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.
@ 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.
It is really sad to lose Shafi Mohd Shah. He was a gem of an actor. His performance in a Sindhi Long Play ‘Ghulam’ written by Noorulhuda Shah was a masterpiece. He was at ease in both languages. I still cannot forget his performance of crippled person whom Nayar Aijaz marries for Halala. A great actor
We were really shocked to hear this news in Canada, that shafi muhammad shah had passed away, we lost a great actor and we will really miss him and seeing him on t.v. He was an AMAZING performer.His Drama, Chand Grahan,Aanch,Noori Jaam Tamachi, were great!
May Allah give his family strength to tolerate what has happened.& May Allah Mohammah Alay Mohammad kay sadkay main marhoom ki mughfirat farmay, Ameen
we were very very shocked to hear this news here in canada that shafi mohd shah passed away ,we will really missing him on tv.he was such a great actor ,allah murhoom ki mughfirat farmay or unkay darajaat buland karay “mohammad alay mohammad kay sadkay main”,or unki family ko ye sadma burdasht kernay ki himmat uta farmay amin!
ALLAH UN KI MAGFRAT KAREY. AAMEEN