Sheikh Mukhtar
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Early life
Sheikh Mukhtar was the son of Chaudhry Ashfaq Ahmed, who was a railway police inspector and was born in Karachi, British India; now Pakistan. Chaudhary Ashfaq Ahmed intentionally got transferred and migrated to Delhi. Sheikh Mukhtar was born on 24 December 1914 in Delhi.[1]
He had spent his childhood years in Choodi Waalan Gali (near Jama Mosque, Delhi) and received education at an Anglo-Arabic school, Ajmeri Gate, Delhi. His father wanted his son to join the Police or Army, but Sheikh Mukhtar was keenly interested in theatre. One of his neighbours from his area started working in a theatre company, so Sheikh Mukhtar also moved to Kolkata and joined the company.[1]
Career
India
Sheikh Mukhtar got his break with Mehboob Khan's Ek Hi Raasta (1939), earning a lead role in his first movie, and would play the lead in numerous later Mehboob Khan movies.[1] He starred in several lead roles throughout the 1940s, and by the 1950s, he expanded his contributions to cinema by founding his own production company, Mukhtar Films; among his box-office successes was the film Mr. Lambu (1956).[1]
Pakistan
Mukhtar had produced Noor Jehan (1967), a Hindi movie, with hopes for it to be a 'hit' like Mughal-e-Azam (1960), but his movie flopped badly in India, which in turn disappointed him and he was heartbroken and probably this made him leave India for Pakistan. And along with him, he took the original prints of film Noor Jehan which, unfortunately for him, only got released in Pakistan twelve days after his death in 1980, but it became a 'hit' film there.[1] In the movie he played the supporting role of Sher Afghan Quli Khan, the first husband of Queen Nur Jahan.[1]
Final years and death
After migrating from India to Pakistan in the late 1960s, he settled in Karachi, Pakistan. After some years there, he suffered a cardiac arrest on his flight from Lahore to Karachi and died in Karachi on 12 May 1980.[1]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Producer | Director | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Ek Hi Raasta | Mangoo | Mehboob Khan | Lead role | ||
| 1941 | Bahen | Amar | [2][1] | |||
| 1942 | Roti | Balam | ||||
| 1944 | Shahenshah Babar | Babur | Wajahat Mirza | |||
| 1947 | Bhookh | Safdar Aah | [3] | |||
| 1948 | Anokha Pyar | M. I. Dharamsey | Supporting role | |||
| 1949 | Dada | Harish | Lead role | |||
| 1954 | Baadbaan | Phani Majumdar | Supporting role | |||
| 1956 | Mr. Lambu | Template:Ya | Nisar Ahmad Ansari | Lead role | [2][1] | |
| 1957 | Changez Khan | Gengis Khan | Kedar Kapoor | |||
| Halaku | D. D. Kashyap | Supporting role | ||||
| 1959 | Do Ustad | Jagannath | Template:Ya | Tara Harish | [2] | |
| 1963 | Ustadon Ke Ustad | Mangal Singh | Brij | |||
| 1965 | Hum Sab Ustad Hai | Romi | Maruti Rao | |||
| 1967 | Noor Jehan | Sher Afghan Quli Khan | Template:Ya | M. Sadiq | [2] | |
| 1968 | Nadir Shah | Nadir Shah | S. N. Tripathi | Lead role | ||
| 1973 | Hum Sub Chor Hain | Shaikh | Marutirao Parab |
References
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External links
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- Films of Sheikh Mukhtar: [1]