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Ismail Tara (Urdu: اسماعیل تارا; 16 November 1949 - 24 November 2022), born Muhammad Ismail Merchant, was a Pakistani actor and comedian.[1]
Ismail Tara
Born
Muhammad Ismail Merchant
16 November 1949
Karachi, Dominion of Pakistan
Died
24 November 2022 (aged 73)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Occupations
ActorComedian
Years active
1964 - 2022
Known for
Fifty Fifty (TV comedy show)
Awards
5 Nigar Awards
Beginning in 1964, he worked in stage plays, television serials and Lollywood films till his death in 2022.
He was best known for his work in Fifty Fifty, which aired on PTV in the 1980s.[2]
He was a five time Nigar Awards winner for the best comedian in Haathi Mere Saathi (1993), Aakhri Mujra (1994), Munda Bigra Jaye (1995), Chief Sahib (1996) and Deewarein (1998).
Early life
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Tara was born Muhammad Ismail Merchant in Karachi into a Gujarati-speaking Memon business family, and began his career in 1964, at the age of 15, when he got a role in a play staged by a small theatre.[3]
Career
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Tara first rose to prominence when he became a part of the Zia Mohyeddin Show in 1972-1973.[3]
Tara is best known for the popular TV show Fifty Fifty, ending up writing some of its scripts along with fellow TV comedian Majid Jahangir when the original scriptwriter Anwar Maqsood had a fall-out with the show's cast in 1981.[4]
Personal life and death
Filmography
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Television
Year Title Channel
1978 Fifty Fifty PTV
1987 Gharama
2005 Rubber Band ARY Digital
2007 Mamoo PTV
2008 Choki # 420 Aaj Entertainment
Paanch Saheliyan Geo Entertainment
Yeh Zindagi Hai
2009 Nadaaniyan
2012 One Way Ticket Hum TV
Pak Villa Geo TV
Dheeli Colony Urdu 1
2013 Orangi Ki Anwari TVOne
Yeh Shadi Nahi Ho Sakti ARY Digital
Bulbulay
Namak Paray Hum TV
2015 Love In Gulshan-e-Bihar TVOne
2018 Jinn Ki Aayegi Baraat BOL Entertainment
2018 Mirchiyaan
2019 Barfi Laddu ARY Digital
Bhai Bhai Express Entertainment
2020 Ulta Seedha Apna TV
Shokhiyaan Geo Entertainment
2022 Woh Pagal Si ARY Digital
Films
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Year Movie Role
1993 Haathi Mere Saathi
1994 Aakhri Mujra
1995 Munda Bigra Jaye
1996 Chief Sahib
1997 Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin
Jan Jan Pakistan
Raju
1998 Deewarein
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
1999 Mujhe Jeene Do
2000 Mujhe Chand Chahiye
2002 Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa
2008 Khulay Aasman Ke Neechay
2013 Main Hoon Shahid Afridi Malick Khalid
2015 Jawani Phir Nahi Ani
Halla Gulla
2016 Sawal 700 Crore Dollar Ka
2018 Jackpot Mr.China
The Donkey King Pehalwan Chacha
2019 Ready Steady No
Stage plays
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Title Language
Soney Ki Chirya Punjabi
Mehndi Lagi Mere Hath
Tere Nakhre Hazar
Pholay Badshah
Wah Wah Moin Akhtar Urdu