Umer Shareef Biography – Umer Shareef Wiki
Umer Shareef born Mohammad Umer was a Pakistani actor, comedian, director, producer, and television personality. He was regarded as one of the greatest comedians of the sub-continent.
In 1974, he began his career in Karachi as a stage performer at the age of 14. He joined theatre, using the stage name Umer Zarif but later renamed that to Umer Sharif. Some of his extremely popular comedy stage plays were 1989’s Bakra Qistoon Pe and Buddha Ghar Pe Ha.
He became a very popular star during this period. Much of the success came from the fact that he started to record his stage shows and his videotapes were rented out in a similar manner to movies. Yes, Sir Eid and No Sir Eid were among the first stage plays to come out on video.
In October 2009, he began hosting his own late-night talk show, The Shareef Show, on Geo TV. He interviewed many actors, entertainers, musicians, and politicians on the show. He also featured as a guest judge on the Indian stand-up comedy show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, alongside Navjot Singh Siddhu, and Shekhar Suman.
In 2006, the Umer Sharif Welfare Trust was formed with the stated goal of creating a “state of the art health center that provides services free of cost.”
Sharif was a recipient of the National awards for Best Director and Best Actor in 1992 for Mr. 420. He received ten Nigar Awards. Sharif was the only actor to receive four Nigar Awards in a single year. He received three Graduate Awards. He was also a recipient of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.
He was referred to as the “King of Comedy”. He was considered one of the greatest comedians of the Indian subcontinent. Popular Indian comedians like Johnny Lever and Raju Srivastav hailed him as “The God Of Asian Comedy”.
For the 50-year anniversary of Pakistan’s independence, he performed a play called Umer Sharif Haazir Ho. In the play, a representative from many occupations was called into court and asked what they had done for Pakistan in the past 50 years. The Lawyer’s Association stated a case against Sharif as a result.
Umer Shareef Age
He was born on April 19, 1955, in Liaquatabad Town, Karachi, Pakistan, and died on October 2, 2021. He was 66.
Umer Shareef Wife
He was married thrice. At the time of his death was accompanied on the air ambulance by his third wife, Zareen Ghazal. The couple got married in 2005.
Umer Shareef Children
He had a child named Hina Sharif.
Umer Shareef Family
He was born into an Urdu-speaking family in Liaquatabad, Karachi. He had a sibling, Khadija Mahmood.
Umer Shareef Death
He died on October 2, 2021. He died in a hospital in Nuremberg, Germany, at the age of 66. His death on Saturday was confirmed by his family and Pakistani officials.
“With deep sorrow, it is announced that Mr. Umer Sharif has passed away,” Mohammad Faisal, Pakistan’s ambassador to Germany, wrote on Twitter. “Our deepest condolences to hie [his] family and friends. Our CG [consul general] is present at the hospital to assist the family in every way.”
On September 10, 2021, Pakistani television host and news anchor Waseem Badami posted a video of Shareef on Instagram where he requested the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan facilitate cancer treatment for him overseas. Soon after the video came out, Indian singer Daler Mehndi also appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan for immediate treatment for Sharif. On September 11, 2021, the government formed a medical board to decide whether or not to send him abroad for treatment. He was granted a United States visa for medical treatment on 16 September 16, 2021, and the Sindh government also approved 40 million rupees for his treatment.
In 2017, news of the (fake) death of Umar Shareef circulated over social media but soon his son Jawad Umer issued a statement to clarify that his father was alive and well. In September 2021, he again became the victim of fake death news.
Umer Shareef Cause of Death
The cause of his death has not been specified. However, he was admitted to a hospital after his condition deteriorated while in Germany set to be flown to the US on an air ambulance to undergo a life-saving heart procedure.
