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Yousuf Kamal(1938-2023)

  • Actor
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Shakeel and his family migrated from India to Karachi, Pakistan in 1952. He was born Yusuf Kamal in Bhopal, British India.

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

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 local 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.

Yousuf Kamal (Urdu: May 1945 - 29 June 2023), known professionally as Shakeel Yousuf (Urdu: 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).
BornMay 29, 1938
DiedJune 29, 2023(85)
BornMay 29, 1938
DiedJune 29, 2023(85)
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Zeher-e-Ishq
Zeher-e-Ishq
  • Actor
    Bill Paterson in Traffik (1989)
    Traffik
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Javed Ahmed(as Shakeel)
    Waheed Murad in Honhaar (1966)
    Honhaar
    • Aziz
    • 1966
    Suhagan
    • Actor
    • 1967

    Credits

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    • Zeher-e-Ishq
      • In Production



    • Ab Kar Meri Rafugari
      TV Series
      • 2016
    • Tere Baghair (2015)
      Tere Baghair
      6.0
      TV Series
      • 2015
    • Doosri Aurat
      TV Movie
      • 2014
    • Dil-e-Muztar
      8.9
      TV Series
      • 2013
    • Hazaron Saal
      TV Series
      • 2012
    • Nadamat
      TV Series
      • 2012
    • Unbounded Love Aka Ishq Ki Inteha (2009)
      Unbounded Love Aka Ishq Ki Inteha
      9.4
      TV Series
      • Rauf
      • 2009–2010
    • Meri Zaat Zarrae Benishan (2009)
      Meri Zaat Zarrae Benishan
      9.0
      TV Series
      • Karim (2009)
      • 2009
    • Talat Hussain, Humayun Saeed, Rehan Sheikh, Asma Anwar, Bilal Ahmed, Nayyar Ejaz, Zulfiqar Sheikh, Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, and Samina Ahmed in The Castle: Aik Umeed (2002)
      The Castle: Aik Umeed
      TV Series
      • Professor Yusuf Ali Syed
      • 2002
    • Christopher Lee in Jinnah (1998)
      Jinnah
      7.7
      • Liaquat Ali Khan (as Shakeel)
      • 1998
    • Bill Paterson in Traffik (1989)
      Traffik
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Javed Ahmed (as Shakeel)
      • 1989
    • Zair, Zabar, Pesh
      TV Series
      • Khadim
      • 1974
    • Nisho, Rangeela, Rozina, Syed Kamal, Naashad, and Syed Mehmood Ali in Insaan Aur Gadha (1973)
      Insaan Aur Gadha
      7.1
      • 1973
    • Josh-E-Inteqaam
      • 1968
    • Suhagan
      • 1967

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Yusuf Kamal
    • Born
      • May 29, 1938
      • Bhopal, Central Provinces, British India
    • Died
      • June 29, 2023
      • Karachi, Pakistan(Undisclosed)

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