani stage comedy play, there is nothing that even remotely comes close to Baqra Qistoun Peh; which, in some ways, is Omar Sharif’s signature performance. Here is a clip from that play which demonstrates why:

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46 comments posted

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  1. ZEESHAN says:
    February 20th, 2010 3:18 pm

    Love U Umer Bhai
    We have never seen the comedian like U
    Yor are the Kings of all comedians in the world
    PAKISTAN ZINDBAD

  2. Sanjay Parashar says:
    November 10th, 2009 5:03 am

    i like ur spontenity of comedy…
    and ur timming of comedy is also really awsome…..
    i m ur biggest fan……..and ment u as my mentor…..
    i always call u a legend of comedy….

    From:Sanjay Parashar

  3. vikram singh says:
    July 18th, 2009 4:48 am

    hi
    you are a good player in Comedain line as like king off stage Comedain

    UMAR SHAIF

    vikram singh
    from — delhi

  4. Raza says:
    July 5th, 2009 4:16 pm

    Hi haathi,

    I am looking for the audio of umer sharif show 84 ( tarzan). do u know from where i can get that. agaer aapke paas hai to kya aap uska audio mujhe bhej sakte hain

    Raza

  5. May 11th, 2009 4:53 pm

    i love and like this ste, bravo web master good luck, please i need contact address of mr .umer sharif, kindly help
    warm regards
    naseem khan karachi/pakistan
    addpk7@hotmail.com

  6. Peeyush Verma says:
    February 9th, 2009 5:12 pm

    Dear Sir

    You are a Great Comedain in the World.
    &
    The great showman in the World

    UMAR SHAIF
    ——————–

    PEEYUSH VERMA
    BIJNOR (UTTAR PRADESH)
    INDIA

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