Adil Najam
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.ÂÂ 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).
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:
UMAR SHARIF IS THE BEST COMEDIAN EVER.
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WELL, FOR ME, UMAR SHARIF AND MOEEN AKHTAR , THEY ARE EQUAL.. BY NATURE, MOEEN AKTHAR IS APPEALING. HE IS GREAT, AND UMAR SHARIF IS KING. ITS JUST VARIETY THAT PAKISTAN GOT. WE CAN SEE THIS HAPPENING WORLD THAT SOME COUNTRIES GOT A BIG VARIETY OF STARS OF SAME LEVEL, THESE TOW GUYS ARE EQUAL. BUT BY FAME, PROBABLY UMAR’S GRAPH IS HIGHER THEN MOEEN AKHTAR.
AS SALAAM TO ALL
I CAN SPEAK URDU AND ENGLISH BEEING AN ARAB I I DO UNDERSTAND BOTH THE LANGUAGES
WELL U C CHARLIE CHAPLIN OR MR BEAN (ATKINSIN)THEY ARE COMEDIANS
BUT IF U COMPARE MR UMAR
HE IS THE BEST THOUGH HIS JOKES ARE NOT IN WESTERN LANGUAGES BUT BIT BY BIT WORD BY WORD SECOND BY SECOND HE MAKES US LAUGH
AND TO C THE FACT IF U WATCH HIS SHOWS AGAIN AND AGAIN U WONT FEEL TIRED OR BORED BUT IT WILL MAKE U LAUGH AND LAUGH UNTIL UR LAST BREATH
IF HE WAS IN BOLLYWOOD
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE UNDISPUTED KING OF COMEDIANS LEAVING BEHIND JONY LEVER OR THE LEGENDARY MEHMOOD
Well whats about the new teen ager comedian Hunain Ghanchi
http://www.comedyonline.info ??