Shyam (actor)

Sunder Shyam Chadda (20 February 1920 – 25 April 1951)[1] was an Indian actor in Hindi cinema. He began his career in 1942 and worked in various films until his death in 1951[2]

Shyam
Born
Sunder Shyam Chadda

(1920-02-20)20 February 1920
Sialkot, Punjab, British India
Died25 April 1951(1951-04-25) (aged 31)
EducationGordon College
OccupationActor
Years active1942–1951
Spouse(s)
Mumtaz Qureshi ('Taji')
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(m. 1940⁠–⁠1951)​
ChildrenSahira Kazmi (daughter)
Shakir (son)
RelativesRahat Kazmi (son-in-law)
Ali Kazmi (grandson)
Nida Kazmi (grand-daughter)

He originally hailed from Sialkot but grew up in Rawalpindi.[3] Shyam graduated from Gordon College in Rawalpindi. He was a close friend of Saadat Hasan Manto and was the inspiration to many of his stories.[4] Even after partition, their friendship remained strong. One of his most famous movies was Bazaar, released in 1949, in which he starred with Nigar Sultana.

He married Mumtaz Qureshi (also called “Taji”), with whom he had a daughter, Pakistani TV actress Sahira Kazmi and a son Shakir, who was born two months after Shyam’s death. Sahira Kazmi married the actor Rahat Kazmi, and Shakir is now a Psychiatrist based in the United Kingdom. Mumtaz migrated to Lahore, Pakistan, after her husband’s premature death in 1951, along with her elder sister, Zeb Qureshi, who was an actress in Bombay. Mumtaz later married a gentleman, Ansari[5]

Shyam acted in many memorable films such as Man ki jeet (1944), Majboor (1948), Dillagi (1949), Patanga (1949), Chandni Raat (1949), Meena Bazaar (1950) and Samadhi (1950).

Death

Shyam died on the set of Shabistan in 1951 after he fell off a horse during filming. His few remaining scenes were completed with a body-double who had a similar height to him and filmed from behind without showing his face.[5][2]

In film

Tahir Raj Bhasin was seen portraying Shyam in the film Manto, a biopic on Saadat Hasan Manto. The film was released in September 2018.[6]

References
  1. "Shyam's Upperstall profile".
  2. Mishra, Vijay (2002). Bollywood Cinema. Routledge. pp. xiii. ISBN 978-0-415-93014-7.
  3. Ahmed, Ishtiaq (2 November 2013). "An evening with actor Shyam's family". Daily Times. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. Mufti, Aamir (2007). Enlightenment in the Colony. Princeton University Press. pp. 206. ISBN 978-0-691-05732-3.
  5. "Actor Shyam (1920-1951) who died very young". apnaorg.com.
  6. "Watch: Nawazuddin Siddiqui aces Manto's look and quirks in Nandita Das' short film". Firstpost. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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