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Jamal Shah (Pashto: جمال شاہ) is a Pakistani actor, director, painter, social worker, script writer, singer, songwriter.

Jamal Shah
جمال شاہ
Born	(1956-03-01) 1 March 1956 (age 66) Quetta, Pakistan
Education	University of Balochistan National College of Arts Slade School of Fine Art
Occupation	Actor director singer painter sculptor
Known for	Serving as Director General, Pakistan National Council of the Arts Founding Hunerkada
Television	Traffik
Spouse(s)	Faryal Gohar ​ (div.)​ Amna Shah
Awards	Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Early life and education

Jamal Shah was born into a Pashtun Syed family in 1956 in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.

Jamal Shah received a Master's degree in English literature from University of Balochistan, Quetta in 1978. He graduated from National College of Arts, Lahore in 1983. He later obtained a Master's degree in fine arts from the Slade School of Fine Art in London.[1]

Career

In 1984, he established the Fine Arts Department at the University of Balochistan and headed it until 1986.[2] In 1985, he founded the Artists Association of Balochistan and also was appointed the first Chairman of the Artist Association of Pakistan.[1]

During the 80s he began to have an international recognition, being called "the next Omar Sharif" and getting a role in the 1989 BBC television serial Traffik, but he refused most of these offers as they clashed with his Islamic values.[3]

In 1991, Jamal Shah made his acting debut in the film K2, directed by Franc Roddam, and since then, he has appeared in many other movies and TV dramas.[4]

He founded the Hunerkada College of Visual and Performing Arts in Islamabad in 1992[2] and later became a Telenor Pakistan brand ambassador doing television productions under the banner of Hunerkada Productions.

In 2007, he became the executive director of Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) in Islamabad, Pakistan and then was appointed its Director General in October 2016. His tenure at PNCA ended on 22 September 2019 with him stating in an interview with Alyan Khan that he "did not want any extension".[5][2][6] In 2019, Shah was the President and Chief Curator of the first Islamabad Art Festival.[7]

He made his directorial debut with the 2016 film Revenge of the Worthless.[8][9][10]

In 2021, Shah was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French Minister of Culture.[11]

In 2022, he sculpted a bronze bust of Pakistani Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam, which was unveiled by the director general of International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano at IAEA's 61st general conference.[12][13]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Actor	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1991	K2[4]	Malik	Yes				Debut acting role
2016	Ho Mann Jahaan[14]	Manizeh's father
	Revenge of the Worthless[15]	Zarak Khan		Yes		Yes	Debut direction
	Hijrat[16]

Television

Year	Name	Role	Opposite	Network
1989	Traffik	Fazal		Channel 4
1990	Madar	Inspector Zark Khan		PTV
1993	Baarish Kay Baad		Huma Mir, Mishi Khan	PTV
2010	Chunri		Babar Ali, Syed Mohsin Gillani, Farah Shah, Asma Abbas	PTV Home
2014	Aag[9]	Raja Safraz
2016	Saya-e-Dewar Bhi Nahi[17][18]	Shahab Shah	Ahsan Khan, Naveen Waqar, Irfan Khoosat, Sonia Khan	Hum TV

See also

• Pakistan National Council of the Arts
• Artist Association of Pakistan
• Hunerkada College of Visual and Performing Arts
• Traffik
• List of Lollywood actors

References

External links

• Hunerkada
• Jamal Shah at IMDb

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