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.
Inalillahe wa ina aleihe rajehoon. We miss him already. He was a great actor with a great personality. Pakistan has lost a great actor. May God bless him with Jannah (ameen ).
Anwar from Oslo, Norway
May God bless your soul peace in heaven’s gardens. You were star and one of educated and creative icons in Pakistan (which is crowded and being governed by Idiots at the moment)
God Bless Shai Muhammad and Live Longer Pakistan
Imran Hashmi
MobileMastee.com
Shafi saab was a great actor, one of the best Pakistan has ever produced. His acting was just superb. I recall one of his recent dramas where he plays a pliant follower of a sufi, his acting in that is just top class.
Pakistan mourns his loss, we wish him the Garden of Paradise.
Feimanallah Shafi Saab in Janaat
Wasim
Inna lillah-e-Wa Inna Ilaihe Rajion
May Allah the Allmighty forgive him and give him janna
For people who grew up watching the 5 o’clock Sindhi dramas on PTV in Karachi, Shafi’s voiceover for some studly model of the day in those “KaRak Cha” jo commercials was an added treat. Miss him :(