Shakeel

Pakistani actor (1938–2023)

This article is about the television actor. For other uses, see Shakeel (disambiguation).

Shakeel

شکیل

Born|

Yousuf Kamal[1]

(1945-05-29)29 May 1945

Bhopal, Central Provinces, British India (now in Madhya Pradesh, India)

Died| 29 June 2023(2023-06-29) (aged 78)

Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Years active| 1966–2018
Known for|

* Uncle Urfi
* Ankahi
* Aangan Terha

Pride of Performance Award Recipient

Date| 1992[1]
Country| Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by| Government of Pakistan

Yousuf Kamal (Urdu: یوسف کمال; 29 May 1945 – 29 June 2023), known professionally as Shakeel Yousuf (Urdu: شکیل یوسف), 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).

## Life and career[edit]

Shakeel and his family migrated from India to Karachi, Pakistan in 1952.[1] He was born Yusuf Kamal in Bhopal, British India.[2]

Shakeel received his primary education from an English-medium school in British India and in a French missionary school in India.[1]

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 Pakistani 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.[1]

Shakeel died on 29 June 2023, at the age of 78.[3] He had been battling a prolonged illness, and news of his death had an emotional impact on admirers and fellow artists alike.[4]

## Filmography[edit]

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### Cinema[edit]

* Honehar (1966)[1][2]
* Josh-e-intiqaam (1968)
* Nakhuda (1968)
* Papi (1968)
* Zindagi (1968)
* Dastaan (1969)
* Insaan aur gadha (1973)[5]
* Badal aur bijli (1973)
* Chahat (1973)[5]
* Jeedar (1981)
* Traffic Movie – TV Serial (BBC Channel-4 )
* Jinnah (1998) as Liaquat Ali Khan[6]
* Zeher-e-Ishq (2016)

### Television[edit]

Shakeel acted in the following TV dramas:

* Naya Raasta (1971), written by the famous Pakistani TV writer Hasina Moin, Shakeel's first TV play[2]
* Belapur ki daayan
* Honeymoon
* Tick Tock Company[1]
* Mantorama
* Afshan
* She jee
* Zameen
* Doosri Aurat
* Aandhi
* Bulbulay
* Ankahi as (Taimoor Ahmad)
* Gharoor[7]
* Tum Say Mil Kar
* Saaye
* Jab Jab Dil Miley
* Shehzori
* Happy Eid Mubarak:[8]
* Chaudhween Ka Chand
* Colony 52
* Dhoop Mein Sawan
* Kothi No 156
* Bulbulay
* Qutubuddins
* Zair, Zabar, Pesh[2]
* Naam Dar
* Ankahi[2]
* Uraan
* Ishq Ki Inteha
* Ana
* The Castle: Aik Umeed
* Aroosa
* Chand Grehan
* Uraan
* Uncle Urfi[1]
* Tapish
* Kohar
* Parchaiyan
* Kaghaz Ke Phool PTV
* Ankahi[1]
* Aangan Terha[2]
* Koi to Barish
* Dil Ko Manana Nahi Aya
* Aansoo (Cameo appearance)
* Umrao Jaan Ada (Cameo appearance)
* Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan (Cameo appearance)
* Dil E Muztar
* Kankar
* Mujhe Khuda Pe Yaqeen Hai
* Phir Kab Milo Ge
* Tere Baghair
* Teri Chah Main
* Udaari
* Sila

## Awards and legacy[edit]

* In recognition of his contributions to show business, he was awarded the Pride of Performance in 1992.[1][2]
* Nominee: Best Actor Drama Series in a Supporting Role in The 1st Indus Drama Awards in 2005

Shakeel, in his 'one-man-show' 35-minutes-long stage performance in Karachi, in December 2012, says in the play, "War, war and more war only results in hunger and poverty."[2] "At one point, he reminisces about a time when people were full of love, honesty and concern for each other."[2] Many Pakistani TV and film celebrities including Fatima Surayya Bajia, Hasina Moin, Bushra Ansari and Anwar Maqsood Hameedi were in the audience to watch his performance.[2]

## See also[edit]

* List of Lollywood actors

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j http://pakistan360degrees.com/?s=Shakeel+ Archived 5 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Profile of TV actor Shakeel on pakistan360defrees.com website, Retrieved 27 Dec 2016
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Abbasi, Mahrukh (2 December 2012). "In his tribute performance, Shakeel's message: Don't go down that road". The Express Tribune newspaper. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
3. ^ Another star fades: Veteran actor Shakeel dies at 85
4. ^ MIK (30 June 2023). "Remembering Yusuf Kamal Shakeel: The Thespian Legend of Pakistani Television". Life In Pakistan. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
5. ^ a b http://vidpk.com/p/24/Shakeel/ Archived 21 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Profile of TV actor Shakeel on vidpk.com website, Retrieved 27 Dec 2016
6. ^ Jinnah (1998) movie on IMDb website, Retrieved 27 Dec 2016
7. ^ Gharoor https://g.co/kgs/FtFxAC
8. ^ PTV Classic Eid Drama 'Happy Eid Mubarak'. 29 August 2011 - via YouTube., Retrieved 27 Dec 2016

## External links[edit]

* Shakeel at IMDb, Shakeel (listed under his birth name Yousuf Kamal on IMDb), Retrieved 27 Dec 2016
* http://www.citwf.com/person383863.htm, TV and film actor Shakeel on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website, Retrieved 27 Dec 2016

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Recipients of the Pride of Performance for Arts

1950s|

* Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1958)
* Zainul Abedin (1958)
* Hafeez Jalandhri (1958)
* Professor Abdus Salam (1958)

1960s|

* Roshan Ara Begum (1960)
* Fateh Ali Khan (Qawwali singer) (1960)
* Tassaduq Hussain (1960)
* Sadequain (1962)
* Mehdi Ali Mirza (1962)
* Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (1962)
* Ahmed Mohiuddin (1962)
* Allah Bakhsh (1963)
* Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi (1963)
* Noor Jehan (1965)
* A.S.M. Qamarul Hasan (1965)
* Zubaida Agha (1965)
* Ferdausi Begum (1965)
* Sharif Khan Poonchwaley (1965)
* Imtiaz Ali Taj (1965)
* Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1966)
* Shakir Ali (1966)
* Khwaja Moinuddin (1966)
* Ayat Ali Khan (1966)
* Ustad Haji Mohammad Sharif (1967)
* Munshi Raziuddin (1967)
* Rafi Peer (1967)
* Ali Imam (1968)
* Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (1968)
* Amanat Ali Khan(1969)
* Bade Fateh Ali Khan (1969)
* Leila Arjumand Banu (1969)
* Umeed Ali Khan (1969)
* Mohammad Kibria (1969)
* Anna Molka Ahmed (1969)

1970s|

* Ismail Gulgee (1970)
* Farida Khanum (1970)
* Naheed Niazi (1970)
* Muslehuddin (1970)
* Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan (1971)
* S. M. Ikram (1971)
* Iqbal Bano (1974)
* Salamat Ali Khan (1977)
* Munir Sarhadi (1978)
* Ahmed Parvez (1978)
* Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (1978)
* Sabri Brothers (1978)
* Ibn-e-Insha (1978)
* Faiz Mohammad Baloch (1979)
* Khamiso Khan (1979)
* Kishwar Sultan (1979)
* Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Sitar Nawaz) (1979)
* Ghulam Ali (1979)
* Alam Lohar (1979)
* Mureed Buledi (1979)
* Misri Khan Jamali (1979)
* Pathanay Khan (1979)
* Mohammad Azam Chishti (1979)
* Ashfaq Ahmed (1979)
* Nabi Bakhsh Baloch (1979)

1980s|

* Mohammad Qavi Khan (1980)
* Ustad Khyal Muhammad (1980)
* Allan Fakir (1980)
* Sohail Rana (1980)
* Khalid Iqbal (1980)
* Aazar Zubi (1980)
* Malika Pukhraj (1980)
* Muhammad Juman (1980)
* Qari Shakir Qasmi (1981)
* Nasir Jahan (1981)
* Mansoor Tabish (1981)
* Qari Syed Ali Sharfuddin Yemni (1981)
* Nanhe Ali Khan (music performer))(1981)
* Roohi Bano (1981)
* Alexander Robert (1981)
* Mai Bhagi (1981)
* Mirza Adeeb (1981)
* Uzma Gillani (1982)
* Qari Ubaidur Rehman (1982)
* Talat Hussain (1982)
* Tufail Niazi (1982)
* Reshma (1982)
* Arsh Muneer (1983)
* Ustad Nazar Hussain (1983)
* Atta Shad (1983)
* Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi (1984)
* Begum Khurshid Mirza (1984)
* Abida Parveen (1984)
* Muhammad Ali (1984)
* Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini, Nafees Raqam (1985)
* Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan (1985)
* Bundu Khan (1985)
* Mehdi Hasan (1985)
* Shaukat Hussain (1985)
* Qari Ghulam Rasool (1985)
* Siddiq Ismail (1985)
* Abid Ali (1985)
* Syed Mehmood Ali (1985)
* Sabiha Khanum (1986)
* Shahzad Khalil (1986)
* Suraiya Multanikar (1986)
* Firdous Jamal (1986)
* Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan(1986)
* Azhar Lodhi (1986)
* Riaz Batalvi (1986)
* Intizar Hussain (1986)
* Amjad Islam Amjad (1987)
* Ustad Abdul Majeed Dehlvi (1987)
* Haseena Moin (1987)
* Aadil Salahuddin (1987)
* Sain Akhtar Hussain (1987)
* Qari Izhar Ahmed Thanvi (1987)
* Shaista Zaid (1988)
* Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (1988)
* Mustafa Qureshi (1988)
* Muzaffar Warsi (1988)
* Qazi Wajid (1988)
* Ustad Kabir Khan (1989)
* Ghulam Ahmed Chishti (1989)
* Musarrat Nazir (1989)
* Shafi Mohammad Shah (1989)
* Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (1989)
* Jameel Bismil (1989)
* Bushra Ansari (1989)
* Ameer Khan (1989)
* Amjad Hussain (1989)
* Ustad Salamat Ali Khan (1989)
* Aziz Mian (1989)
* Talish (1989)
* Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak (1989)
* Jamil Naqsh (1989)
* Enver Sajjad (1989)

1990s|

* Salim Nasir (1990)
* Daud Kamal (1990)
* Khalid Hameed Baig (1990)
* Shaukat Ali (1990)
* Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando (1990)* Ustad Hamid Ali Khan (1990)
* Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Gwalior gharana) (1990)
* Mushtaq Gazdar (1990) * Ahmed Saeed Nagi (1990)
* Qari Mohammad Fida (1990)
* Parveen Shakir (1990)
* Iftikhar Arif (1990)
* Ibrahim Jalees (1990)
* Jamiluddin Aali (1991)
* Khursheed Alam known as Gohar Qalam (1991)
* Khayyam Sarhadi (1991)
* Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi (1991)
* Ata ul Haq Qasmi (1991)
* Nayyar Ali Dada (1992)
* Shakeel (Yousuf Kamal) (1992)
* Noor Mohammad Lashari (1992)
* Tariq Aziz (1992)
* Mustansar Hussain Tarar (1992)
* Pervez Malik (1992)
* Jawed Iqbal (1992)
* Mian Ijazul Hasan (1992)
* Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman (1992)
* Munir Niazi (1992)
* Naseem Hijazi (1992)
* Mian Sheheryar (1992)
* Waheed Qureshi (1993)
* Ismail Shahid (1993)
* Saeed Akhtar (1993)
* Ali Ejaz (1993)
* S.H. Hashmi (1993)
* Syed Manzoorul Kaunain (1993)
* Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari (1993)
* Agha Nasir (1993)
* Farooq Qaiser (1993)
* Bashir Mirza (1994)
* Ahmad Bashir (1994)
* Shahid Jalal (1994)
* Qari Mohammad Younus (1994)
* Qari Syed Ali Abid Naqvi (1994)
* Mehr Abdul Haq (1994)
* Nisar Bazmi (1994)
* Hamid Ali Bela (1994)
* Zareena Baloch (1994)
* Anwar Maqsood (1994)
* Shujaat Hashmi (1994)
* Qateel Shifai (1994)
* Zamir Niazi (1994))
* Tufail Hoshiarpuri (1994)
* Nahid Siddiqui (1994))
* Laeeq Ahmed (1994)
* Abdus Salam (newscaster) (1994)
* Allah Rakha (sarangi) (1995)
* Ustad Talib Hussain Khan (1995)
* Colin David (1995)
* Shoaib Hashmi (1995)
* Rauf Khalid (1995)
* Laila Shahzada (1995)
* Hajra Masroor (1995)
* Khursheed Ahmad (1996)
* Mashooq Sultan (1996)
* Safeerullah Lehri (1996)
* Afzal Ahsan Randhawa (1996)
* Qari Noor Mohammad (1996)
* Rubina Khalid (1996)
* Fatima Surayya Bajia (1996)
* Sehba Akhtar (1996)
* Mohammad Ali Shah (surgeon) (1996)
* Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla (1997)
* Nadeem Baig (1997)
* Abdul Hameed (1997)
* Masroor Anwar (1997)
* Akhtar Chanal Zahri (1998)
* Mumtaz Mirza (1998)
* Suhrab Faqir (1999)
* Dilawar Figar (1999)
* Salima Hashmi (1999)
* Anwar Masood (1999)
* Anita Ghulam Ali (1999)
* Zafar Iqbal (poet) (1999)
* Khalid Abbas Dar (1999)
* Khatir Ghaznavi (1999)
* Mujahid Kamran (1999)
* Raza Mir (1999)

2000s|

* Amjad Parvez (2000)
* Sharif Kunjahi (2000)
* Kamaluddin Ahmed (2001)
* Athar Shah Khan Jaidi (2001)
* Jameel Fakhri (2002)
* Nazia Hassan (2002)
* Deena M. Mistri (2002)
* Askari Mian Irani (2002)
* Himayat Ali Shair (2002)
* Shoaib Mansoor (2002)
* Jilani Kamran (2002)
* Iftikhar Ahmad (2003)
* Ada Jafri (2003)
* Syed Afzal Hussain (2003)
* Syed Munawwar Saeed (2003)
* Abdul Aziz Baloch (2003)
* Ghulam Mustafa (2003)
* Majeed Khan (sarangi player) (2003)
* Muneeza Hashmi (2003)
* Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (2003)
* Imdad Hussaini (2003)
* Muhammad Usman Diplai (2004)
* Yousuf Khan (actor) (2004)
* Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (2004)
* Chishty Bin Subh-o-Mujahid (2004)
* Navid Shahzad (2004)
* Salahuddin Toofani (2004)
* S. M. Naqi (2004)
* Haji Atta Muhammad (2004)
* Moin Niazi (2004)
* Shahida Parveen (2004)
* Tina Sani (2004)
* Niaz Ahmed (2004)
* Samiur Rahman (2004)
* Tariq Rahman (2004)
* Rais Khan (2005)
* Arif Lohar (2005)
* Rangeela (2005)
* Muhammad Mansha Yaad (2005)
* Shabnam Shakeel (2005)
* Abdul Rauf Rufi (2005)
* Khawaja Najmul Hassan (2005)
* Amir Adnan (2006)
* Asghar Nadeem Syed (2006)
* Arshad Mehmood (2006)
* Arfa Karim (2006)
* Nayyar Kamal (2006)
* Tassawar Khanum (2006)
* Ustad Badar uz Zaman (2006)
* Ustad Qamar uz Zaman (2006)
* Shafqat Tanvir Mirza (2006)
* Zehra Nigah (2006)
* Khalida Hussain (2006)
* Ghazi Sial (2006)
* Nayyara Noor (2006)
* Masood Akhtar (2006)
* Aftab Iqbal Shamim (2006)
* Naheed Akhtar (2007)
* Shaan (2007)
* Asad Amanat Ali Khan (2007)
* Hamid Ali Khan (2007)
* Faakhir Mehmood (2007)
* Munnu Bhai (2007)
* Munni Begum (2008)
* Akhtar Munir (2008)
* Gopal Das (2008)
* Haji Mehr Ali (2008)
* Haji Sher Ali (2008)
* Nahid Raza (2008)
* Gul Bahar Bano (2008)
* Mujahid Hussain (2008)
* Rasheed Malik (2008)
* Sultana Siddiqui (2008)
* Abdul Karim Balouch (2008)
* Abdul Qadir Junejo (2008)
* M. Hanif Raza (2008)
* Nasreen Askari (2008)
* Shafqat Amanat Ali (2008)
* Mansoor Rahi (2008)
* Tari Khan (2008)
* Noorul Huda Shah (2008)
* Rasheed Naz (2009)
* Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan (2009)
* Muhammad Younus Khan (2009)
* Emanuel Philip (2009)
* Rehana Siddiqui (2009)
* Shabbir Hussain (2009)
* Manzoor Hussain (2009)
* Parveen Nazzar (2009)
* Javaid Tufail Niazi (2009)
* Babar Ali Niazi (2009)
* Hajra Mansoor (2009)
* Behroze Sabzwari (2009)
* Obaidullah Baig (2009)
* Khalifa Muhammad Irshad Beg (2009)
* Naseem Sultan (2009)
* Ghous Bux Brohi (2009)
* Sahib Dino Mallah (2009)
* Satish Chandra Anand (2009)
* Rubeena Malik (2009)
* Badar Munir (2009)
* Muhammad Gul (2009)
* Mehnaz Hyat (2009)
* Abdul Qadir (2009)
* Ghayyur Akhtar (2009)
* Aslam Farrukhi (2009)
* Ali Moeen Nawazish (2009)

2010s|

* Afzal Tauseef (2010)
* Musarrat Misbah (2010)
* Rabia Zuberi (2010)
* Zulfiqar Ali (2010)
* Mahmood Shaam (2010)
* Hameed Akhtar (2010)
* Fahmida Riaz (2010)
* Shahid Nadeem (2010)
* Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo (2010)
* Masood Mufti (2010)
* Masood Ashar (2010)
* Habib-ur-Rehman (2011)
* Khalida Inayat Noor (2011)
* Khan Tehsil (2011)
* Abdul Rahim Nagori (2011)
* S. Amjad Bukhari (2011)
* S. B. John (2011)
* S.H. Qasim Jalali (2011)
* Samina Ahmad (2011)
* Sohail Ahmed (2011)
* Ustad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu (2011)
* Khalid Ahmad (2011)
* Ustad Muhammad Alam (2011)
* Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (2011)
* Wazir Afzal (2011)
* Zafar Kazmi (2011)
* Moin Akhter (2011)
* Sahira Kazmi (2012)
* Mohsin Gillani (2012)
* Nauman Ijaz (2012)
* Saba Hameed (2012)
* Jawed Sheikh (2012)
* Meera (2012)
* Rahat Naveed Masud (2012)
* Lutfullah Khan (2012)
* Kazim Pasha (2012)
* Tahira Syed (2013)
* Muhammad Ajmal Khan (2013)
* Alamgir (2013)
* Shahida Mini (2013)
* Naghma (2013)
* Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (2013)
* Cecil Chaudhry (2013)
* Shahid Abdullah (2014)
* Ustad Shafiquz Zaman Khan (2014)
* Aurangzeb Leghari (2014)
* Nazir Leghari (2014)
* Ayub Khawar (2014)
* Mir Mohammad Ali (TV comedian) (2015)
* Ayesha Haroon (2015)
* Saleem Kausar (2015)
* Saba Qamar (2016)
* Waseem Abbas (2016)
* Wajahat Masood (journalist) (2016)
* Gulab Chandio (2016)
* Nathoo Khan (2016)
* Khalid Butt (2016)
* Sarmad Khoosat (2017)
* Humaira Channa (2017)
* Ghazi Salahuddin (2017)
* Rashid Mehmood (2017)
* Shakir Shuja Abadi (2017)
* Zulfiqar Bhutta (2017)
* Aslam Pervaiz (2018)
* Ghulam Haider (musician) (2018)
* Amin Hafeez (2018)
* A. Nayyar (singer) (2018)
* Bilqees Khanum (2018)
* Rauf Parekh (journalist) (2018)
* Amanullah (comedian) (2018)
* Nighat Chaudhry (classical dancer) (2018)
* Nighat Butt (2018)
* Zareen Panna (2018)
* Ishrat Fatima (newsreader) (2019)
* Reema Khan (2019)
* Arshad Sharif (journalist) (2019)
* Nasir Adeeb (2019)
* Shabbir Jan (2019)
* Iftikhar Thakur (2019)

2020s|

* Deeba (2020)
* Ghulam Mohiuddin (2020)
* Sahir Ali Bagga (2020)
* Waris Baig (2020)
* Ghulam Abbas 2020
* Saieen Zahoor (2020)
* Fareed Ayaz (2020)
* Sarmad Sehbai (2021)
* Resham (2021)
* Khalid Masud Gondal (2021)
* Hafeez Tahir (2023)
* Sangeeta (2023)
* Sher Miandad Khan (2023)
* Ustad Tafu (2023)
* Anjuman (2023)

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