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Shafqat Cheema
Shafqat Cheema is a Pakistani actor and producer.
In a career spanning more than three decades, he has particularly become known for his fine acting in negative roles and has been called "Pakistan’s favorite villain".
Shafqat graduated from the Jamia Naeemia, an Islamic seminary affiliated with the Barelvi movement, in 1974. He is the son of a religious scholar and is himself a hafiz (memorizer) and qari (reciter) of the Qur'an.
Before entering the film industry he was a wrestler as well a painter.
Cheema has five daughters and a son, Sheharyar, who starred alongside his father in the 2017 movie Geo Sar Utha Kay, which Cheema also produced, while it was directed by his brother Nadeem Cheema.
According to Shafqat, his acting career began by coincidence, when he walked into the Shahnoor Studios in Lahore. He then decided that he wanted to become a film actor. He struggled for almost twelve years before he was offered a side role in the film Kalka (1989), which also starred Sultan Rahi.
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Shafqat Cheema
Shafqat Cheema is a Pakistani actor and producer.
In a career spanning more than three decades, he has particularly become known for his fine acting in negative roles and has been called "Pakistan’s favorite villain".
Shafqat graduated from the Jamia Naeemia, an Islamic seminary affiliated with the Barelvi movement, in 1974. He is the son of a religious scholar and is himself a hafiz (memorizer) and qari (reciter) of the Qur'an.
Before entering the film industry he was a wrestler as well a painter.
Cheema has five daughters and a son, Sheharyar, who starred alongside his father in the 2017 movie Geo Sar Utha Kay, which Cheema also produced, while it was directed by his brother Nadeem Cheema.
According to Shafqat, his acting career began by coincidence, when he walked into the Shahnoor Studios in Lahore. He then decided that he wanted to become a film actor. He struggled for almost twelve years before he was offered a side role in the film Kalka (1989), which also starred Sultan Rahi.