Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah

Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah
سید ممتاز علی شاہ
Born(1933-03-11)11 March 1933
Spina Warae, Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Died31 May 2024(2024-05-31) (aged 91)
Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
OccupationActor
AwardsPride of Performance[1]

Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah (Urdu: سید ممتاز علی شاہ; 11 March 1933 – 31 May 2024) was a Pakistani actor who worked in many Pashto dramas.

Life and career

Shah was born on 11 March 1933.[2] He matriculated in 1948 at the Islamia Collegiate School, Peshawar. He served as a refugee village administrator in the commissionerate for Afghan refugees. He was attached to Radio Pakistan since 1948. He participated in the inaugural drama on Pakistan Television, namely Chaklala, in 1969.

In interviews he related the story of his first participation in a radio drama. He had just two lines in the drama about passing a pipe (chelam) to an elder.

Shah died on 31 May 2024, at the age of 91.[3]

Videography

Serial Channel Language Year
Namoos PTV Pashto & Urdu
Sahar Radio Pakistan Pashto
Teendak Pashto
Chagha Pashto
Janan PTV Pashto
Zanjeerayn Urdu
Rokhana Teare Pashto
Shor Pashto
Patkay Pashto
Wrake Laare Pashto
Kaglechuna AVT Khyber Pashto 2013

References

  1. ^ "Governor confers Presidential awards to eight legends of KP". 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah – the KhyberWatch". khyberwatch.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Senior actor Mumtaz Ali Shah passes away in Peshawar". The Frontier Post. Retrieved 31 May 2024.


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