Shyam (actor)
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Shyam was a Hindi
film actor of the 1940s. He originally hailed from Sialkot
and his full name was Sunder Shyam Chadha, but he grew up in Rawalpindi
.
Shyam graduated from Gordon College in Rawalpindi
. He was a close personal friend of Sadat Hasan Manto and was the inspiration of many of his stories. Even after partition their bond of friendship endured. One of his famous movies was Bazar, released in 1949 where he starred with Nigar Sultana
. He married a Muslim
, Mumtaz Qureshiin, with whom he had a daughter Saira Kazmi. She is a Pakistan
i television artist who is married to fellow artist Rahat Kazmi. Shyam died on the set of the film Shabistan.
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
film actor of the 1940s. He originally hailed from Sialkot
Sialkot
Sialkot is a city in Pakistan situated in the north-east of the Punjab province at the foothills of snow-covered peaks of Kashmir near the Chenab river. It is the capital of Sialkot District. The city is about north-west of Lahore and only a few kilometers from Indian-controlled Jammu.The...
and his full name was Sunder Shyam Chadha, but he grew up in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
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Shyam graduated from Gordon College in Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
. He was a close personal friend of Sadat Hasan Manto and was the inspiration of many of his stories. Even after partition their bond of friendship endured. One of his famous movies was Bazar, released in 1949 where he starred with Nigar Sultana
Nigar Sultana
Nigar Sultana was an actress in the film industry of India. She died in May 2000, in Mumbai, India.Indian actress Heena Kausar is the daughter of Nigar Sultana.-Films:* Rangbhoomi * 1857 * Bela * Shikayat...
. He married a Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
, Mumtaz Qureshiin, with whom he had a daughter Saira Kazmi. She is a Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i television artist who is married to fellow artist Rahat Kazmi. Shyam died on the set of the film Shabistan.