Shyam (actor)

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Shyam
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Born
Sunder Shyam Chadda

(1920-02-20)20 February 1920
Sialkot, Punjab, British India
Died25 April 1951(1951-04-25) (aged 31)
EducationGordon College
OccupationActor
Years active1942–1951
Spouse(s)
Mumtaz Qureshi ('Taji')
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(m. 1940⁠–⁠1951)​
ChildrenSahira Kazmi (daughter)
Shakir (son)
RelativesRahat Kazmi (son-in-law)
Ali Kazmi (grandson)
Nida Kazmi (grand-daughter)

Sunder Shyam Chadda (20 February 1920 – 25 April 1951)[1] was an Indian actor in Hindi cinema. He began his career in 1942 and worked in over 30 films until his death in 1951 at the age of 31[2]

Early life & career[]

He originally hailed from Sialkot but grew up in Rawalpindi.[3] Shyam graduated from Gordon College in Rawalpindi. He was a close friend of Saadat Hasan Manto and was the inspiration to many of his stories.[4] Even after partition, their friendship remained strong.

Shyam's film career began in 1942 with the Punjabi film Gowandhi.[5] In 1944, he moved to Bombay and started acting in Hindi films. He acted opposite several of the top actresses of the time such as Nargis, Nigar Sultana, Suraiya and Nalini Jaywant. One of his most famous movies was Bazaar, released in 1949, in which he starred with Nigar Sultana. Some of his other notable films included Man Ki Jeet (1944), (1948), Dillagi (1949), Patanga (1949), (1949), Meena Bazaar (1950) and Samadhi. His last film was which was released after his death.

Personal life[]

He married Mumtaz Qureshi (also called “Taji”), with whom he had a daughter, Pakistani TV actress Sahira Kazmi and a son Shakir, who was born two months after Shyam's death. Sahira Kazmi married the actor Rahat Kazmi, and Shakir is now a Psychiatrist based in the United Kingdom. Mumtaz migrated to Lahore, Pakistan, after her husband's premature death in 1951, along with her elder sister, Zeb Qureshi, who was an actress in Bombay. Mumtaz later married a gentleman, Ansari[6]

Death[]

Shyam died on the set of in 1951 after he fell off a horse during filming. His few remaining scenes were completed with a body-double who had a similar height to him and filmed from behind without showing his face.[6][2]

In film[]

Tahir Raj Bhasin was seen portraying Shyam in the film Manto, a biopic on Saadat Hasan Manto. The film was released in September 2018.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Shyam's Upperstall profile".
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Mishra, Vijay (2002). Bollywood Cinema. Routledge. pp. xiii. ISBN 978-0-415-93014-7.
  3. ^ Ahmed, Ishtiaq (2 November 2013). "An evening with actor Shyam's family". Daily Times. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. ^ Mufti, Aamir (2007). Enlightenment in the Colony. Princeton University Press. pp. 206. ISBN 978-0-691-05732-3.
  5. ^ https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/shyam-actor
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Actor Shyam (1920-1951) who died very young". apnaorg.com.
  7. ^ "Watch: Nawazuddin Siddiqui aces Manto's look and quirks in Nandita Das' short film". Firstpost. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

External links[]

  • Shyam at The Internet Movie Database
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