Pakistan’s famous TV, Radio and Film artist Shafi Muhammad Shahpassed away on Saturday, November 17, 2007. He was 57. He was suffering from many ailments. After a severe pain attack on saturday he was rushed to the hospital but he couldn’t survive. Quoting the Daily Times:
Shafi featured in more than 50 drama serials and over 100 long plays on PTV and other channels.
Shafi started his career as a broadcaster at Radio Pakistan Karachi. Later he moved to Lahore and lived at the home of Mohammad Ali and Zeba for few years. There he started his movie career. He became famous after doing few leading roles in Ashfaq Ahmed’s series ‘ek haqeeqat sau afsaane’. In early 80s Shafi worked in a very famous serial ‘deewareN’.
His other famous performances include those in ‘chand grahan’, ‘aanch’, ‘nasal’ and ‘jungle’. Shafi Muhammad also took part in many Sindhi plays at PTV. His movie career was not very long. He worked in 4 movies. Three of them were ‘talaash’, ‘Rubi’ and ‘biwi ho to aisi’.
Shafi also tried politics and contested the 2002 elections for the National Assembly from Karachi on the ticket of Pakistan Peoples Party but lost.
Sahibah from Belgium its verry painfull news we never find actor like SHAFI MOHAMMAD SHAH.it is verry big loss.God bless him(AMEEN)
shafi mohammad shah was great and handsom and powerful man.we pray for him and his family.My god bless him with jannah ( AMEEN)
Shafi mohammad shah one of best actor.we prayes for him and his family.May Allah give him place in heaven.Amin
Shafi Mohammad Shah was one of the most natural, powerful and versatile performers ever to grace television, prayers for him and his family.
I want to express my great sadness on hearing of the death of this great icon of Pakistani television. Shafi Mohammad Shah was one of the most natural, powerful and versatile actors ever to grace television and films. He had a unique screen presence and an inimitable voice and style of dialogue delivery. To fans of Pakistani dramas he was like a family member. Somebody who was a regular fixture in their lives of two or more decades. In real life, he demonstrated humility and compassion as witnessed by his numerous interviews and the testmonies of his grief-stricken friends. It is no exageration that one feels his loss very personally. May Allah grant him a place in Paradise and may his soul forever rest in peace. His work will live foreover in our minds and hearts, and his voice will always resound in our ears. Long Live Shafi Mohammad!
He was pretty young , Prayers for the family left behind. May Allah give him place in heaven. amin.
Not only a great actor but a longtime PPP activist who I believe even ran for election once…
RIP Shafi Sahab, and thanks for the memories… :(
@ Viqar Minai’s His untimely death at such a young age is really saddening.
Death is never Untimely … it comes at right time and right moment. Only Allah Almighty knows the best that’s been kept for us.
Thought to point out, a very common thing most of us say at times of one’s departing … its not appropriate.
And inna Lillah e wa inna alyhe rajeyoon.