Iconic TV Actor Jamshed Ansari’s Remembered on 21st Death Anniversary

In a career spanning over 40 years, the renowned actor has to his credit over 200 TV dramas, three films and many radio and stage plays.

Entertainment Desk

ISLAMABAD: Fans of prominent actor of radio, TV and film Jamshed Ansari observed his 21st death anniversary on Monday across the country to pay homage to his services in the film and drama industry.

The iconic TV and renowned actor breathed his last on August 24, 2005 after suffering from brain tumor. Born in Saharanpur, India on December 31, 1942, Ansari carved a distinct niche for himself in Pakistan’s entertainment industry through his versatile acting skills. At the age of six he migrated to Pakistan along with his family members in 1948. Jamshed received Bachelors of Arts degree in 1964.

In a career spanning over 40 years, he has to his credit over 200 TV dramas, three films and many radio and stage plays. Jamshed Ansari played the memorable role of Safdar in the longest run Pakistani Radio programme ‘Hamid Mian Kay Haan’. Listening the programme became the second habit of the Pakistani people for more than four decades.

His first television play from Karachi television was ‘Ghora ghaas khata hai’. The same year he left for London and lived there for four years. In London, Jamshed successfully completed television production courses and worked in stage shows and also for BBC.

Jamshed Ansari returned from England in 1968. In Pakistan, his first stab at acting was in the Lahore television play, ‘Jharokay’, which was produced and telecast in 1968. Jamshed’s first television play from Karachi television was ‘Ghora ghaas khata hai’, written by Agha Nasir.

Jamshed’s love for acting not only took him irresistibly to the stage and television, but to radio as well. He contributed to numerous radio programmes. Jamshed earned fifty-five national and two international awards in his forty-one-year show business career. Prominent among those were Quaid-i-Azam Award and Graduate Award. The veteran artist passed away in Karachi on August 24, 2005, leaving behind a memorable legacy in Pakistan’s radio, television and film history.