Sheikh Mukhtar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSheikh Mukhtar
actor
Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1914
Place of Birth: Delhi, India
Date of Death: 12-May-1980
Profession: actor
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Sheikh Mukhtar
- Sheikh Mukhtar was the son of Chaudhry Ashfaq Ahmed (who was a railway police inspector and born in Karachi, British India; now Pakistan) Chaudhary Ashfaq Ahmed intentionally got transferred and migrated to Delhi.
- Sheikh Mukhtar was born on 24 December 1914 in Delhi.
- He had spent his childhood in Gali choodi waalan (Near Jama Mosque, Delhi-110006) and took education from Anglo Arabic School, Ajmeri Gate, Delhi-11006.
- His father wanted his son to join the Police or Army on a higher rank, but Sheikh Mukhtar was keenly interested in theatre.
- One of his acquaintances from his area started working in a theatre company, so Sheikh Mukhtar also moved to Kolkata and joined the company.A tall and manly figure, Sheikh Mukhtar played a variety of roles such as "Dada (Contemporary Bhai)." He produced Noor Jehan, in which he played Sher Afghan Quli Khan, the first husband of Queen Nur Jahan.
- Later, he migrated to Pakistan and there he died.
- Some of his movies are Bahen, Roti, Bhookh (1947), Ustadon Ke Ustad, Hum Sab Ustad Hai, Halaku, Chenghis Khan, Birju Ustaad, Do Ustad, Mr.
- Lambu (1956) (with Suraiya) and Noor Jehan with Meena Kumari.
- He was basically from the Dholi Khaal area of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
- He had produced Noor Jahan, a beautiful Hindi movie and he expected it to be hit like Mughal-e-Azam, but his movie flopped badly, which in turn disappointed him and he was heart broken and probably this made him leave to Pakistan.
- And along with him he took the original prints of Noor Jahan.
- He settled in Karachi, over the period he lost his eyesight, he turned blind and died in 1980.
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