He also staged comedies and folk theatre based on human drama, Naag Mandala. He founded his own theatre group Hum Productions in 1982 and directed, produced and acted in various plays. 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. The turning point in his career was Ismat Chugtai’s play Nila Kamra, which he staged as his first commercial production in Hindi. Later he joined the Indian National Theatre and Indian People's Theatre Association where he met Balraj Sahni and other members of Indian Theatre and learned the finer aspects of acting. He directed and acted in about 30 one act plays in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and English from 1973 to 1978. He started his career as an actor and director under the guidance of Gujarati theatre personality Praveen Joshi. This continued through his college days and intensified his desire to become a performing artist and a theatre personality. He participated in elocution competition and debates. The film was a hit and he was considered a good director.įrom his schooling days he was interested in dramas and used to act and direct school plays. Inamdar also directed a film titled Hum Dono, starring Nana Patekar, Rishi Kapoor and Pooja Bhatt. He appeared in Ramesh Sippy's film Saagar. He also played the role of an advocate in the Hindi film Yeshwant, which was released after his death. One of his last performances on television was in Teri Bhi Chup Meri Bhi Chup. The serial was such a hit that it ran for 61 episodes when generally a serial ran for a maximum of 25 weeks.
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.
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. He is particularly known for playing the common man's role. He did his B.Sc from K.C College in 1963. Joseph's High School in Umerkhadi ( Dongri) in Mumbai, India, where he passed his S.S.C exam in 1958. Shafi Inamdar received his early education at Pangari Dapoli, Ratnagiri, MS and at St.
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