Mirza Shahi ( – 29 September 2020) was a Pakistani actor and comedian popularly known with his role name Chacha Kamal. He played role of Batuta/Chacha Kamal in the popular television serial '' Nadaniyan''.

Biography

Shahi started his film career from 1965 in film ''Shaadi'' in

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Film Industry. In 1967, he starred in the actor Nadeem's first film

Chakori ''Chakori'' ( bn, চকোরী ur, چکوری), is a Pakistani Urdu feature film. This film was released on 22 March 1967 on Eid-ul-Azha Day in Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The film was directed by Captain Ehtesham. It was Nadeem' ...

. He settled in

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with his family after the creation of

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. He also took extra jobs due to difficult family finances after emigrating from

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

in 1971. Some of his popular works include films Chakori, Quddusi Sahab Ki Bewah, and Chhotey Sahab.and Geo Tv comedy drama serial nadaniyaan where he play a role of chacha kamal In September 2020, he was diagnosed with

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during the

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. He died on 29 September 2020, at Civil Hospital Karachi.

References

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