Shafi Inamdar

Shafi Inamdar (23 October 1945 – 13 March 1996) was an Indian actor. He started his film career with the film Vijeta and continued it in Ardh Satya. He acted in a number of television serials including Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi. Shafi married actress Bhakti Barve. He died on 13 March 1996. His wife died in a road accident on 12 February 2001. Shafi's most notable film roles include the inspector in Aaj Ki Awaz, the villain in Awam and the friend of the hero in films like Nazrana, Anokha Rishta, Sagar, Amrit. Some of his other films are Kudrat Ka Kanoon, Jurm, Sadaa Suhagan and Love 86, all successful films.

Shafi Ali Inamdar
Born(1945-10-23)23 October 1945
Pangari, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died13 March 1996(1996-03-13) (aged 50)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActor, Producer, Director
Years active1960–1995
Spouse(s)Bhakti Barve

Life and career

Shafi Inamdar received his early education at Pangari Dapoli, Ratnagiri, MS and at St. Joseph's High School in Umerkhadi (Dongri) in Mumbai, India, where he passed his S.S.C exam in 1958. He did his B.Sc from K.C College in 1963. He is particularly known for playing the common man's role. He has acted in numerous television shows, the most notable being Kundan Shah's Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, telecast on Doordarshan in the 80s which made him a household name.[1] The show went on to become so popular that it even started affecting the business of films, as it used to be aired late on Friday nights.[2] The serial was such a hit that it ran for 61 episodes when generally a serial ran for a maximum of 25 weeks.[3] One of his last performances on television was in Teri Bhi Chup Meri Bhi Chup. He also played the role of an advocate in the Hindi film Yeshwant, which was released after his death. He appeared in Ramesh Sippy's film Saagar. Inamdar also directed a film titled Hum Dono, starring Nana Patekar, Rishi Kapoor and Pooja Bhatt. The film was a hit and he was considered a good director.

From his schooling days he was interested in dramas and used to act and direct school plays. He participated in elocution competition and debates. This continued through his college days and intensified his desire to become a performing artist and a theatre personality. He started his career as an actor and director under the guidance of Gujarati theatre personality Praveen Joshi. He directed and acted in about 30 one act plays in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and English from 1973 to 1978. Later on he joined Indian National Theatre and Indian People's Theatre Association where he came in contact with Balraj Sahni and other members of Indian Theatre and learned the finer aspects of acting.

The turning point in his career was Ismat Chugtai’s play Nila Kamra, which he staged as his first commercial production in Hindi. In the late seventies when the Prithvi Theatre was started Shafi Inamdar got an opportunity to produce several Hindi plays that paved the way for establishing him as a theatre personality to be reckoned with. He founded his own theatre group Hum Productions in 1982 and directed, produced and acted in various plays. He also staged comedies and folk theatre based on human drama, Naag Mandala.

In 1984 came India’s most popular television sitcom Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, a comedy serial starring Shafi Inamdar in the main lead as the character Ranjeet Verma, Swaroop Sampat played his wife Renu while Rakesh Bedi played his brother-in-law Raja. Shafi later acted in many other television serials like Adha Sach, Aadha Jooth, Mirza Ghalib and Teri Bhi Chup meri Bhi Chup. In 1983, he made first appearance on the Hindi screen in the Shashi Kapoor produced and Govind Nihalani directed film Vijeta, followed by the hard-hitting but popular Ardh Satya. He acted in B. R. Chopra films like Aaj Ki Awaaz (for which he also won a nomination in Filmfare award for Best Supporting actor), Awaam and Dahleez and became a regular with the B. R. film camp.

One of his most notable efforts comes from the film Krantiveer, where he plays a TV Anchor, caricatured on TV Journalist Rajat Sharma of Aap Ki Adalat fame, and exposes a group of corrupted people regarding politics, law and police. His witty dialogues were appreciated along with fans and others. Krantiveer was one of the highest-grossing movies of 1994.

Shafi died on 13 March 1996 following a massive heart attack while watching india vs Sri Lanka World Cup Semifinal Match.[4]. At the time, he was acting in a comedy show Teri Bhi Chup Meri Bhi Chup, which was shelved due to his untimely demise.

Filmography
YearFilmRole
1982VijetaParulkar
1982Pyara Tarana
1983Ardh SatyaInspector Haider Ali
1983Aaj Ki AwazInspector Shafi
1984Hip Hip Hurray
1984 InquilaabInspector Pratap
1985ArjunAnand Patkar
1985SaagarVikram
1986Love 86Ramniwas Tilak
1986Inaam Dus HazaarKaramat Khan
1986Sadaa SuhaganVinod
1986Anokha RishtaAlex Lobo
1986Kala Dhanda Goray LogAdvocate Abdul Rahim Khan
1986AmritAdvocate Sharafat Ali
1987NazranaShafi
1987DacaitS. P. Srivastava
1987AwamMohanlal
1987Kudrat Ka KanoonChunautilal
1987SansarAlbert Fernandes
1987AnjaamRaj
1988Khatron Ke KhiladiInspector Ram Avatar
1988AgneeAmit Foster Father
1989VardiShambhu
1989Ghar Ka ChiraagRavi's dad
1989Hum Intezaar KarengeBarrister Vikas Anand
1990JurmInspector Pramod Kadam
1990IzzatdaarPrem Chand
1990Paap Ki Kamaee
1990GhayalBarrister Pramod Saran Gupta
1991Ghar ParivaarPolice Inspector
1991YodhaChandrakant Srivastav
1991Phool Bane AngarayMuralidhar
1991NarsimhaInspector Vinod Rastogi
1991HennaPak Police Superintendent Iqbal
1991LoveMaggie's father
1991PratigyabadhLawyer S Merchant
1992Daulat Ki JungMr Chaudhary (Rajesh's father)
1992HumlaaPuthran Dada
1992HumshakalInspector Kulkarni
1992Sangeet
1993HastiBhisham
1993Divya Shakti

Police Commissioner Anand Patkar

1993Badi BahenSeth Dwarkaprasad
1994InsaniyatPolice Commissioner Shafi
1994KrantiveerTV Interviewer
1995Akele Hum Akele TumKaushikji (Music director)
1995TakkarDCP Mishra
1995NishanaVijay
1995Hum DonoDirector of the movie
1997YeshwantAdvocate Vikram

Television

He started his activing from

YearSeriesRole
1984–86Yeh Jo Hai ZindagiRanjeet[5]
1995-96Teri Bhi Chup Meri Bhi ChupRamakant
1987-88Aadha Sach Aadha Jooth
1988Mirza GhalibMohammad Ibrahim Zauq
1996All the BestDr. Raj

Awards and nominations

References
  1. Shafi Inamdar
  2. What made Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi such an important show
  3. Shafi Inamdar
  4. Actors who died too soon
  5. Eminent Konkanis >> Mr Shafi Ali Inamdar Archived 14 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
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