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Shakeel

This article is about the television actor. For other uses, see Shakeel (disambiguation).

Yousuf Kamal (Urdu: یوسف کمال; 29 May 1945 – 29 June 2023), known professionally as Shakeel Yousuf (Urdu: شکیل یوسف), was a Pakistani actor best known for his roles in the PTV drama series Uncle Urfi (1975), as Mehboob Ahmed in PTV's Aangan Terha (1984) and as Taimoor Ahmad in Ankahi (1982).

Shakeel
شکیل
Born
Yousuf Kamal[1]

(1945-05-29)29 May 1945
Bhopal, Central Provinces, British India (now in Madhya Pradesh, India)
Died29 June 2023(2023-06-29) (aged 78)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Years active1966–2018
Known for
Pride of Performance Award Recipient
Date1992[1]
CountryIslamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented byGovernment of Pakistan

Life and career edit

Shakeel and his family migrated from India to Karachi, Pakistan in 1952.[1] He was born Yusuf Kamal in Bhopal, British India.[2]

Shakeel received his primary education from an English-medium school in British India and in a French missionary school in India.[1]

Shakeel was well known for his roles in the PTV drama serial Uncle Urfi (1972), as Mehboob Ahmed in PTV's Aangan Terha (1984) and as Taimoor Ahmad in Ankahi (1982). He acted in a number of Pakistani films. He also played the part of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaqat Ali Khan, along with Christopher Lee, in a British biographical film about the life of founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah: Jamil Dehalvi's Jinnah (1998). He also appeared in the series Traffic for BBC Channel 4. He was known for his philanthropic activities.[1]

Shakeel died on 29 June 2023, at the age of 78.[3] He had been battling a prolonged illness, and news of his death had an emotional impact on admirers and fellow artists alike.[4]

Filmography edit

Cinema edit

  • Honehar (1966)[1][2]
  • Josh-e-intiqaam (1968)
  • Nakhuda (1968)
  • Papi (1968)
  • Zindagi (1968)
  • Dastaan (1969)
  • Insaan aur gadha (1973)[5]
  • Badal aur bijli (1973)
  • Chahat (1973)[5]
  • Jeedar (1981)
  • Traffic Movie – TV Serial (BBC Channel-4 )
  • Jinnah (1998) as Liaquat Ali Khan[6]
  • Zeher-e-Ishq (2016)

Television edit

Shakeel acted in the following TV dramas:

Awards and legacy edit

Shakeel, in his 'one-man-show' 35-minutes-long stage performance in Karachi, in December 2012, says in the play, "War, war and more war only results in hunger and poverty."[2] "At one point, he reminisces about a time when people were full of love, honesty and concern for each other."[2] Many Pakistani TV and film celebrities including Fatima Surayya Bajia, Hasina Moin, Bushra Ansari and Anwar Maqsood Hameedi were in the audience to watch his performance.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j http://pakistan360degrees.com/?s=Shakeel+ Archived 5 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Profile of TV actor Shakeel on pakistan360defrees.com website, Retrieved 27 Dec 2016
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Abbasi, Mahrukh (2 December 2012). "In his tribute performance, Shakeel's message: Don't go down that road". The Express Tribune newspaper. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. ^ Another star fades: Veteran actor Shakeel dies at 85
  4. ^ MIK (30 June 2023). "Remembering Yusuf Kamal Shakeel: The Thespian Legend of Pakistani Television". Life In Pakistan. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b http://vidpk.com/p/24/Shakeel/ Archived 21 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Profile of TV actor Shakeel on vidpk.com website, Retrieved 27 Dec 2016
  6. ^ Jinnah (1998) movie on IMDb website, Retrieved 27 Dec 2016
  7. ^ Gharoor https://g.co/kgs/FtFxAC
  8. ^ PTV Classic Eid Drama 'Happy Eid Mubarak'. 29 August 2011 – via YouTube., Retrieved 27 Dec 2016

External links edit

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