Z.Shahid

Zeb Shahid

By: Farooq Sarwar

Zeb Shahid had a productive and intelligent mind. I think the most successful drama of his life was Belton. This drama was in Pashto language. This play was written by Habib Panezi. His second most successful drama drama was Kormi Tarta jar.  Habib Panezi and I performed the leading characters in these two dramas. Amanullah Nasir also played the lead role in Belton.Today These two dramas are the classic dramas of Quetta . Besides, I also did a comedy music show with Habib Panezi and Amanullah with this gentleman. It had thirteen different episodes. This show was also a great success.  Apart from this, Zeb Shahid did many Urdu dramas on Quetta Television and in many of these dramas, I stayed with him as an actor. After retirement, Zeb Shahid written a drama of many episodes under the title of  Shakhul. Habib Panezi and I also performed the leading characters in this drama serial. And this play was also a great success. As I said in the beginning of this short essay that Zeb Shahid was the king of the world of comedy and had a creative mind .  Maybe after retirement he would have produced a lot of good dramas for Pakistani and world drama viewers. But illness kept him confined to his home. Zeb belonged to Peshawar. He was also a very good actor himself.  And he learned a lot about acting and production from the stage in Peshawar and Pindi and Islamabad.  He spent his whole life in television. Apparently he was a quiet and serious person in his life. But in comedy his mind was very creative. We spent many memorable days of our lives with him.  He was a civilized kind of person.  He was very gentle. Habib Panezi and I did a lot of plays with him, but we never heard anything harsh from him. Zeb may not be with us at the moment. But his wonderful memories are with us all the time.  I pray to God to keep his soul at peace forever.

By: Farooq Sarwar

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