Pakistani comedian Ismail Tara passes away

Karachi, The Gulf Observer: Pakistani comedian Ismail Tara passed away on Thursday at the age of 73.

He was known for his work in the classic Fifty Fifty aired on the PTV during the 1980s.

The family of Ismail Tara said he was admitted to a private hospital in Karachi for the last three days and was being treated for kidney disease. Both of Tara’s kidneys had failed. They added he was put on a ventilator on Thursday morning.

Ismail Tara had been associated with the field of acting in various capacities on stage, film and TV since 1963.

Ismail Tara 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 fallout with the popular show’s director and actors in 1981.

Tara was honored five times with Nigar Awards for the best comedian in Haathi Mere Saathi (1993), Aakhri Mujra (1994), Munda Bigra Jaye (1995), Chief Sahib (1996) and Deewarein (1998).