Ismail Tara

Ismail Tara (Urdu: اسماعیل تارا‎) is a Pakistani actor and comedian.[1] He has worked in many stage plays, television and Lollywood films. He is five times Nigar Awards winner for best comedian in Haathi Mere Saathi (1993), Aakhri Mujra (1994), Munda Bigra Jaye (1995), Chief Sahib (1996) and Deewarein (1998). He is well known for his best work in Fifty Fifty aired on PTV in the 1980s.[2]

Ismail Tara
Born
Ismail Tara

(1949-11-16) 16 November 1949
Karachi
NationalityPakistani
OccupationActor, Comedian
Known forFifty Fifty (TV comedy show)
Awards4 Nigar Awards

Career

Ismail Tara has been working in the film and television industry since the 1980s. He also has worked in stage plays and TV dramas. He ended up writing some scripts of the popular TV show Fifty Fifty along with fellow TV comedian Majid Jehangir, when the original scriptwriter Anwar Maqsood had a fall-out with the popular show's director and actors in 1981.[3]

Filmography
YearMovieRole
1993Haathi Mere Saathi
1994Aakhri Mujra
1995Munda Bigra Jaye
1996Chief Sahib
1997Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin
Jan Jan Pakistan
Raju
1998Deewarein
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
1999Mujhe Jeene Do
2000Mujhe Chand Chahiye
2002Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa
2008Khulay Aasman Ke Neechay
2013Main Hoon Shahid AfridiMalick Khalid
2015Jawani Phir Nahi Ani
Halla Gulla
2016Sawal 700 Crore Dollar Ka
2018JackpotMr.China
The Donkey KingPehalwan Chacha
2019Ready Steady No

Television
  • Fifty Fifty - 1980s[3]
  • Rubber Band - 2005
  • Yeh Zindagi Hai - 2008
  • One Way Ticket - 2012
  • Pak Villa - 2012
  • Dheeli Colony - 2012
  • Orangi Ki Anwari 2013
  • Bulbulay
  • Jinn Ki Aayegi Baraat 2018
  • Mirchiyaan 2018
  • Namak Paray 2018
  • Barfi Laddu 2019
  • Bhai Bhai 2019

Stage plays
  • Soney Ki Chirya

Awards and nominations

References
  1. "Biography of Ismail Tara". tv.com.pk website. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. "Majid Jehangir-Ismail Tara: damp squib". Dawn (newspaper). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. "Death of a comic genius (Ismail Tara and Majid Jehangir took over the writing duties of 'Fifty-Fifty' TV show from Anwar Maqsood)". Dawn (newspaper). 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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