Tv Drama Writer /Actor Umer Sharif

OMER SHARIF

Omer Sharif, (Urdu: عمر شریف, also spelled Omer Sharif) (born 19 April 1948 in the town of Liaquatabad in Karachi, Sindh) is a legendary Pakistani stand-up comedian, stage, film and television actor, writer, director and producer. His original name is Mohammed Omer, however he changed that to Omer Sharifwhen he joined the theater and later changed that to Omer Sharif.

He rose to fame due to his work on stage and his stage shows are considered among the most popular in Pakistan. He started his showbiz career from Karachi as stage performer at the age of 14.

Sharif became one of the most well known stage performers in Pakistan after his extremely popular 1985 comedy stage plays Bakra Qistoon Pay and Buddha Ghar Pe Hai. In both of them he starred along with another comedy legend Moin Akhter. Much of the success comes from the fact that he started to record his stage shows and the videocassettes were rented out in a similar fashion to movies. Yes Sir Eid, No Sir Eid, followed by Bakra Qistoon Pay were the first stage shows to come out on video.

Bakra Qistoon Pay is considered to be the show that made stage plays what they are today in Pakistan. Before the advent of Bakra Qistoon Pay majority stage shows in Pakistan used to be classy with rather poetic dialogs. After Bakra Qistoon Pay (Goat on installments) stage shows became a vibrant, majorly comical (and often gritty) part of the Pakistani culture. It has also sparked many sequels. He has also produced films like Mr. 420, Mr. Charlie, Miss Fitna, etc.

The popularity of Bakra Qistoon Pay also crossed the border into India as well and Umer Sharif became a famous name in India as well. Many of his famous dialogues were copied in Bollywood movies. Sharif is in process of completing his first Indian movie, Tum Mere Ho, as a director.

Awards
He has received the following awards:

• Best Director and Best Actor National Awards in 1992 for Mr. 420
• Ten (10) Nigar Awards - He is the only one to receive 4 Nigar Awards in a single year
• Three (3) Graduate Awards
• Best Drama Writer
• Best Actor
• Best Director
• Four (4) Awami Awards
• Best Stage Actor (1984)
• Best Stage Director (1988)
• Cassette Melody Awards
• Best Award for Hat trick in Audio Cassettes
• One (1) International Emirates Award in Dubai
• National Defence College Pakistan Shield
• Two (2) Bolan Awards
• Musavir Award
• Chicago Award (1992)
• Award in Los Angeles (1996)
• Waheed Murad Award
• Trend Changer Award from Karachi in 1993
• Lahore Press Club Award for Excellent Performance, 1996
• Jang Akhbar Award
• Khabrain Award
• Sadaaqat News Paper Award
• Award from Allama Iqbal Medical College
• Key to the City of Karachi: For the first time in the history of Pakistan's film industry the key of any city was presented to an actor.

Stage shows

• Budha Ghar Per Hai
• Bakra Qistoon Pay
• Bakra Qistoon Pay Part 2
• Bakra Qistoon Pay Part 3
• Bakra Qistoon Pay Part 4
• Yeah Hai Naya Tamasha
• One Day Eid Match
• Yes Sir Eid, No Sir Eid
• Aao Sach Bolein
• Tera Bakra Mera Qasai
• Nayee Ammi Purana Abba
• Dulhan Main Le Jaonga
• Eid Tere Naam
• Samad Bond 007
• Umer Sharif in Jungle
• Hum Sey Mil
• Flight 420
• Eid Aashiqon Ki
• Mamu Mazaq Mat Karo
• Akbar-e-Azam in Pakistan
• Ye To Houseful Ho Gaya
• New York Se New Karachi
• Angoor Khatte Hain
• Meri Bhi To Eid Karade
• Nach Meri Bulbul
• Dulha 2002
• Chaudhry Plaza
• Hum Sab Aik Hain
• Umar Sharif Hazar Ho
• Hum Sa Ho Tu Samnay Aai
• Omer Sharif Behrupia
• Beauty Parlour
• Meri Jaan Thanedaar
• Valima Tayyar Hai
• Salaam Karachi
• Petrol Pump
• Begum Meri BBC
• andaz apna apna
• umar sharief show 84

Television

• Umer Sharif vs. Umer Sharif
• Koi Hay Jo Hamain Hasa-ay
• Fifty-Fifty
• Parda na uthao
• The Shareef Show
• one day eid match

Films

• Hisaab (1986)
• Kundan
• Aag he Aag
• Aawargi
• Dushmano Kay Dushman
• Barood Ki Chaaon
• Jhutay Raees
• Chupay Rustam
• Laad Sahab
• Khotay Sikkay
• Rani Beti Raj Karay Ge
• Aik Ko Das Numbari
• Nehla Dehla
• Duniya Meri Jaib Mein
• Danda Peer
• Behrupia
• Sahab Bibi Aur Tawaif
• Hathkari
• Mehelay Daar
• Buth Shikan
• Muskurahat
• Mastana Mahi
• Actor
• Phool
• Mr. 420
• Mr. Charlie (1992)
• Miss Fitna (1993)
  

Personal life

In early life he worked in a welding shop. He has 2 sons.